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Questionable scholarly open-access publishing

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Many reputable open-access publishers use the “author pays” model to financially support their publishing endeavors. This model is being increasing abused by publishers with bogus or counterfeit journal websites that are solely interested in financial gain. So how can scientists and professionals make educated decisions when selecting a journal for their written work, when agreeing to serve as reviewers or editors, or when rating articles published in journals?

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  1. Environmental Earth Sciences, 09599, Freiberg, Germany

    Anne Marie de Grosbois (Assistant Editor)

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de Grosbois, A.M. Questionable scholarly open-access publishing. Environ Earth Sci 74, 7271–7272 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-015-4742-7

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