Today's post was written by Simon Linacre, Director of International Marketing and Development at Cabells, and Irfan Syed, Senior Writer and Editor at Editage Insights. How do you identify a predatory journal? Easy, look up your spam folder – say seasoned researchers. Actually, this ‘initial indicator’ is often the key to identifying a predatory journal. … Continue reading The scientific predator has evolved – here’s how you can fight back
Five dos and don’ts for avoiding predatory journals
HAVE YOUR SAY Publication ethics is at the core of everything that Cabells does, and it continually promotes all scholarly communication bodies which seek to uphold the highest standard of publishing practices. As such, we would like to express our support for Simon Linacre (Cabells' Director of International Marketing and Development) in his candidacy to … Continue reading Five dos and don’ts for avoiding predatory journals
Announcement regarding brand-wide language changes, effective immediately
Since late last year, Cabells has been working on developing new branding for our products that better embody our ideals of integrity and equality in academic publishing and society as a whole. We set out to ensure that the changes represent a total departure from the symbolism inextricably tied to the idea of blacklists and … Continue reading Announcement regarding brand-wide language changes, effective immediately
No time for rest
This week The Economist published an article on predatory publishing following collaboration with Cabells. Simon Linacre looks into the findings and points to how a focus on education can avert a disaster for Covid-19 and other important research. One of the consequences of the all-consuming global interest in the coronavirus pandemic is that it has … Continue reading No time for rest