Elsevier and peer review
The other day I was told by someone not in academia that there are regularly planted independently written 'articles' (quotes mine) to places like the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) https://www.ssrn.com so as to give a 'credible source' for right wing racist media pundits and those who follow them. Thoughts on this process? SSRN is an arm of Elsevier. As apparent by below planted 'article' (quotes again mine) and the multitude of scientific errors, there is no peer review. Does this 'open access' of research journals from Elsevier dilute any credibility they have? Would love to chat with someone at Elsevier about this. I do understand what a tough place the publishing industry is in right now. I was pointed to below link which is being used to back up quotes like "97% of women with children by black male partners get ZERO financial help from their partner." : https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2625893 Ninety Two Percent: Examining the Birth Trends, Family Structure, Economic Standing, Paternal Relationships, and Emotional Stability of Biracial Children with African American Fathers Tiffany N. Calloway <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2418846> Independent June 2, 2015 *Abstract: * This study examines the birth trends, family structure, economic standing, paternal relationships, and emotional stability of biracial children with African American fathers. For study implementation quantitative research methods were used. Questions were asked through a questionnaire that was administered to 1000 women spanning the united States that were equally ranging from 3 different racial groups; Caucasian, Asian, and Hispanic. Participants were recruited through the internet, radio, and news. This study finds that 92% of biracial children with African American fathers are born out of wedlock and 82% end up on government assistance. The results of this study make it very clear that biracial children with African American fathers are fatherless on a scale much larger than the public may realize. *Number of Pages in PDF File:* 12 *Keywords:* Biracial, out of wedlock, fatherless, black fathers, interracial -------------------------- *Sharon Greenfield* PhD Researcher School of Media and Communication RMIT University, Australia *I and RMIT acknowledge the Wurundjeri people as the traditional owners of **the land * *on which the University stands and respectfully recognise Elders past and present.*
Sharon Thanks for the bring this to the attention of the list. This is an area of great concern and certainly is an aspect of the Gramscian war of position against the racist "alt-right" what she should be engaged in. This also points to one of the problems of open access publishing that we are now beinning to encounter. Is anybody doing research on this facet of the tactics of the right? Andrew ________________________________________ From: Air-L <air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org> on behalf of Sharon Greenfield <sharon.greenfield@rmit.edu.au> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2016 11:09 PM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Elsevier and peer review The other day I was told by someone not in academia that there are regularly planted independently written 'articles' (quotes mine) to places like the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) https://www.ssrn.com so as to give a 'credible source' for right wing racist media pundits and those who follow them. Thoughts on this process? SSRN is an arm of Elsevier. As apparent by below planted 'article' (quotes again mine) and the multitude of scientific errors, there is no peer review. Does this 'open access' of research journals from Elsevier dilute any credibility they have? Would love to chat with someone at Elsevier about this. I do understand what a tough place the publishing industry is in right now. I was pointed to below link which is being used to back up quotes like "97% of women with children by black male partners get ZERO financial help from their partner." : https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2625893 Ninety Two Percent: Examining the Birth Trends, Family Structure, Economic Standing, Paternal Relationships, and Emotional Stability of Biracial Children with African American Fathers Tiffany N. Calloway <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2418846> Independent June 2, 2015 *Abstract: * This study examines the birth trends, family structure, economic standing, paternal relationships, and emotional stability of biracial children with African American fathers. For study implementation quantitative research methods were used. Questions were asked through a questionnaire that was administered to 1000 women spanning the united States that were equally ranging from 3 different racial groups; Caucasian, Asian, and Hispanic. Participants were recruited through the internet, radio, and news. This study finds that 92% of biracial children with African American fathers are born out of wedlock and 82% end up on government assistance. The results of this study make it very clear that biracial children with African American fathers are fatherless on a scale much larger than the public may realize. *Number of Pages in PDF File:* 12 *Keywords:* Biracial, out of wedlock, fatherless, black fathers, interracial -------------------------- *Sharon Greenfield* PhD Researcher School of Media and Communication RMIT University, Australia *I and RMIT acknowledge the Wurundjeri people as the traditional owners of **the land * *on which the University stands and respectfully recognise Elders past and present.* _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/
Related to this topic / concern ... presumably folks heard the other day about Duke professors in certain fields teaching certain classes being contacted by a (confirmed) fake student asking for pre-semester copies of reading lists, syllabai, etc. False Inquiries https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/12/27/duke-professors-report-emails... Fake student emails professors asking to see syllabi, University issues security alert http://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2016/12/fake-student-emails-professors-... -- rick
On Dec 29, 2016, at 06:38, Andrew Herman <aherman@wlu.ca> wrote:
Sharon
Thanks for the bring this to the attention of the list. This is an area of great concern and certainly is an aspect of the Gramscian war of position against the racist "alt-right" what she should be engaged in. This also points to one of the problems of open access publishing that we are now beinning to encounter.
