predatory publishing

See the following -

"Predatory" Open-Access Scientific Journals Threaten Academic Reputations

Aimee Hosler | CityTownInfo.com | April 9, 2013

On the World Wide Web where virtually anyone can publish almost anything, it can be difficult to validate the authority of information and sources. Now, as the worlds of traditional scholarly publishing and open access (OA) journals intersect, it may be more difficult than ever. Read More »

Explaining Open Access Journals With The Language Of Math (For Those Who Like That Sort Of Thing)

Jill Cirasella | Open Access @ CUNY | April 22, 2013

In my experience, the #1 confusion about open access journals (that is, “gold” open access journals, or journals that are made fully and immediately open access by their publishers) is the meaning of the word “open.”  Some mistakenly think that “open” has to do with how easy it is to publish in those journals.  But that is decidedly not the case... Read More »

Price Doesn't Always Buy Prestige In Open Access

Zoë Corbyn | Nature | January 22, 2013

The open-access journals that charge the most aren't necessarily the most influential, an online interactive tool suggests. The freely accessible tool, launched earlier this month, shows that a journal's fees do not correlate particularly strongly with its influence, as measured by a citation-based index. Read More »

Scientific Articles Accepted (Personal Checks, Too)

Gina Kolata | New York Times | April 7, 2013

The scientists who were recruited to appear at a conference called Entomology-2013 thought they had been selected to make a presentation to the leading professional association of scientists who study insects. Read More »