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charrvein<p>Just turned down a review request from Frontiers Physiology</p><p>Manuscript was far from my area of expertize and the reputation of the publisher is not good</p><p><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicChatter</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/PredatoryPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PredatoryPublishing</span></a> <br><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/scholarlykitchen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scholarlykitchen</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/predatoryjournals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>predatoryjournals</span></a><br><a href="https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/03/30/guest-post-of-special-issues-and-journal-purges/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/20</span><span class="invisible">23/03/30/guest-post-of-special-issues-and-journal-purges/</span></a></p>
Till Grallert<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedihum.org/@christof" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>christof</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@ElenLeFoll" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ElenLeFoll</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hcommons.social/@proghist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>proghist</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@creativecommons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>creativecommons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://scholar.social/@dingemansemark" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dingemansemark</span></a></span> </p><p>This is getting worse by the minute. I followed <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedihum.org/@christof" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>christof</span></a></span>|s hint concerning the reproduction of articles from <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/DHQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DHQ</span></a> / <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hcommons.social/@DHQuarterly" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>DHQuarterly</span></a></span> looking for one of my own papers (<a href="https://digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/16/2/000593/000593.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/</span><span class="invisible">16/2/000593/000593.html</span></a>). </p><p>In this case <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/ProQuest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProQuest</span></a> blatantly violates the CC BY-ND license (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">creativecommons.org/licenses/b</span><span class="invisible">y-nd/4.0/</span></a>) by</p><p>- not mentioning the license<br>- producing a derivative<br>- not linking to the original</p><p>I am very much in favour of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://adho.org/@adho.org" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>adho.org</span></a></span>, as the publisher of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hcommons.social/@DHQuarterly" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>DHQuarterly</span></a></span>, following the path outlined by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://scholar.social/@dingemansemark" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dingemansemark</span></a></span>. I will also log a complaint with <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/ProQuest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProQuest</span></a> through my employer.</p><p><a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/AcademicPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicPublishing</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Licensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Licensing</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Piracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Piracy</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/PlatformCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlatformCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/PredatoryPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PredatoryPublishing</span></a></p>
Till Grallert<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedihum.org/@christof" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>christof</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@ElenLeFoll" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ElenLeFoll</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hcommons.social/@proghist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>proghist</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@creativecommons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>creativecommons</span></a></span> </p><p>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 <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/ProQuest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProQuest</span></a> 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. </p><p>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”.</p><p><a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/AcademicPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicPublishing</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/PredatoryPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PredatoryPublishing</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/OpenLicenses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenLicenses</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/CreativeCommons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CreativeCommons</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/DigitalHumanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalHumanities</span></a></p>
Till Grallert<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedihum.org/@christof" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>christof</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@ElenLeFoll" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ElenLeFoll</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hcommons.social/@proghist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>proghist</span></a></span> in my view this clearly violates the license of CC BY as it does not respect the attribution bit. Probably <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@creativecommons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>creativecommons</span></a></span> could chime in?</p><p><a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/predatoryPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>predatoryPublishing</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/CreativeCommons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CreativeCommons</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/AcademicPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicPublishing</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/licensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>licensing</span></a></p>
MAHanson<p>Following the delisting of MDPI's flagship journal IJERPH from Clarivate/Web of Science, I've penned a perspective. Hopefully helps folks understand where this came from &amp; why it's such a big deal for <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/MDPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MDPI</span></a>, and the implications moving forward. :googlescholar: </p><p>For perspective: IJERPH publishes more articles/y than PLOS One 📊🤯 </p><p>See: <a href="http://bit.ly/ClarivateMDPI" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">bit.ly/ClarivateMDPI</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicChatter</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/PredatoryPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PredatoryPublishing</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/ImpactFactor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImpactFactor</span></a></p>
MAHanson<p>What is a "predatory publisher" anyways?</p><p>in <a href="http://bit.ly/WhatPredPub" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">bit.ly/WhatPredPub</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> I polled folks for their opinion of various publishing groups (blue poll)🤔</p><p>Rate of IF/SJR can correlates with public opinion (🎻plot) :rstats:</p><p>I repolled 1 year later (black poll), broadening and confirming trends ✅</p><p>In <a href="http://bit.ly/1yrPredPub" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">bit.ly/1yrPredPub</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> I introduce the terms "Rent-seeking behaviour" and "Vampire Press" to better define... what is a "Predatory Publisher" anyways?💸 🧛‍♂️</p><p>For <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/OpenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenScience</span></a><br><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicChatter</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/PredatoryPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PredatoryPublishing</span></a></p>