Jeffrey Beall is mentioned in this article, and following that up, his blog is both interesting and scary!
I liked it so much I signed up, and it takes a bit of persuading to make me do that…
Dorothy
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Subject: Predatory publishing
Hi,
Its worth reading the article in the latest BMJ to be aware of this and advise customers, and take a look at this blog entry http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2015/01/19/jocalyn-clark-how-to-avoid-predatory-journals-a-five-point-plan/
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Mike
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