This paper describes and discusses the phenomenon 'predatory publishing', in relation to both academic journals and books, and suggests a list of characteristics by which to identify predatory journals. It also raises the question whether traditional publishing houses have accompanied rogue publishers upon this path. It is noted that bioethics as a discipline does not stand unaffected by this t...

AIM The purpose of the article is to alert faculty about predatory online journals, review characteristics of three broad categories of journals, and provide suggestions for faculty evaluation of journals before submission of scholarship for publication. BACKGROUND The availability of online journals in recent years has rapidly increased the number of journals available for publication of fac...

Predatory journals, or journals that charge an article processing charge (APC) to authors, yet do not have the hallmarks of legitimate scholarly journals such as peer review and editing, Editorial Boards, editorial offices, and other editorial standards, pose a number of new ethical issues in journal publishing. This paper discusses ethical issues around predatory journals and publishing in the...

Important pronouncements of legal principle were recently made by the Competition Appeal Court and Constitutional on determination predatory pricing under section 8 Act 89 1998. These must now be seen in context subsequent commencement certain provisions Amendment 18 2018, which affect cases Act. In light these developments, main aim this series three articles is to evaluate law relating econom...

Both adult and larval zebrafish have been demonstrated to show behavioural responses to noxious stimulation but also to potentially stress- and fear or anxiety- eliciting situations. The pain or nociceptive response can be altered and modulated by these situations in adult fish through a mechanism called stress-induced analgesia. However, this phenomenon has not been described in larval fish ye...

Predatory journals often prey on innocent researchers who are unaware of the threat they pose. This paper discusses what can do if unintentionally publish a in predatory journal, including measures to take before submission, during peer review, and after journal has accepted manuscript. The specific recommendations discussed pre-registration, pre-submission peer-review, open topping up reviewer...

INTRODUCTION AND AIM The Internet has enabled an easy method to search through the vast majority of publications and has improved the impact of scholarly journals. However, it can also pose threats to the quality of published articles. New publishers and journals have emerged so-called open-access potential, possible, or probable predatory publishers and journals, and so-called hijacked journal...

Feeding behaviors in a wide range of animals are regulated by the neurotransmitter serotonin, although the exact neural circuits and associated mechanism are often unknown. The nematode Pristionchus pacificus can kill other nematodes by opening prey cuticles with movable teeth. Previous studies showed that exogenous serotonin treatment induces a predatory-like tooth movement and slower pharynge...

T paper reports data from an experiment confirming the existence of predatory pricing in the presence of network externalities when the technology of competing firms are identical. An experiment was conducted at the University of South Carolina’s Beam Lab, based on a seven-period and one-market design. Twenty-two subjects were recruited and assigned a role as seller. ey were paired together ra...

s included below are as written by the author(s) and are unedited.