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(UK) UUK ‘should sue predatory publishers over tsunami of spam’ – Times Higher Education (Jack Grove | July 2021)

Posted by Dr Gary Allen in Research Integrity on November 21, 2021
Keywords: Institutional responsibilities, International, Journal, Publication ethics, Research results

The Linked Original Item was Posted On July 23, 2021

A majestic tiger surging through the snow.

Ex-research council boss Douglas Kell says sector body should take action over unsolicited emails that consume academics’ time

UK universities should consider taking legal action to stop the “tsunami of spam emails” from predatory publishers that is consuming “vast amounts of academics’ time”, a scientist has argued.

Much has been written about the vile scourge of questionable publishers and their toxic pollution of the body of scholarly literature.  Warning HDR candidates and ECRs about their false claims and enticing lies.  Urging more experienced researchers away from the hollow and meaningless promises of shortcuts.  Little is said about the barrage of spam we endure. This move from the UK used to be congratulated.  We have included links to 9 related items.

Douglas Kell, who was chief executive officer of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council from 2008 to 2013, told Times Higher Education that he had witnessed a marked growth in the volume of unsolicited emails from predatory publishers in recent years, which he believed is related to the rise of open-access publishing in which scholars are usually required to pay to see their work disseminated.

“This tsunami of spam emails is totally illegal and consumes vast amounts of academic time,” said Professor Kell, who is now research professor of systems biology at the University of Liverpool.

“It is something that Universities UK should be tackling because it affects all their members,” he added.

Professor Kell suggested that UUK should sue so-called predatory publishers in a similar action to the 2019 lawsuit brought by the US Federal Trade Commission, a consumer watchdog, which saw a Nevada court order the OMICS International publishing group to pay $50 million (£36.6 million) in fines for “deceptive publishing”.

UUK ‘should sue predatory publishers over tsunami of spam’
Ex-research council boss Douglas Kell says sector body should take action over unsolicited emails that consume academics’ time

Related Reading

Predatory publishers’ latest scam: bootlegged and rebranded papers – Nature (Kyle Siler | October 2021)

Wilfully submitting to and publishing in predatory journals – a covert form of research misconduct? (Papers: Nicole Shu Ling Yeo-Teh & Bor Luen Tang | August 2021)

Questionable publishing practice? Are you harmed?

How Frequently are Articles in Predatory Open Access Journals Cited (Papers: Bo-Christer Björk, et al | December 2019)

Pondering on whether to submit your research output to a journal?

Mentors help authors say “no” to predatory journals – Elsevier Connect (Marilynn Larkin | November 2018)

Are we missing the true picture? Stop calling a moneybox, a fishing hook

NIH to researchers: Don’t publish in bad journals, please – Retraction Watch (Alison McCook | December 2017)

In a world of hijacked, clone and zombie publishing, where shouldn’t I publish?

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