Proposed Criteria for Identifying Predatory Conferences

0
Here’s a draft of a criteria for identifying predatory conferences. The draft was written by James McCrostie, a full-time Associate...

Defining Platinum Open Access

0
Recently I used the term “platinum open access” in an email I sent to several scholarly communication listserves. A platinum nugget. Photo...

The OMICS Publishing Group’s Empire is Expanding

0
OMICS Group, the Hyderabad, India-based group of scholarly publishing-related companies, is expanding and now operates at least twelve publishing imprints...

The Scientific World Journal Will Lose Its Impact Factor – Again

0
The troubled publication Scientific World Journal will once again lose its impact factor (this time for 2014), according to one Thomson Reuters...

Bogus British Company “Accredits” OMICS Conferences

0
Notorious open-access publisher OMICS International operates a scholarly conference division called Conference Series LLC. I learned recently that a London-based corporation called The CPD...

More Fringe Science from Borderline Publisher Frontiers

0
The scandal-plagued, Switzerland-based publisher Frontiers has just published a chemtrails conspiracy theory paper by the same author whose earlier article was published and then...

Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2017

0
Each year at this time I formally announce my updated list of predatory publishers. Because the publisher list is now...

Scam Publisher OMICS International Buying Legitimate Journals

0
Hyderabad, India-based open-access publisher OMICS International is on a buying spree, snatching up legitimate scholarly journals and publishers, incorporating them into its...

Would You Take a Cancer Cure Proven Effective in a Predatory Journal?

0
I am writing this blog post in hopes of starting a conversation in the scientific community about the medicine called...

Watch Out for Publishers with “Nova” in Their Name

0
Two unrelated publishers with the word “Nova” in their name have been bothering researchers with spam emails recently. One is...

Why 3D Printing is Becoming Essential in Modern Product Prototyping and...

0
Modern product development no longer has the luxury of time. Companies across industries are pressured to deliver faster, innovate continuously, and cut costs while...