From: Jim Henderson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:29:40 +0000 I remember meeting, back in the 70s, the editor of a mathematics journal published by Gordon & Breach who was visiting the campus where I was then working. He asked to see issues of his journal, I told him about problems we were having with our G&B subscriptions and he spoke very disparagingly of their practices and ethics. Not sure if he resigned his editorship but it was clear he was checking up on and trying hard to deal with the publisher and its practices. This is, of course, hearsay evidence, but it does point out that the problems being discussed are not new with the advent of open access publishing. Gordon & Breach were subsequently involved in a number of lawsuits. Jim Henderson Canadian Virtual Health Library / Bibliothèque virtuelle canadienne de la santé -----Original Message----- From: Anthony Watkinson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 07:59:13 +0100 David: You are sophisticated person. There is no evidence that people in emerging countries do have problems with this sort of spam and take it at its face value. Some of this spam is quite cleverly worded (though some is obviously not) and academics I have been interviewed are annoyed because they do have to look more carefully to make sure that it is not what is claimed to be. I advise looking at the OASPA membership list Anthony -----Original Message----- From: David Prosser <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 09:04:37 +0100 I got an email that looked suspiciously like spam from a publisher today. I deleted it. It is all really very, very easy. David On 9 Apr 2013, at 20:30, LIBLICENSE wrote: From: Sandy Thatcher <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 00:32:17 -0500 It is unfortunate that there are so many gullible academics willing to lend their names and prestige to enterprises that are running these dubious operations. Perhaps part of graduate education should include an introduction to the world of publishing that would enable future professors to distinguish fraudulent from real publishers. Sandy Thatcher