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            1. Another breakout session: Should we really be worried about predatory publishers? @h_j_dobson presents #UKSG18
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            We're discussing predatory publishers in relations to Beall's list. It's ghost continues to linger at the table #UKSG18
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          "...there is always the possibility of engaging in unethical behaviour to chase large profit margins and the publishing industry is no different." (Raju, 2018) #UKSG18
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        It's frankly offensive to imply that majority world journals are any less reputable than Western journals simply because of issues with language and cultural differences #UKSG18
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      The thrust of this presentation seems to be that blacklists aren't a great way to identify predatory publishers. If we need to identify them, we need a different, more nuanced, way of doing it #UKSG18
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    Shout-out for @martin_eve and @ernestopriego's 2017 article on predatory publishers triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/867 #UKSG18
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      @martin_eve @ernestopriego "...established publishers have a strong motivation to hype claims of predation as damaging to the scholarly and scientific endeavour while noting that, in fact, systems of peer review are themselves already acknowledged as deeply flawed." #UKSG18