This spam solicitation in today's email was so poorly written that I could not resist sharing it with readers of NursingWriting.com -- Nxxx Pxxx and Cxxx journal asking you to send manuscript to publish under a single roof with Pxxx. You are free to gain the below features: Express review process Get processing confirmation (accept … Continue reading Poorly Written Spam from Predatory Journal
Month: June 2016
Warning: Predatory Conference Organizers
If you thought it was difficult to assess whether or not a solicitation to submit a manuscript to an online open-access journal is legitimate, now comes the spawn of predatory journals: predatory conferences. To help us sort out the claims of conference participation solicitations, Jeffrey Beall's ScholarlyOA web site provides a draft of criteria for identifying … Continue reading Warning: Predatory Conference Organizers
Seven Things Every Researcher Should Know About Scholarly Publishing
Alice Meadows and Karin Wulf writing for the Scholarly Kitchen ("What's hot and cooking in scholarly publishing") explain the ecosystem, "scholarly hygiene," business models, peer review, metrics, tools, and licenses and copyright. Open access here: http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2016/03/21/seven-things-every-researcher-should-know-about-scholarly-publishing/
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