Is anybody doing research on this facet of the tactics of the right?
Andrew ________________________________________ From: Air-L <air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org> on behalf of Sharon Greenfield <sharon.greenfield@rmit.edu.au> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2016 11:09 PM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Elsevier and peer review
The other day I was told by someone not in academia that there are regularly planted independently written 'articles' (quotes mine) to places like the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) https://www.ssrn.com so as to give a 'credible source' for right wing racist media pundits and those who follow them.
Thoughts on this process? SSRN is an arm of Elsevier. As apparent by below planted 'article' (quotes again mine) and the multitude of scientific errors, there is no peer review. Does this 'open access' of research journals from Elsevier dilute any credibility they have? Would love to chat with someone at Elsevier about this. I do understand what a tough place the publishing industry is in right now.
I was pointed to below link which is being used to back up quotes like "97% of women with children by black male partners get ZERO financial help from their partner." :
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2625893
Ninety Two Percent: Examining the Birth Trends, Family Structure, Economic Standing, Paternal Relationships, and Emotional Stability of Biracial Children with African American Fathers Tiffany N. Calloway <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2418846> Independent June 2, 2015 *Abstract: * This study examines the birth trends, family structure, economic standing, paternal relationships, and emotional stability of biracial children with African American fathers. For study implementation quantitative research methods were used. Questions were asked through a questionnaire that was administered to 1000 women spanning the united States that were equally ranging from 3 different racial groups; Caucasian, Asian, and Hispanic. Participants were recruited through the internet, radio, and news. This study finds that 92% of biracial children with African American fathers are born out of wedlock and 82% end up on government assistance. The results of this study make it very clear that biracial children with African American fathers are fatherless on a scale much larger than the public may realize.
*Number of Pages in PDF File:* 12
*Keywords:* Biracial, out of wedlock, fatherless, black fathers, interracial
-------------------------- *Sharon Greenfield* PhD Researcher School of Media and Communication RMIT University, Australia
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On 29 Dec 2016, at 12.38, Andrew Herman <aherman@wlu.ca> wrote:
Sharon
Thanks for the bring this to the attention of the list. This is an area of great concern and certainly is an aspect of the Gramscian war of position against the racist "alt-right" what she should be engaged in. This also points to one of the problems of open access publishing that we are now beinning to encounter.
Open Access (OA) journals can be as good as any journals. However, there are a plenty of predatory journals set up merely to extract cash from researchers. See below for info on ways to avoid trouble. Elsevier is one of biggest opponents of OA and especially any change in scientific publishing that could undermine the exploitive monopoly they now run. In Germany and several other countries, research establishments have declared they will boycott Elsevier, if monopoly behavior doesn’t cease. dss David Stodolsky, PhD Institute for Social Informatics Tornskadestien 2, st. th., DK-2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark dss@socialinformatics.org Skype/Twitter: davidstodolsky Begin forwarded message:
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Thanks David for being so succinct. You're absolutely right there - there are many predatory practices that are part of these "pains" - there are numerous OA journals that do not have these practices, and they should be lauded while the others shamed. DOAJ is a great place to start, but it might be interesting if there was a repository of OA shaming somewhere (although something tells me someone has this already) to help align our goals. Its unfortunate about Andrew's wife's story, but this is exactly the evidence we need to help configure what journals are best to not only publish in, but also assist in peer review. Personally I will only peer review for platinum OA journals now, just because if I'm going to give away my time, I expect others to have easy access to it. As David mentioned, Elsevier is notoriously against OA and its very problematic. We will see if SSRN responds, I've written them both in their feedback section and to support@ssrn.com best, Zach -------------------- Zachary J. McDowell, PhD www.zachmcdowell.com On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 8:43 AM, David Stodolsky <dss@secureid.net> wrote:
On 29 Dec 2016, at 12.38, Andrew Herman <aherman@wlu.ca> wrote:
Sharon
Thanks for the bring this to the attention of the list. This is an area of great concern and certainly is an aspect of the Gramscian war of position against the racist "alt-right" what she should be engaged in. This also points to one of the problems of open access publishing that we are now beinning to encounter.
