Over on NeuroDojo, @DoctorZen reports the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia won't fund publications in Hindawi, Frontier and #MDPI 🤨http://neurodojo.blogspot.com/2023/08/malaysia-puts-pressure-on-researchers.html Presumably they have reason to consider them #PredatoryPublishers but not stated in the annoucment... and did they mean Frontiers Media SA?

Looking for the right journal for your research?

Have a read of this @dem_researcher blog post on #PredatoryPublishers & step-by-step considerations to choose the right journal.
https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/guest-blog-find-the-right-journal-for-your-research-avoid-predators/

so... re: the new discourse on #PredatoryPublishing #PredatoryPublishers... y'all know that's industry propaganda right? the "think, check, submit" thing is a dead giveaway. see the contributing organizations section: https://thinkchecksubmit.org/about/

Who exactly benefits from labeling journals as predatory publishers? might be the industry they're siphoning off business from. As APC-driven OA really becomes dominant, the big 5 will of course launch more of their own journals with indistinguishable practices, just a lot more lobbying and branding power. Don't take my word for it, that's just what they have literally said they're going to do.

I share Zen Faulkes' concerns about who exactly https://predatoryreports.org/ is and how they judge #PredatoryPublishers and #PredatoryJournals (most recently #MDPI, certainly now a questionable publisher): https://neurodojo.blogspot.com/2023/03/a-star-chamber-for-predatory-journal.html

P.S. Is Zen on Mastodon yet?

What is your most hated salutation of a #predatory journal/conference?

#predatorypublishing #predatorypublishers

@krishartmann @academicchatter

Point?—Same with all span, 1 in a bunch hits fertile ground. And they send our billions.

Getting out?—You can't, once the legit pubs published your email.

Why no warning? Well, Wiley (legit), e.g., took over Hindawi (semi-predatory) in 2021. It's good business, highest profit margins are made always by quantity not quality (we call that "free market")

Also, the legit and the #PredatoryPublishers may rely on the same cheap proofsetting agencies.

I assume I’m not alone in getting peer review requests that are entirely outside my realm of expertise. I wonder what possible keywords are linked to me in predatory journal land…

(I’m a clinical health psychologist 😂)

#academia #peerReview #PredatoryJournal #predatorypublishers #Wut

Here's an interesting reflection on the editorial process at a sometimes perceived to be predatory publisher - https://www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/reflections-on-guest-editing-a-frontiers-journal

My takeaway - I'll probably continue avoiding (submitting to or reviewing for) Frontiers journals. But the perspective from these authors/editors is welcome!

#PeerReview #PredatoryPublishers @academicchatter @sts