From: Ann Okerson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 9 May 2013 16:59:35 -0400

From Gary Price, via infoDOCKET, of possible interest.

From the Science Insider Blog:

"More and more companies are popping up an offer to publish a report
for a fee but deliver less than expected—sometimes they skip peer
review or use editors who do no work—according to critics such as
Jeffrey Beall, a University of Colorado, Denver, librarian who keeps a
list of so-called predatory publishers. Now, the U.S. government has
jumped in as an enforcer, warning one open access publisher to stop
misusing the names of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the
agency’s employees in promotional material."

[Clip]

"One large open access outfit, the OMICS Publishing Group of Los
Angeles and Hyderabad, India, which publishes approximately 250
journals, has also come under fire for holding conferences that
advertise organizers or speakers who did not agree to be involved."

Full Text Report (1000+ Words)

http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2013/05/government-accuses-open-access-p.html


Gary D. Price, MLIS
Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal's INFOdocket.com
Co-Founder and Editor, FullTextReports.com
Information Industry Analyst
Librarian
http://INFOdocket.com
http://FullTextReports.com