[GOAL] Beall's list is removed

[Roth, Dana L.]

If you need the list, the copy as of Jan 15 2017 is archived at the Internet Archive. See https://web.archive.org/web/20170111172309/https://scholarlyoa.com/individual-journals/


As an aside, many of the publishers/journals appearing on Beall's List were the result of author complaints to Jeffrey Beall.


Dana L. Roth

dzrlib at caltech.edu

Special Projects Librarian

Caltech  1-32

1200 E. California Blvd.

Pasadena, CA 91125

626-395-6423


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From: goal-bounces at eprints.org <goal-bounces at eprints.org> on behalf of Jihane Salhab <jderg011 at uottawa.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2017 7:24 AM
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Subject: [GOAL] Beall's list is removed

Hi all,

FYI Beall's list is removed. Check the following post: Mystery as controversial list of predatory publishers disappears<http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/01/mystery-controversial-list-predatory-publishers-disappears> .



A better option for authors to verify good publishers is thinkchecksubmit.org<http://thinkchecksubmit.org/>. In my opinion, it does a  better job than Beall's controversial list, because it relies on authors' own judgements.

 "Think. Check. Submit. is a cross-industry initiative led by representatives from ALPSP, DOAJ, INASP,  ISSN, LIBER, OASPA, STM, UKSG, and individual publishers."



Have a good day!



Jihane Salhab
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