Open Access (OA) journals can be as good as any journals. However, there are a plenty of predatory journals set up merely to extract cash from researchers. See below for info on ways to avoid trouble.
Elsevier is one of biggest opponents of OA and especially any change in scientific publishing that could undermine the exploitive monopoly they now run. In Germany and several other countries, research establishments have declared they will boycott Elsevier, if monopoly behavior doesn’t cease.
dss
David Stodolsky, PhD Institute for Social Informatics Tornskadestien 2, st. th., DK-2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark dss@socialinformatics.org Skype/Twitter: davidstodolsky
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On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 08:50:56AM -0500, Zach McDowell wrote:
a great place to start, but it might be interesting if there was a repository of OA shaming somewhere (although something tells me someone has this already) to help align our goals. Its unfortunate about Andrew's
Jeffrey Beall [1] has been doing this for some time. Incidentally, he is quoted in a New York Times article today about "fake academia" (everything seems to be fake these days) [2]. Cheers, Chema. [1] <https://scholarlyoa.com> [2] <http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/29/upshot/fake-academe-looking-much-like-the-real-thing.html>
I would second the recommendation to look at Jeffrey Beall's list (he is an academic librarian and was threatened with a law suit in 2013 to the tune of 1 billion US dollars by OMICS, one of the firms he targeted which is predatory publishing outfit in India; the relevant legal statute in India was struck down in 2015): List of predatory publishers: https://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/ Best. Kalpana On 29 December 2016 at 14:03, José María Mateos <chema@rinzewind.org> wrote:
On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 08:50:56AM -0500, Zach McDowell wrote:
a great place to start, but it might be interesting if there was a repository of OA shaming somewhere (although something tells me someone has this already) to help align our goals. Its unfortunate about Andrew's
Jeffrey Beall [1] has been doing this for some time. Incidentally, he is quoted in a New York Times article today about "fake academia" (everything seems to be fake these days) [2].
Cheers,
Chema.
[1] <https://scholarlyoa.com> [2] <http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/29/upshot/fake-academe-looki ng-much-like-the-real-thing.html>
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May I also suggest, those of you in academic institutions, forward this thread to your librarian. This is a tailor made lesson in both publishing practices and source evaluation. Undergraduate students tend to trust whatever comes out of a database. And your librarian might hassle Elsevier too. :) Charlie McNabb, MA, MLIS http://mcnabbarchives.wordpress.com/ http://beyondhankycode.wordpress.com/
Great suggestion, Charlie! ________________________________________ From: Air-L <air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org> on behalf of Charlie McNabb <mcnabbarchives@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2016 10:55 AM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] Elsevier and peer review May I also suggest, those of you in academic institutions, forward this thread to your librarian. This is a tailor made lesson in both publishing practices and source evaluation. Undergraduate students tend to trust whatever comes out of a database. And your librarian might hassle Elsevier too. :) Charlie McNabb, MA, MLIS http://mcnabbarchives.wordpress.com/ http://beyondhankycode.wordpress.com/ _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/
Thanks Kalpana! I tried to go to Beall's list and to my surprise, it is no longer available for consultation. I even found a recent blog post questioning its disappearance. https://debunkingdenialism.com/2017/01/16/what-happened-to-jeffrey-bealls-li... It is all very odd. Does anyone have any leads on this? best, -- *David Nemer, PhD* Assistant Professor School of Information Science University of Kentucky http://dnemer.com <http://www.dnemer.com/> Check out "Favela Digital: The other side of technology" - http://favela-digital.com On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 12:28 PM, Kalpana Shankar <kalpana.shankar@ucd.ie> wrote:
I would second the recommendation to look at Jeffrey Beall's list (he is an academic librarian and was threatened with a law suit in 2013 to the tune of 1 billion US dollars by OMICS, one of the firms he targeted which is predatory publishing outfit in India; the relevant legal statute in India was struck down in 2015):
List of predatory publishers: https://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/
Best.
