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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>David,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>Good questions -- please see my responses below. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> boai-forum-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk [mailto:boai-forum-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>David Prosser<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 11, 2012 2:58 AM<br><b>To:</b> boai-forum@ecs.soton.ac.uk<br><b>Subject:</b> [BOAI] Re: Published today: Beall's List of Predatory Publishers 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>'The entire scholarly publishing system is in danger of eroding due to the increasing influence of predatory publishing.'</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>How much influence does 'predatory publishing' represent? <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>I think it represents a significant influence, especially in Asia and Africa. The number of predatory publishers and independent journals is growing daily. Some launch with over one hundred journals at once. The publishers engage in massive spam campaigns to attract editorial board members and manuscript submissions. Many prey on junior researchers and graduate students with personalized messages praising their earlier work and inviting them to submit a new manuscript, without mentioning the author fee.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>What percentage of the total number of papers published in OA journals over the past year do the papers published in these journals represent? <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>I don't think this datum exists anywhere; this is a great research question. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>And what would the percentage need to be for us to seriously believe that the entire scholarly publishing system is in danger of eroding?</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>I believe that percentage has been met; that's why I made the statement. The COPE guidelines stress that publishers, editors, and researchers must "maintain the integrity of the academic record." This standard is not being met among the predatory publishers, who ignore publishing standards and ethics to compete for author fees. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>Also, because research is cumulative, we must be concerned when any pseudo-science enters the scholarly communication system. This is happening at an alarming rate. As an example, I am preparing a blog post about an</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'> article entitled "</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><a href="http://www.journalofsciences-technology.org/archive/2012/nov_vol_1_no_11/39463134652771_abstract.php" target="_blank">New Theories, Models, and Explanations of Science</a><span style='color:#333333'>"</span><a href="http://www.journalofsciences-technology.org/?tab=10#TabbedPanels1" target="_blank"><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none'>published in the </span><i>International Journal of Science and Technology</i></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>This cosmology article offers a "theory of everything" in six sentences at the end yet lacks any references. It's complete bunk. Predatory journals are erasing and eroding the boundary between science and non-science. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#262626'>Jeffrey Beall, MA, MSLS, Associate Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#262626'>Scholarly Initiatives Librarian<br>Auraria Library<br>University of Colorado Denver<br>1100 Lawrence St.<br>Denver, Colo. 80204 USA<br>(303) 556-5936</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:gray'><br></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue'><a href="jeffrey.beall@ucdenver.edu">jeffrey.beall@ucdenver.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=325 height=48 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CDD848.336BF350" alt="Description: Description: http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/departments/oiuc/brand/downloads/branddownloads/branddocuments/Logos-E-mail%20Signatures/emailSig_2campus.png"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 6 Dec 2012, at 17:48, Beall, Jeffrey wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Consolas;color:#7F7F7F'>[Please excuse duplicate postings]</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Consolas'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Consolas'>Today I am releasing the 2013 versions of my lists of predatory publishers and journals. Please see<a href="http://scholarlyoa.com/2012/12/06/bealls-list-of-predatory-publishers-2013/">http://scholarlyoa.com/2012/12/06/bealls-list-of-predatory-publishers-2013/</a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Consolas'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Consolas'>This year's list of predatory publishers includes over 225 highly-questionable scholarly publishing operations. Last year's list included only 23 publishers, and the 2010 list had about 18.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Consolas'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Consolas'>This year's list of predatory stand-alone journals has 106 titles. (The previous year's list did not include stand-alone titles). I continuously updates these lists on my blog<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://scholarlyoa.com"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>Scholarly Open Access</span></a>,<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://scholarlyoa.com/"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://scholarlyoa.com</span></a>, throughout the year.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Consolas'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Consolas'>The increase in predatory publishers from 18 to 225 in two years demonstrates the increasing scale of the problem. The entire scholarly publishing system is in danger of eroding due to the increasing influence of predatory publishing.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Consolas'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Consolas'>Sincerely,</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#262626'>Jeffrey Beall, MA, MSLS, Associate Professor</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#262626'>Scholarly Initiatives Librarian<br>Auraria Library<br>University of Colorado Denver<br>1100 Lawrence St.<br>Denver, Colo. 80204 USA<br>(303) 556-5936</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:gray'><br></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue'><a href="jeffrey.beall@ucdenver.edu">jeffrey.beall@ucdenver.edu</a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><image001.jpg></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Consolas'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><ATT00001..txt><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>