Scholarly publishing organizations join forces to set standards for aboveboard open access journals.

A flawed system for judging research is leading to academic fraud

I received a few of these emails, from scholars' press, LAP Lambert, and others, offering me a chance to publish my thesis. Here's why I said "no".

Before we get into this unintentionally hilarious response from an Author Solutions' rep (via Nate Hoffelder), we'll need a...

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Earlier this week I had the delicate task of replying to a researcher who had applied for funding for open access publication fees and telling her that our COPE fund could not be used to support her article.  The reason was that it was to be published in a journal that did not meet two … Continue reading Lions and tiger and bears, OA, or, scaring the children, part 1 →

Self-publishing services provider Author Solutions and its parent company Penguin are being sued for deceptive practices.

Why MFAs are idiots, and some publishing contracts are unconscionable.

Scam OA journals.