[phas-faculty_staff_others] Predatory journals

[Carlos Bertulani]

Hi Dr. Graham,

A colleague warned me that there should be a small correction in your message:

> to provide resources to faculty (not faculty —> administrators) about the cautions of predatory journals and how to identify them. 


Thanks,
Carlos



> On Jan 11, 2024, at 9:54 AM, Andrea Graham <Andrea.Graham at tamuc.edu> wrote:
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> Thank you for highlighting this Dr. Bertulani. I am reaching out to the Library and Research Office  to provide resources to faculty about the cautions of predatory journals and how to identify them. 
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> Thanks again. 
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> Andrea
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carlos Bertulani <Carlos.Bertulani at tamuc.edu> 
> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2024 8:41 PM
> To: phas-faculty_staff_others at tamuc.edu
> Cc: Andrea Graham <Andrea.Graham at tamuc.edu>
> Subject: Predatory journals
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> Hello,
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> during the faculty assembly someone mentioned proudly a faculty who became editor of "Frontiers of …”
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> Please take a minute to read this report in Nature:
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> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02553-1
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> University administrators should take this serious, as one puts scarce funds, time and effort in an activity of zero (or detrimental) value. 
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> 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:
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> https://predatoryreports.org/news/f/mdpi-frontiers-and-hindawi-are-blacklisted-by-a-university?blogcategory=MDPI
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> Department of Physics and Astronomy
> Texas A&M University-Commerce
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