Kalpana
On 29 December 2016 at 14:03, José María Mateos <chema@rinzewind.org> wrote:
On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 08:50:56AM -0500, Zach McDowell wrote:
a great place to start, but it might be interesting if there was a repository of OA shaming somewhere (although something tells me someone has this already) to help align our goals. Its unfortunate about Andrew's
Jeffrey Beall [1] has been doing this for some time. Incidentally, he is quoted in a New York Times article today about "fake academia" (everything seems to be fake these days) [2].
Cheers,
Chema.
[1] <https://scholarlyoa.com> [2] <http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/29/upshot/fake-academe-looki ng-much-like-the-real-thing.html>
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This was sent around this morning from a library listserv: Librarian removes controversial list of "predatory" journals and publishers, reportedly in response to "threats and politics." https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/01/18/librarians-list-predatory-jou... Someone mentioned that the criteria has been included in Cabell's https://www.cabells.com/about-us Joy McNally Brandow Research Support Coordinator Union of Concerned Scientists | Cambridge MA T: +1 617 301-8048 | E: jmcnally@ucsusa.org -----Original Message----- From: Air-L [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of David Nemer Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2017 2:45 PM To: Kalpana Shankar Cc: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] Elsevier and peer review Thanks Kalpana! I tried to go to Beall's list and to my surprise, it is no longer available for consultation. I even found a recent blog post questioning its disappearance. https://debunkingdenialism.com/2017/01/16/what-happened-to-jeffrey-bealls-li... It is all very odd. Does anyone have any leads on this? best, -- *David Nemer, PhD* Assistant Professor School of Information Science University of Kentucky http://dnemer.com <http://www.dnemer.com/> Check out "Favela Digital: The other side of technology" - http://favela-digital.com On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 12:28 PM, Kalpana Shankar <kalpana.shankar@ucd.ie> wrote:
I would second the recommendation to look at Jeffrey Beall's list (he is an academic librarian and was threatened with a law suit in 2013 to the tune of 1 billion US dollars by OMICS, one of the firms he targeted which is predatory publishing outfit in India; the relevant legal statute in India was struck down in 2015):
List of predatory publishers: https://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/
Best.
Kalpana
On 29 December 2016 at 14:03, José María Mateos <chema@rinzewind.org> wrote:
On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 08:50:56AM -0500, Zach McDowell wrote:
a great place to start, but it might be interesting if there was a repository of OA shaming somewhere (although something tells me someone has this already) to help align our goals. Its unfortunate about Andrew's
Jeffrey Beall [1] has been doing this for some time. Incidentally, he is quoted in a New York Times article today about "fake academia" (everything seems to be fake these days) [2].
Cheers,
Chema.
[1] <https://scholarlyoa.com> [2] <http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/29/upshot/fake-academe-looki ng-much-like-the-real-thing.html>
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Here’s some more info. and links to archived versions: https://debunkingdenialism.com/2017/01/16/what-happened-to-jeffrey-bealls-li... <----------------------------------------------------> Jeanine Finn, PhD Researcher School of Information University of Texas at Austin jefinn@utexas.edu <mailto:jefinn@utexas.edu> http://jeaninefinn.me <http://jeaninefinn.me/>
On Jan 18, 2017, at 8:53 AM, Joy McNally <JMcNally@ucsusa.org> wrote:
This was sent around this morning from a library listserv:
Librarian removes controversial list of "predatory" journals and publishers, reportedly in response to "threats and politics." https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/01/18/librarians-list-predatory-jou...
