Simon Linacre

SAVE THE DATE! The next @alpsp.bsky.social course focused on 'How Journals Work' will be on 19 & 20 May. Join me and @jharrison66.bsky.social for a great overview of the scholarly communications industry.

#scholcomm #training #academicjournals #publishing

Identifying Predatory Journals: A Global Challenge Ahead Explore the hidden challenges in global academic publishing, focusing on the rise of predatory journals and the need for greater awareness.

UNDERCOVER: The predatory publishing problem is not confined to English language journals - it is a global malaise. Here's the story from Brazil: blog.cabells.com/2026/03/11/p... @cabells.com

HT: @universidadesbr.bsky.social

#scholcomm #predatoryjournals #academicjournals #researchintegrity

Not surprisingly, the journal in question is listed by @cabells.com on its Predatory Reports database along with many others from this publisher

Can't wait for #LBF2026 tomorrow - see you there!

#publishing #scholcomm #academicjournals

From Boaty McBoatface to “predatory journals,” names tend to stick - especially when they capture a real problem. In our latest blog, Simon Linacre explores why attempts to rebrand #PredatoryPublishing may miss the mark and why clarity still matters in research integrity.

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You could call Nature or Cell ‘pretend-journals’ if you didn’t think what they published was of a good enough standard, but they would not be predatory

Does the term 'predatory journal' bother you? It does some people, but unfortunately attempts to rename something rarely stick - especially when a name makes sense. My latest for @cabells.com

#scholcomm #predatoryjournals #researchintegrity

Opportunities & Threats: Academic Media The task ahead is clear, says Anke Beck: to harness AI not as a threat but as a catalyst.

"Without open licenses and open data, transparency remains selective and accountability incomplete." Read more about The Opportunities & Threats in #Academic Media here: www.inpublishing.co.uk/articles/opp... #OpenAccess #Publishing

Hear from the horse's mouth what it's like making an innocent mistake and being made to pay the price by #predatoryconferences - this week's blog from @cabells.com

#scholcomm #researchintegrity #academicpublishing

The response to the @cabells.com launch of Journalytics STEM has been great so far, from both existing and new customers. To arrange a demo, head over to our website at Cabells.com, or click the following link and we’ll be in touch:

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In case you missed it, Cabells launched Journalytics STEM last week! It provides info on over 7k verified #journals, covering #Science, #Technology, #Engineering, and #Mathematics. Learn more here: cabells.com/solutions/jo... #Publishing

I am attending London Book Fair on Tuesday 10 and Wednesday 11 March with @cabells.com . If you're around and would like to meet up, please send me a message. Very much looking forward to catching up!

Beyond Retractions: Forensic Scientometrics Techniques to Identify Research Misconduct, Citation Leakage, and Funding Anomalies This paper presents a forensic scientometric case study of the Pharmakon Neuroscience Research Network, a fabricated research collective that operated primarily between 2019 and 2022 while embedding i...

One of my goals for 2026 is to draft/write a novel based on forensic scientometrics, following a couple of meetings i had with people who were - i kid you not - working with 2 "security agencies" as forensic scientometricians ... anyway, some colleagues just published this - arxiv.org/abs/2602.14793

ICYMI: New STEM journal product released by @cabells.com

Cabells launches Journalytics STEM database - Research Information Database includes more than 7,800 journals across 26 STEM subject areas including engineering and mathematics

Cabells launches Journalytics STEM database

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Database includes more than 7,800 journals across 26 STEM subject areas including engineering and mathematics

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Next-Level Decisions After several years in development, Cabells launches its new Journalytics STEM product today, offering the same next-level journal data as its companion Academic and Medicine products to support the best possible decision-making across STEM subjects. It’s taken time to put together Journalytics STEM simply because there are a lot of journals to review, curate, and assess in this field, with well over 7,000 journals included across science, technology, engineering, and mathematics areas.

Next-level decisions start here.

Today we’re launching Journalytics STEM — bringing curated, verified journal data across 7,000+ #STEM titles together with Predatory Reports (20,000+ #PredatoryJournals) to power smarter publishing choices.

Check out our latest blog to learn more.

