This site began in 2017 when Jeffrey Beall stopped working on his famous lists of possibly and probably fraudulent (‘predatory’) publishers and standalone journals. It does what Beall was doing, only with improved evaluations and justifications. Most of the publishers listed by Beall in 2017 have gone now, but hundreds of others have appeared since […]
Read MoreThe 8 criteria used to assess the (un)ethical standing of publishers
Concealing or misrepresenting the publisher’s location Bogus publishers want you to think that they are based in a developed country, especially the USA. Why being based in a developing country or one of middle income would embarrass them, per se, I don’t know, since it is the quality of the work that matters, not where […]
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