After several years in development, Cabells launches its new Journalytics STEM product today, offering the same next-level journal data as its companion Academic and Medicine products to support the best possible decision-making across STEM subjects. It’s taken time to put together Journalytics STEM simply because there are a lot of journals to review, curate, and assess in this field, with well over 7,000 journals included across science, … Continue reading Next-level decisions
Cabells launches Journalytics STEM – verified journal database to optimize publishing decisions
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEBEAUMONT, TX: Cabells – a US-based information services company – is launching Journalytics STEM, the latest in its suite of powerful and trusted database products to support researchers and institutions in optimizing decision-making for publications. With Journalytics STEM, Cabells has taken the successful formula it has developed with Journalytics Academic and Journalytics Medicine … Continue reading Cabells launches Journalytics STEM – verified journal database to optimize publishing decisions
Cabells’ Predatory Reports database hits 20,000 deceptive journals
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BEAUMONT, TX: Cabells – a US-based information services company – now includes over 20,000 journals in its Predatory Reports database, with the unique resource growing by over 300% since its launch in 2017. After hitting the 10,000 mark in 2019 and 15,000 in 2021, a recent upgrade in the technology governing the … Continue reading Cabells’ Predatory Reports database hits 20,000 deceptive journals
Who can you trust?
Think back, if you can, 25 years ago to January 2001, and what do you remember? To jog your memory, that month saw the inauguration of George W. Bush as U.S. President, the launch of iTunes from Apple, and the appointment of the England football team’s first foreign manager, Sven-Göran Eriksson. While you sit there thinking how old you feel, this will make you … Continue reading Who can you trust?
Ghosts in the machine
Breaching research integrity is often regarded as, at worst, a white-collar crime reserved for nerdy types who couldn’t quite cut it intellectually; at best, it’s not even regarded at all – it is simply invisible to most people as they go about their lives. However, this may be about to change with the release of a new documentary that may bring the problem … Continue reading Ghosts in the machine
Land of make believe
A Happy New Year to everyone, and if you can’t quite believe it is January already, then recent news on the impact of AI on scholarly communications is not going to help with that feeling of things not being quite real. Towards the end of 2025, reports started to emerge of 'imaginary journals.' We have … Continue reading Land of make believe
Anatomy of a Predatory Journal Email (Part 1)
I once attended a financial crime research conference and, at the gala dinner, found myself sitting next to the lead investigator in cybercrime from Nigeria. It was fascinating to hear some of the stories he had to share, including instances of tracking down the people who sent those seemingly now extinct emails purporting to be … Continue reading Anatomy of a Predatory Journal Email (Part 1)
Could We Cope Without COPE?
This week is COPE's Publication Integrity Week 2025, with five days of online events and activities to highlight issues around publishing integrity. It is COPE’s (the Committee on Publication Ethics) attempt to ensure it addresses current concerns in the scholarly communications community, and each day focuses on a different theme. This year, COPE has identified … Continue reading Could We Cope Without COPE?
Is the Article *Really* Dead?
I was fortunate to attend the annual Charleston Conference last week, and in addition to the lovely weather and beautiful surroundings of South Carolina in early November, I was able to enjoy a vibrant and serious-minded event against a backdrop of unprecedented challenges. While there was an overall mood of deep concern for librarianship, there … Continue reading Is the Article *Really* Dead?
What Does ‘Beta’ Even Mean?
For those of us who have been in scholarly communications for a number of years, one of the most noticeable shifts in the industry has been the use of language and how it has morphed from being almost historical in nature to being at the cutting edge of the ‘tech bro’ vernacular. These days in … Continue reading What Does ‘Beta’ Even Mean?