As our journal investigation team members work their way around the expanding universe of scholarly publications, one of the more brazen and egregious predatory publishing scams they encounter is the hijacked, or cloned, journal.
What lies beneath
The first set of data from Cabells’ collaboration with Inera’s Edifix shows that nearly 300 article checks included references to predatory journals. Simon Linacre looks behind the data to share more details about ‘citation contamination.'
Rewriting the scholarly* record books
Are predatory journals to academic publishing what PEDs are to Major League Baseball?
Spotlight on Turkey
Turkey has been making great strides in recent years as a force to be reckoned with on the international research stage. However, it seems to have encountered more problems than other countries with regard to predatory journals. Simon Linacre looks at the problems facing the country and highlights some resources available to help Turkish scholars. … Continue reading Spotlight on Turkey
What to know about ISSNs
There are many ways to skin a cat, and many ways to infer a journal could be predatory. In his latest blog post, Simon Linacre looks at the role the International Standard Serial Number, or ISSN, can play in the production of predatory journals.
Guest Post: A look at citation activity of predatory marketing journals
This week we are pleased to feature a guest post from Dr. Salim Moussa, Assistant Professor of Marketing at ISEAH at the University of Gafsa in Tunisia. Dr Moussa has recently published some research on the impact predatory journals have had on the discipline of marketing and, together with Cabells’ Simon Linacre, has some cautionary words for his fellow researchers in that area.
Cabells and Inera present free webinar: Flagging Predatory Journals to Fight “Citation Contamination”
Cabells and Inera are excited to co-sponsor the free on-demand webinar "Flagging Predatory Journals to Fight 'Citation Contamination'" now available to stream via SSP OnDemand. Originally designed as a sponsored session for the 2020 SSP Annual Meeting, this webinar is presented by Kathleen Berryman of Cabells and Liz Blake of Inera, with assistance from Bruce … Continue reading Cabells and Inera present free webinar: Flagging Predatory Journals to Fight “Citation Contamination”
The A-Z’s of predatory publishing
Earlier this year Cabells published an A-Z list of issues regarding predatory publishing practices, with one tweet a week going through the entire alphabet. In this week’s blog, Simon Linacre republishes all 26 tweets in one place as a kind of primer on how to successfully deal with the phenomenon.
Cabells’ top 7 palpable points about predatory publishing practices
In his latest post, Simon Linacre looks at some new stats collated from the Cabells Predatory Reports database that should help inform and educate researchers, better equipping them to evade the clutches of predatory journals. In recent weeks Cabells has been delighted to work with both The Economist and Nature Index to highlight some of … Continue reading Cabells’ top 7 palpable points about predatory publishing practices
Reversal of fortune
One of the most common questions Cabells is asked about its Predatory Reports database of journals is whether it has ever “changed its mind” about listing a journal. As Simon Linacre reports, it is less a question of changing the outcome of a decision, but more of a leopard changing its spots. This week saw … Continue reading Reversal of fortune