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Tarnished Gold: The Tale of Bohannon, DOAJ, and the Predators

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Monica Berger

Auspicious or not, this April Fool’s Day I am reposting in its entirety this post, which was published last week in the JustPublics@365 blog.  Many of us may remember the Sokal hoax of 1996. Alan Sokal, a physics professor, successfully published a … Continue reading →

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To Catch a Predator: How to Recognize Predatory Journals and Conferences

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Jill Cirasella

You are invited to the second event in the Information Interventions @ CUNY series: To Catch a Predator: How to Recognize Predatory Journals and Conferences Friday, November 15, 2013, 10am – noon The Graduate Center, Rooms C203/C204 (Concourse Level) Refreshments … Continue reading →

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Predatory Open Access Publishers

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Jill Cirasella

The 2013 list of predatory open access publishers and journals has been released. This year’s list includes over 200 predatory open access publishing operations and over 100 predatory standalone journals.  Last year’s list named only 23 predatory publishers — clearly, … Continue reading →

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