This may be legit - many journals have limited capacity in their issues and may fill up issues in advance with ‘early cite’ or ‘pre-published’ articles that can run into the following year

Meet your 'How Journals Work' tutor- Simon Linacre!

Simon Linacre, Chief Commercial Officer at Cabells, tutors on both the live version of How Journals Work (17 - 18 March 2026) and its on-demand equivalent. You can find out more about both versions of the course on our website.

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It's nearly here.
New journal insights. Additional predatory protection. All on one platform.
Launching tomorrow.
#Research #Journals #ScholarlyPublishing #ScholComm

Beyond Retractions: Forensic Scientometrics Techniques to Identify Research Misconduct, Citation Leakage, and Funding Anomalies This paper presents a forensic scientometric case study of the Pharmakon Neuroscience Research Network, a fabricated research collective that operated primarily between 2019 and 2022 while embedding i...

Beyond retractions - very proud to have contributed to a new study led by @mcintold.bsky.social on how citation networks and fake funders can build academic careers arxiv.org/abs/2602.14793

#scholcomm #academicpublishing #researchintegrity #retractions

Cabells' Predatory Reports: 20,000 Journals and New Criteria Discover the latest updates on Cabells' Predatory Reports, now listing over 20,000 journals and refining criteria to combat predatory publishing.

Behind the scenes on how @cabells.com updates and maintains its Predatory Reports database of over 20,000 journals

#scholcomm #predatoryjournals #academicpublishing #researchintegrity

blog.cabells.com/2026/02/11/2...

Cabells' Predatory Reports: 20,000 Journals and New Criteria Discover the latest updates on Cabells' Predatory Reports, now listing over 20,000 journals and refining criteria to combat predatory publishing.

Behind the scenes on how @cabells.com updates and maintains its Predatory Reports database of over 20,000 journals

#scholcomm #predatoryjournals #academicpublishing #researchintegrity

blog.cabells.com/2026/02/11/2...

Cabells Expands Predatory Reports Database to 20,000 Journals Cabells' Predatory Reports database now includes over 20,000 journals, empowering academics to navigate and verify reliable publishing options.

SURPRISED that the number is not greater TBH blog.cabells.com/2026/02/03/c... "Journals are included in Predatory Reports if they meet some of the 70+ criteria that the Cabells’ team of experts employs to judge if a journal is deceptive or not."

Pejman Habibie and Ismaeil Fazel, eds. Predatory Practices in Scholarly Publishing and Knowledge Sharing: Causes and Implications for Scholarship | Journal of Scholarly Publishing View all available purchase options and get full access to this article.

"One of the few serious volumes assessing the impact of predatory practices" - my review of 'Predatory Practices in Scholarly Publishing and Knowledge Sharing' in Journal of Scholarly Publishing (utppublishing.com/doi/10.3138/...)

#scholcomm #predatoryjournals #researchintegrity

It’s emblematic of Labour’s and the wider country’s problem - we’re hooked on the past, hopelessly risk averse and too morally fragile to move on

Cabells Expands Predatory Reports Database to 20,000 Journals Cabells' Predatory Reports database now includes over 20,000 journals, empowering academics to navigate and verify reliable publishing options.

Cabells' Predatory Reports database surpasses 20k journals, >300% growth in under a decade blog.cabells.com/2026/02/03/c...

Cabells Expands Predatory Reports Database to 20,000 Journals Cabells' Predatory Reports database now includes over 20,000 journals, empowering academics to navigate and verify reliable publishing options.

Cabells' Predatory Reports uses transparent, documented criteria to evaluate journals, which now has 20K+ titles.

Helping researchers publish with confidence. #Publishing #Research #PredatoryJournals
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If you were looking for an exposition of what British values *could* be you could do a lot worse than Ian McKellen wielding Shakespeare like a rapier.

ICYMI: Big news 🚨 from Cabells yesterday on the size of the predatory journal problem

#scholcoom #academicpublishing #predatoryjournals

MASSIVE: Shocking - but not a shock. This week @cabells.com saw the total number of journals listed in #PredatoryReports exceed 20,000 titles 😱

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