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@christof @ElenLeFoll @proghist @creativecommons @dingemansemark

This is getting worse by the minute. I followed @christof|s hint concerning the reproduction of articles from #DHQ / @DHQuarterly looking for one of my own papers (digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/).

In this case #ProQuest blatantly violates the CC BY-ND license (creativecommons.org/licenses/b) by

- not mentioning the license
- producing a derivative
- not linking to the original

I am very much in favour of @adho.org, as the publisher of @DHQuarterly, following the path outlined by @dingemansemark. I will also log a complaint with #ProQuest through my employer.

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@christof @ElenLeFoll @proghist @creativecommons

After reading through the CC BY license I am none the wiser whether one has to clearly indicate that the material in question had been originally published somewhere else. The DOI as provided by #ProQuest reveals this fact but only after manually parsing the string with a resolver. Readers unfamiliar with the Programming Historian are made to believe that ProQuest is the original publisher or the platform officially hosting the original content.

However, ProQuest clearly violates the attribution requirements by modifying the layout and removing images. The CC BY license explicitly states that “You must […] indicate if You modified the Licensed Material”.

Si vous l’avez manqué, nous vous conseillons de suivre en replay le webinaire sur les éditeurs prédateurs donné par Laurence He et Mélanie Karli de l’université de Montpellier 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=yhwVQdvXFL

🕵️‍♂️ Apprenez à mieux détecter les #EditeursPredateurs dans les trois grands domaines dans lesquels ils sévissent : revues, conférences et livres

🍒 En bonus : un focus sur le phénomène des #PaperMills

Shaharima Parvin of East West University in Bangladesh presents her experience as a librarian.

"Information wants to be free. It also wants to be expensive" - Stewart Brand, 1984

Trust is at risk, but open access helps promote scholarly communication - however, many senior researchers believe all OA is predatory. Many academics want to publish asap, don't know about indexing, and lack funds.

Think. Check. Submit. helps teach researchers and others to identify predatory and questionable journals. Sofie Wennström presents at our conference in Oslo on how the tips guide authors as an alternative to block lists, allow lists, and the uncritical use of journal metrics. They also help journals ensure they are being and presenting as trustworthy.

El próximo 21 de mayo se va a realizar este evento (en inglés) sobre el actual fraude en ciencia, revistas predadoras, y estrategias de control. Lo que me llama la atención es el pararelismo que se plantea con la biología y cómo se pueden percibir estas publicaciones como si fuesen virus, abriendo la opción de nuevas formas de control.

Vale la pena asistir para conocer otras perspecctivas

us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist

ZoomWelcome! You are invited to join a meeting: ASAPbio Community Call: Tackling industrial scale research fraud parallels with virus control. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.Join us for a presentation by Prof. Bishop where she will discuss predatory publishers and paper mills and how we can begin to tackle this industrial scale research fraud.

Kleiner Reminder an den Call for Papers #CfP für die @libreas Ausgabe 47 mit dem Thema Lug und Trug (im Wissenschaftssystem). #academicfraud #misconduct #retraction #predatorypublishing Wir freuen uns auf alle Beitragsformate 📝🎥👾🎶 Frist für Einreichungen ist der 30.04.2025. Gerne könnt ihr uns vorab schon mit eurer Idee oder einem Abstract kontaktieren #libreas 👉🏻 libreas.wordpress.com/category

LIBREAS.Library IdeasLIBREAS Call for Papers – LIBREAS.Library IdeasBeiträge über LIBREAS Call for Papers von Karsten Schuldt, libreas und .Ben

It sucks that posting a paper on #SSRN (or probably any widely used #preprint platform) results in semi-regular spam emails from predatory publishers offering to publish it in their (often thematically inappropriate) predatory journals.

Of course, most people probably send them to spam, but I imagine they're using the scattershot technique where they just need to catch a few people unaware of their practices who desperately need publications.

Our Quality Team is central to maintaining levels of trust in our service. Team members conduct in-depth investigations into cases of concern. In 2024 alone, they dedicated more than 830 hours to over 470 investigations.

Two of the team, Cenyu and Paula, have written a blog post describing some of the trends they have noticed over the last 4 years:

blog.doaj.org/2025/02/13/insid

blog.doaj.orgInside the Quality Team – Part 2: key trends from our work – DOAJ Blog