"I wish that Uni's would collectively enter into some legal action against such publishers, across nations." Poff #LPForum23

One of the best actions towards a large predatory publisher is to criminalize them (US FTC against OMICS) #LPForum23

What do you do about bad business ethics? Educate the public and leverage whatever legal framework is available. #LPForum23

To the point, Poff's recommendations as the author of COPE's discussion is titled "Just another case of business ethics" #LPForum23

Credible authors who publish in non-credible ("predatory") journals have shared that they did it to increase the number of publications on their CV (which honestly is completely predictable in a market-based commercial scholarly communications system - JNF) #LPForum23

Increased expectation that what was normative publishing expectation for a few disciplines is now required for many more disciplines, increasing discrimination against women, BIPOC, people for whom English is not a first language. #LPForum23

Predatory publishing: "entities that prioritize self-interest at the expense of scholarship," "systematic for-profit publication of purportedly scholarly material... without any regard for quality assurance" #LPForum23

The direction of government funding accelerates the publishing expectations for student and early career scholars, with incentives that feed the scam publishing economy/ecology. #LPForum23

Casey McCoy-Simmons was in review on papers in JOERHE and another closed journal at the same time and the difference between the experiences was "stark." The turnaround on feedback w/ JOERHE was conversational, vs. the combative and unresponsive peer review process with the status quo. (Hilary: Casey has one of our most popular articles right now, so she's really made an impact). #LPForum23