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predatory publishers
“Predatory publishers use lots of tricks to make people think that they are legitimate”
The man behind the famous Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers and author of the Scholarly Open Access blog, Jeffrey Beall, gives useful tips on how authors can identify predatory journals and avoid falling prey to unscrupulous publishers.
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Jun 5, 2014
I have found about 2,000 problematic papers, says Dr. Elisabeth Bik
Dr. Elisabeth Bik is a microbiome and science integrity consultant and founder of the Microbiome Digest blog. Dr. Bik’s pro bono efforts to help identify instances of image manipulation or data fabrication in published manuscripts have been discussed widely. Dr. Bik completed her doctorate on cholera at the Dutch National Institute for Health, worked at St. Antonius Hospital in Nieuwegein, and worked on microbiome research at the School of Medicine at Stanford. She has also been the Science Editor and Scientific and Editorial Director at uBiome, and the Director of Science at Astarte Medical.
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Aug 8, 2019
“Preprints have enormous potential to revolutionize peer review and science”
Meet Leonid Schneider, a cell biologist, science journalist, prolific cartoonist, and a passionate communicator. Following a PhD in Biological and Biomedical Sciences from the University of Dusseldorf in Germany, Leonid held several postdoctoral positions as a stem cell researcher. After gaining 13 years of research experience in molecular cell biology, Leonid began talking about science through his blog "For better Science," where he explores current issues in academia using an investigative approach.
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Oct 4, 2017
Increased openness is the best way to tackle ethical problems in research and publishing
Richard Poynder is an independent journalist/blogger with a particular interest in open access and its perception and application across different sections of academia. In his blog—Open and Shut? —Richard documents developments in the scholarly publication industry. Among Richard’s most popular publications are three series of interviews. The blog-based open-access book The Basement Interviews includes Richard’s interviews with leading advocates of the various open and free movements. The Open Access Interviews and The State of Open Access series document Richard’s conversations with open access advocates and practitioners. Richard is also moderator of the Global Open Access List (GOAL). Over the years, Richard’s work has received a lot of attention. Stevan Harnad, well-known open access activist described Richard as the “chronicler, conscience, and gadfly laureate” of the open access movement. His previous work experience includes “a stint in the Royal Navy, and spells as a farm worker, a railway guard, and a school teacher.”
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Oct 23, 2015
