Publish or Perish–but where? What’s Open Access? Check out Inside Higher Education’s essay on the current state of journal publishing: Anarchy and Commercialism
Getting spammed by requests from journals and publishers you’ve never heard of? Check out Jeffrey Beall’s 2012 list of Predatory Open Access Publishers
“Predatory, open-access publishers are those that unprofessionally exploit the author-pays model of open-access publishing (Gold OA) for their own profit. Typically, these publishers spam professional email lists, broadly soliciting article submissions for the clear purpose of gaining additional income.” (Beall)
Chronicle of Higher Education: ‘Predatory’ Online Journals Lure Scholars Who Are Eager to Publish
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