Jeffrey Beall on Open Access Publishing: Playing with metrics, where open access is headed, and more

In this video, renowned open access activist and critic of predatory publishing, Jeffrey Beall, throws light on some of the malpractices that predatory publishers engage in, such as creating fake impact factors and copying pages from legitimate journals, and the various strategies they use to lure authors. Beall also shares his views on where open access is headed and how the menace of publishing fraud can be dealt with.
Donald Samulack, President, US Operations, Editage, Cactus Communications, speaks to Jeffrey Beall, author of the blog Scholarly Open Access and the man behind the famous Beall's List of Predatory Publishers, at the of Council of Science Editors Annual Meeting held in San Antonio in May 2014.