Jeffrey Beall on Open Access Publishing: How publishers dupe authors

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10 жыл бұрын

In contrast with conventional practices in scholarly publishing, open access publishing can improve research visibility and ensure it is read and cited more by making it easily accessible.
Today, there are numerous high-quality and reputable open access journals. However, even with its immense potential benefits, many in the scientific community are skeptical about the open access model. This is because of high article publishing charges, myths about open access being associated with research that is not peer reviewed, and the rise of predatory publishers, especially when opting for the gold open access model.
In this video, renowned open access activist and critic of predatory publishing, Jeffrey Beall, explains how some fraud or predatory publishers are misusing the open access model to dupe authors. He gives useful tips on how authors can tell the difference between predatory and legitimate journals and precautionary steps they should follow so that they avoid falling prey to such journals.
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.
This video is part of our effort to help authors develop an understanding of the open access model.
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@ivancamacho7668 2 ай бұрын

Wow, there is whole cartel going on in publishing! Thanks for sharing this information. Even though it may be a little old, I am sure it is very valid today.

@prof.dr.emadk.hussein 7 жыл бұрын

Very impressive, thank you Prof. Beall

@enjee2010 5 жыл бұрын

v. true! thank you so, Jeffrey Beall.

@scretching08 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent conversation. But what about the possibility of intellectual theft by both legal and predatory publishing firms? Why this question? Well, it may be that they are essentially taking your work denying your paper while allowing other professional to read them and essentially allow someone else to publish a variant of your original work as their own via creative deception.