Is there a criteria for listing a journal as predatory?

Also, can predatory journals have an impact factor?

On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 9:14 AM, Richard Saitz <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Thanks Juan 

This is a serious problem especially for more junior researchers -

-- clearly there is nothing wrong with a publication fee--it costs money to edit, publish, curate, make open access and archive in print and/or on the web in perpetuity--subscriptions are one way, publishing fees another, advertising, another--

But charging for something not delivered (which is supposed to be legitimate peer reviewed edited curated archived indexed literature) is fraud, and many are unknowingly caught up in it, both authors and readers-- harming legitimate science and publishing 

Best
Rich 

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On Nov 24, 2016, at 3:41 AM, Juan Gérvas <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

-more
De cómo se puede publicar en revistas científicas a cambio de dinero. "Predatory" journals. Canadá.
The new owner of two prominent chains of Canadian medical journals is publishing fake research for cash.
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/owner-of-canadian-medical-journals-publishes-fake-research-for-cash
-un saludo juan gérvas @JuanGrvas  MD, PhD, retired rural GP, visiting professor National School of Public Health (Dep of International Health, Madrid-Spain), visiting professor (1991-2003) Johns Hopkins School of Public Health (Dep of Health Policy and Management, Baltimore-USA)

2015-02-18 19:37 GMT+01:00 Juan Gérvas <[log in to unmask]>:
-thanks, Richard, this was the link i sent a few days ago
-but i could not find Benthan Open, so thanks
-un saludo
-juan gérvas

El 18/02/2015 a las 19:10, Richard Saitz escribió:
Juan
I think the best source for information is here
Beall's list 
And Bentham Open is listed as a 

"Potential, possible, or probable predatory scholarly open-access publishers"

Best
Rich

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On Feb 18, 2015, at 12:31 PM, Juan Gérvas <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

-does anyone know about Bentham Science Publishers?
-its record includes accepting nonsense manuscript for money
http://gunther-eysenbach.blogspot.com.es/2008/03/black-sheep-among-open-access-journals.html
http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2009/06/10/nonsense-for-dollars/
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17288-crap-paper-accepted-by-journal.html#.VOS-2yzoghM
-Bentham Science Publishers is not a member of the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association OASPA
http://oaspa.org/
-just in case someone could share information about Bentham Science Publishers
-un saludo
-juan gérvas

El 09/02/2015 a las 10:50, Juan Gérvas escribió:
-fully right, Richard and Amy
-"open-access" is only a way of publishing but with its own peculiar advantages/problems
-what we need is not only a list of this kind about open-access journals, but about any journal and even any institution (there are many named as "institute" or "foundation" that are purely commercial)
-un saludo
-juan gérvas

2015-02-09 3:59 GMT+01:00 Richard Saitz <[log in to unmask]>:
A very useful site Juan.
I would not say, however, that the worry is open access.  The worry is illegitimate unscrupulous and/or predatory journals, which of course could be paper or online, open or closed access etc.
Best,
Rich

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On 4 February 2015 at 06:12, Juan Gérvas <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

¡Cuidado! Lista de revistas de acceso libre (open access) que probablemente son "piratas", puro negocio.
Be careful. Potential, possible, or probable predatory scholarly open-access publishers.
http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/

-un saludo

-juan gérvas



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