During his time working at Cabells, predatory publishing practices turned into a near obsession for Simon Linacre - so much so, he wrote a book about it: The Predator Effect. Here he shares details of the book, and how predatory journals could form part of a publishing ethics crisis. In a recent conversation with a … Continue reading The Predator Effect: Understanding the Past, Present and Future of Deceptive Academic Journals
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Talkin’ SDGs in Charleston and The Netherlands
Last month, Cabells was lucky enough to attend two of our favorite conferences – the Charleston Library Conference, appropriately held in beautiful Charleston, South Carolina, and GBSN Beyond, the annual conference of the Global Business School Network (GBSN), this year held in The Netherlands. We were excited to attend the events not just due to … Continue reading Talkin’ SDGs in Charleston and The Netherlands
Measuring Sustainability Research Impact
Cabells was excited and honored to have the opportunity to take part in the EduData Summit (EDS), which took place at the United Nations in New York City in June. The EDS is the “world’s premium forum for data-driven educators – a platform for strategists, data scientists, CIOs and other dataheads to discuss and share … Continue reading Measuring Sustainability Research Impact
Update: A Journal Hijacking
Editor's Note: This is an updated version of an article originally posted in August, 2021. As members of our journal evaluation team work their way around the universe of academic and medical publications, one of the more brazen and egregious predatory publishing scams they encounter is the hijacked, or cloned, journal. One recent case of … Continue reading Update: A Journal Hijacking
“Building a More Connected Scholarly Community” at #SSP2022
The theme of the Society for Scholarly Publishing’s (SSP) 44th Annual Meeting, which kicks off today and runs through Friday, is “Building a More Connected Scholarly Community.” It has been (and has felt like) a long, COVID-‘inspired’ two years’ worth of remote work, Zoom meetings, and virtual conferences. While not fully out of the woods … Continue reading “Building a More Connected Scholarly Community” at #SSP2022
Seeds of Change
If you plan on attending the Society for Scholarly Publishing’s (SSP) 44th Annual Meeting next month in Chicago, be sure to make time to attend Session 4F, “Open Science and SDGs: Harnessing Open Science to Address Global Issues.” Lucas Toutloff, CTO at Cabells, will be part of an outstanding panel that will be discussing ways … Continue reading Seeds of Change
Conference Season Continues…Back in the Big Easy!
This week, we are on the road attending the Medical Library Association's annual conference, MLA '22, in New Orleans, where we're excited to showcase our soon-to-launch new product, Journalytics Medicine & Predatory Reports.
Back Together Again
We hope to see you in Arlington, VA at PRME April 21-23, or in New Orleans at ICAM April 24-26!
Can Research Lost to Predatory Journals Be Saved?
Potentially valuable research that is mistakenly published in a predatory journals is all but lost. Should this be the case?
IAP Report Sets Out Plan of Action for Fighting Predatory Academic Practices
New IAP report is the culmination of a two-year study on recognizing and fighting predatory academic practices.