Archive for September, 2020

New and good study on “predatory” journals

Friday, September 11th, 2020

I just finished skimming through “How reliable and useful is Cabell’s Blacklist ? A data-driven analysis” by Christophe Dony , Maurane Raskinet, François Renaville, Stéphanie Simon, and Paul Thirion, appearing in LIBER Quarterly.

It appears to be well-done and worth reading. I’m biased, to be sure, since the study relies on my own work on questionable journals and the blacklist.

Gold Open Access, August 2020

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2020


Readership for GOA5, plus continuing reporting on GOA4.

All links available from the project home page, as always.

GOA5: 2014-2019

  • The dataset: 177 views, 28 downloads.
  • GOA5: 328 PDF ebooks. Two paperbacks (full color, highly recommended).
  • Countries 5: 34 PDF ebooks

GOA4: 2013-2018

  • The dataset: 759 views, 288 downloads.
  • GOA4: 3,459 PDF ebooks
  • Countries 4: 529 PDF ebooks
  • Subjects and Publishers: 421 PDF ebooks