[Rockhounds] Beware the Predatory Journal

[Carol J Bova]

Thanks, Paul! 

This is a bit off-topic, but one of your links turned out to be very helpful. We've got a local controversy going on about a floating cage oyster farm here near the Chesapeake Bay and nearby condo owners fighting it. 

Someone commenting online cited an article from OMICS International claiming the oyster farms kill eelgrass and the oyster’s fecal matter increases nitrogen levels. This is in direct contradiction to what’s said in the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Habitat Management Series #15, Spring 2018,  Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Policy: A Review of Past Accomplishments and Emerging Research and Management Issues, Lisa N. Havel and the ASMFC Habitat Committee http://www.asmfc.org/uploads/file/5af330efHMS15_SAV_PolicyUpdate.pdf 

It’s hard enough trying to keep the facts straight in public discussions without these ‘journals’ adding bad info to the mix.

Carol



> On Jun 2, 2018, at 12:06 PM, Paul <etchplain at att.net> wrote:
> get two to four invitations a month from such dodgy journals. They are titled as to either mimic real scientific journals or sound like legitimate publications. There is one fringe catastrophist that attempts to legitimize his articles by publishing in a predatory journal at 600 dollars a manuscript….
> Rise in 'predatory publishers' has sparked a warning for
> scientists and researchers By Chris McLoughlin, ABC News,
> http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-13/rise-in-predatory-publishers-sparks-warning-for-researchers/9640950 <http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-13/rise-in-predatory-publishers-sparks-warning-for-researchers/9640950>