Someone mentioned that the criteria has been included in Cabell's https://www.cabells.com/about-us
Joy McNally Brandow Research Support Coordinator Union of Concerned Scientists | Cambridge MA T: +1 617 301-8048 | E: jmcnally@ucsusa.org
-----Original Message----- From: Air-L [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of David Nemer Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2017 2:45 PM To: Kalpana Shankar Cc: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] Elsevier and peer review
Thanks Kalpana!
I tried to go to Beall's list and to my surprise, it is no longer available for consultation. I even found a recent blog post questioning its disappearance. https://debunkingdenialism.com/2017/01/16/what-happened-to-jeffrey-bealls-li...
It is all very odd. Does anyone have any leads on this?
best,
-- *David Nemer, PhD* Assistant Professor School of Information Science University of Kentucky http://dnemer.com <http://www.dnemer.com/>
Check out "Favela Digital: The other side of technology" - http://favela-digital.com
On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 12:28 PM, Kalpana Shankar <kalpana.shankar@ucd.ie> wrote:
I would second the recommendation to look at Jeffrey Beall's list (he is an academic librarian and was threatened with a law suit in 2013 to the tune of 1 billion US dollars by OMICS, one of the firms he targeted which is predatory publishing outfit in India; the relevant legal statute in India was struck down in 2015):
List of predatory publishers: https://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/
Best.
Kalpana
On 29 December 2016 at 14:03, José María Mateos <chema@rinzewind.org> wrote:
On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 08:50:56AM -0500, Zach McDowell wrote:
a great place to start, but it might be interesting if there was a repository of OA shaming somewhere (although something tells me someone has this already) to help align our goals. Its unfortunate about Andrew's
Jeffrey Beall [1] has been doing this for some time. Incidentally, he is quoted in a New York Times article today about "fake academia" (everything seems to be fake these days) [2].
Cheers,
Chema.
[1] <https://scholarlyoa.com> [2] <http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/29/upshot/fake-academe-looki ng-much-like-the-real-thing.html>
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Thank you Jeanine and Joy for those links, and all who previously responded to this thread. It was very helpful to hear the responses to the 'article' example, as well to have a continued conversation around Open Access. Diana, I am not working on this particular issue per se but generally as an academic was concerned to stumble upon it. I certainly suggest followup by those focused on this kind of ethics. ;) -Sharon -------------------------- *Sharon Greenfield* PhD Researcher Digital Ethnography Research Centre (DERC) School of Media and Communication RMIT University, Australia E: sharon.greenfield@rmit.edu.au E: sharon.greenfield@gmail.com M: 0404 904 149 T: @SharonG <https://twitter.com/sharong> *I and RMIT acknowledge the Wurundjeri people as the traditional owners of **the land * *on which the University stands and respectfully recognise Elders past and present.* On 19 January 2017 at 07:32, Jeanine Finn <jefinn@utexas.edu> wrote:
Here’s some more info. and links to archived versions:
https://debunkingdenialism.com/2017/01/16/what-happened- to-jeffrey-bealls-list-of-allegedly-predatory-publishers/?utm_content= buffer0a142&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
<----------------------------------------------------> Jeanine Finn, PhD Researcher School of Information University of Texas at Austin jefinn@utexas.edu <mailto:jefinn@utexas.edu> http://jeaninefinn.me <http://jeaninefinn.me/>
On Jan 18, 2017, at 8:53 AM, Joy McNally <JMcNally@ucsusa.org> wrote:
This was sent around this morning from a library listserv:
Librarian removes controversial list of "predatory" journals and publishers, reportedly in response to "threats and politics." https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/01/18/ librarians-list-predatory-journals-reportedly-removed- due-threats-and-politics
Someone mentioned that the criteria has been included in Cabell's https://www.cabells.com/about-us
Joy McNally Brandow Research Support Coordinator Union of Concerned Scientists | Cambridge MA T: +1 617 301-8048 | E: jmcnally@ucsusa.org
-----Original Message----- From: Air-L [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of David Nemer Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2017 2:45 PM To: Kalpana Shankar Cc: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] Elsevier and peer review
Thanks Kalpana!
