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Three New Open-Access Publishers — All with Dumb Names
New scholarly open-access publishers continue to appear at a fast pace. Here are three that launched recently — one with a generic name, one with a stolen name, and one with a suspicious name. Here are...
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The TR Master Journal List is not a Journal Whitelist
Overstated. The Thomson Reuters Master Journal List is not a journal whitelist and should not be used as one. Numerous low-quality and predatory journals are announcing their inclusion in this list as...
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United Nations-Sponsored, Chile-Based Journal is Hijacked
A screenshot of part of the hijacked journal’s website. A scholarly journal sponsored by a United Nations organization and published in Chile has been hijacked, with the hijackers creating a...
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Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2017
2017 by Jeffrey Beall, January 3, 2017. Each year at this time I formally announce my updated list of predatory publishers. Because the publisher list is now very large, and because I now publish four,...
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