[phas-faculty_staff_others] Predatory journals

[Carlos Bertulani]

Hello,

during the faculty assembly someone mentioned proudly a faculty who became editor of "Frontiers of …”

Please take a minute to read this report in Nature:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02553-1

University administrators should take this serious, as one puts scarce funds, time and effort in an activity of zero (or detrimental) value. 

Google “list of predatory journals” and do a 10 minutes research before accepting invitations for editorial boards. You surely get invitations almost every week. One example of the google search:

https://predatoryreports.org/news/f/mdpi-frontiers-and-hindawi-are-blacklisted-by-a-university?blogcategory=MDPI

Carlos















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Dr. Carlos Bertulani
Professor 
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Texas A&M University-Commerce
http://faculty.tamuc.edu/cbertulani/
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