I tried to go to Beall's list and to my surprise, it is no longer available for consultation. I even found a recent blog post questioning its disappearance. https://debunkingdenialism.com/2017/01/16/what-happened- to-jeffrey-bealls-list-of-allegedly-predatory-publishers/
It is all very odd. Does anyone have any leads on this?
best,
-- *David Nemer, PhD* Assistant Professor School of Information Science University of Kentucky http://dnemer.com <http://www.dnemer.com/>
Check out "Favela Digital: The other side of technology" - http://favela-digital.com
On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 12:28 PM, Kalpana Shankar < kalpana.shankar@ucd.ie> wrote:
I would second the recommendation to look at Jeffrey Beall's list (he is an academic librarian and was threatened with a law suit in 2013 to the tune of 1 billion US dollars by OMICS, one of the firms he targeted which is predatory publishing outfit in India; the relevant legal statute in India was struck down in 2015):
List of predatory publishers: https://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/
Best.
Kalpana
On 29 December 2016 at 14:03, José María Mateos <chema@rinzewind.org> wrote:
On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 08:50:56AM -0500, Zach McDowell wrote:
a great place to start, but it might be interesting if there was a repository of OA shaming somewhere (although something tells me someone has this already) to help align our goals. Its unfortunate about Andrew's
Jeffrey Beall [1] has been doing this for some time. Incidentally, he is quoted in a New York Times article today about "fake academia" (everything seems to be fake these days) [2].
Cheers,
Chema.
[1] <https://scholarlyoa.com> [2] <http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/29/upshot/fake-academe-looki ng-much-like-the-real-thing.html>
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This serious warning on SSRN and Elsevier suggested me the idea of sharing here the CFP that follows, to Capurro's International Review of Information Ethics, which includes this kind of issue - Scientometrics, the promiscuity of scientific research within USA military-industrial complexes and the general political economy of scientific publishing - among others. Best, Marco Schneider *Call for Papers for Vol. 27 (08/2017)*Information Ethics from a Marxian Perspectiveedited by Marco Schneider and Ricardo Pimenta - Deadline for extended abstracts: *28th February 2017* - Notification of acceptance to authors: *15th April 2017* - Deadline for full articles: *30th June 2017* - Deadline for revised articles: *31st July 2016* - Publication: *August 2017* For further information, especially on how to submit a paper, please see the detailed cfp: *Information Ethics from a Marxian Perspective - Call for Papers for Vol. 27 <http://www.i-r-i-e.net/call_for_papers_27.htm>* http://www.i-r-i-e.net/call_for_papers_27.htm 2016-12-29 2:09 GMT-02:00 Sharon Greenfield <sharon.greenfield@rmit.edu.au>:
The other day I was told by someone not in academia that there are regularly planted independently written 'articles' (quotes mine) to places like the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) https://www.ssrn.com so as to give a 'credible source' for right wing racist media pundits and those who follow them.
Thoughts on this process? SSRN is an arm of Elsevier. As apparent by below planted 'article' (quotes again mine) and the multitude of scientific errors, there is no peer review. Does this 'open access' of research journals from Elsevier dilute any credibility they have? Would love to chat with someone at Elsevier about this. I do understand what a tough place the publishing industry is in right now.
I was pointed to below link which is being used to back up quotes like "97% of women with children by black male partners get ZERO financial help from their partner." :
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2625893
Ninety Two Percent: Examining the Birth Trends, Family Structure, Economic Standing, Paternal Relationships, and Emotional Stability of Biracial Children with African American Fathers Tiffany N. Calloway <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2418846> Independent June 2, 2015 *Abstract: * This study examines the birth trends, family structure, economic standing, paternal relationships, and emotional stability of biracial children with African American fathers. For study implementation quantitative research methods were used. Questions were asked through a questionnaire that was administered to 1000 women spanning the united States that were equally ranging from 3 different racial groups; Caucasian, Asian, and Hispanic. Participants were recruited through the internet, radio, and news. This study finds that 92% of biracial children with African American fathers are born out of wedlock and 82% end up on government assistance. The results of this study make it very clear that biracial children with African American fathers are fatherless on a scale much larger than the public may realize.
*Number of Pages in PDF File:* 12
*Keywords:* Biracial, out of wedlock, fatherless, black fathers, interracial
-------------------------- *Sharon Greenfield* PhD Researcher School of Media and Communication RMIT University, Australia
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