tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post7745338708815251335..comments2024-02-21T05:16:22.788-05:00Comments on Two Weeks Notice: A Latin American Politics Blog: Fake Academic JournalsGreg Weekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765114859595124082noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-10093087744789565942013-11-05T09:33:59.827-05:002013-11-05T09:33:59.827-05:00The money aspect is not as big a red flag as it on...The money aspect is not as big a red flag as it once was. Even university presses are now charging to publish books. I know someone who submitted to a legitimate academic press, and they wanted to charge $2,000 to publish the manuscript. As for why people don't do their homework about the journals, that I can't answer.George Villehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10992688121957034425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-27076334139981011542013-10-31T20:52:09.172-04:002013-10-31T20:52:09.172-04:00That makes the most sense--you know it is BS, you ...That makes the most sense--you know it is BS, you know someone else might catch it as BS, but you feel it is worth the risk anyway, even for money, because of even a small chance it will count in your favor.Greg Weekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15765114859595124082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-25361645733088282013-10-31T20:09:05.097-04:002013-10-31T20:09:05.097-04:00It only makes sense if you are either a very naive...It only makes sense if you are either a very naive academic (think young person-- and some of these I have seen advertise themselves as Open Access, which for some of my young colleagues is ideologically desireable) or someone who is in a field where sheer numbers of publications somehow counts. Because in any real academic discipline, at review, you or reviewers would have to comment on the place of the journal in the field. I suppose there might be some professional fields? where this is true-- but I cannot imagine the target is anyone other than the most vulnerable among us.RAJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00097415587406899236noreply@blogger.com