[Irtalk] Intersections: Ethics and Access 1: The Sad Case of Jeffrey Beall (pp. 1-14)

[Smith, Ina <ismith@sun.ac.za>]

Lots of researchers have been scared away from publishing in OA journals because of the Jeffrey Beall list. Walt Crawford gives some really good ideas on how to avoid sketchy journals.

http://citesandinsights.info/civ14i4.pdf


Intersections: Ethics and Access 1: The Sad Case of Jeffrey Beall (pp. 1-14)

The saga of Jeffrey Beall going from self-appointed investigator into
"predatory" open access publishers and journals (and, notably, only OA
journals) to ludicrous analyst of serials pricing and the reasons for
OA--and beyond that to denouncing OA and its advocates? It's an odd
story, and my version includes some really good ideas on avoiding
sketchy journals (mostly from a notoriously worthwhile pseudonymous
feathered library type) without buying into vigilantism.
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