From: T Scott Plutchak <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2018 11:40:23 -0500

The article is referring to the International Consortium of Investigative
Journalists (ICIJ) which first gained wide recognition a couple of years
ago for their work on offshore tax havens that became known at the Panama
Papers and then the Paradise Papers.  Here’s an article
<https://www.icij.org/blog/2018/07/new-international-investigation-tackles-fake-science-and-its-poisonous-effects/>
on
their website describing some of the work they’re doing on deceptive
journals.  Definitely more to come.

Scott

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On Jul 25, 2018, at 3:02 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

From: Rick Anderson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2018 18:23:33 +0000

Here’s what I found interesting, from the first entry in the series:



“The Indian Express investigation is part a global project involving 60
reporters led by German broadcasters NDR and WDR, and Suddeutsche Zeitung,
with 18 partners, including Le Monde and The New Yorker.”



So this should get interesting.



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From: "Jim O'Donnell" <[log in to unmask]>

Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 14:26:38 -0700

The Indian Express newspaper had an excellent article a few days ago
(posted here by Ann Snoeyenbos of JHU) on their investigations into the
state of predatory publishing in India (that article:  https://indianexpres
s.com/article/india/inside-indias-fake-research-paper-
shops-pay-publish-profit-5265402/).  This was part of what they reported as
an ongoing project involving journalists in numerous countries, notably
Germany, France, and the US.  I've not seen reports from the other
countries (to be anticipated in Suddeutsche Zeitung, Le Monde, and the New
Yorker, inter alia), but the original article has now had response from the
Minister of Human Resource Development in the Indian parliament:



https://indianexpress.com/article/india/govt-responds-to-
express-series-will-end-menace-of-predatory-journals-5272455/



Jim O'Donnell

ASU