No heroes and villains in academic publishing

Jeffrey Beall’s blacklist of predatory publishers has disappeared, and so too should ideas about ‘good’ and ‘bad’ journals, argues Martin Parker

Published on
January 26, 2017
Last updated
January 26, 2017
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It's pretty sad that the publishing industry has been relying on one solitary (and valiant) librarian at a US university to keep an eye on predatory publishers. Sector really needs to find a way to distinguish the good from the bad that doesn't involve over-reliance on an individual who might retire, lose interest/funding, get cyberattacked, etc.

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