tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439168179960787195.post5985141641301835636..comments2024-03-28T17:13:01.117+10:00Comments on Condensed concepts: The dark side of open accessRoss H. McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09950455939572097456noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439168179960787195.post-27431087362670743452013-04-13T18:24:59.779+10:002013-04-13T18:24:59.779+10:00Other than their non legitimate nature, I don'...Other than their non legitimate nature, I don't see a very straightforward connection between dubious conferences and dubious on-line journals. I think the harm done to somebody that happens to publish a good paper in a bad journal is much smaller than the one if somebody attends a fake conference. <br /><br />On the other side, the seek of profit is a common point of both good reputation and long tradition groups and the new open-access journals. Joaquín Fernández Rossierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14411498595562296148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439168179960787195.post-16251551046398050022013-04-12T15:42:46.603+10:002013-04-12T15:42:46.603+10:00The article's main points (that there are scam...The article's main points (that there are scamsters out to benefit from your gullibility, and they use a variety of methods -- both conferences and journals to lure you) are all fine. But along the way, the reporters's smear job on open access is nothing short of the journalistic equivalent of drive-by shooting.<br /><br />While it is true that most of these scamsters use the online-only model, they do so primarily to save money. In other words, open access is an unintended consequence of their cheapness -- not the cause of their scam.<br /><br />[Aside: On an alert, I once visited the "website" of one such scam journal, and it didn't even bother to register its own domain name -- it used sites.google.com, a free website builder from Google!]Abihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06790560045313883673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439168179960787195.post-20505482560630696112013-04-12T08:33:19.151+10:002013-04-12T08:33:19.151+10:00That was worth reading. Frightening. It makes me a...That was worth reading. Frightening. It makes me angry when people hold you ransom over something and then by the simple act of ignoring you, can cause you so much frustration and cost you so much time.<br /><br />It would be interesting to hear of anyone who has been to one of these conferences (what I got out of the article is that these are genuine conferences that actually go ahead). Do people arrive at the conference and over the course of the first few hours it dawns on everyone that they're actually at a look-a-like? Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08582644751812812675noreply@blogger.com