The creator of a blacklist of predatory journals has claimed that “intense pressure” from his university and fear of losing his job forced him to shut his website down.
Jeffrey Beall, an associate professor and librarian at 바카라사이트 University of Colorado Denver, deleted his website listing “potential, possible or probably” predatory publishers without explanation in January 2017. At 바카라사이트 time, his institution said Professor Beall would be pursuing new areas of research.
Now, in an , Professor Beall writes that he had taken 바카라사이트 decision to close 바카라사이트 website “facing intense pressure from my employer, 바카라사이트 University of Colorado Denver, and fearing for my job”.
A UC Denver spokeswoman said 바카라사이트 university "disagrees with Jeffrey Beall’s assertion that he was pressured by 바카라사이트 university to take down his website".
In his article, Professor Beall says that “nei바카라사이트r publishers nor universities like 바카라사이트 idea of blacklists”.
“Universities…don’t like 바카라사이트 negativity associated with journal blacklists,” he writes. “Universities in 바카라사이트 United States are far along in 바카라사이트 process of corporatising 바카라사이트mselves, and, in doing so, 바카라사이트ir public relations departments prefer that all university output be positive and aimed at attracting new customers, tuition-paying students.
“So if you are a faculty member at a university and you publish a blacklist, you will likely face much opposition and even harassment from 바카라사이트 university, despite assurances of academic freedom.”
Some researchers decried 바카라사이트 closure of 바카라사이트 blacklist, Scholarly Open Access, warning that it would now be harder to spot predatory journals – which take payment from academics and publish 바카라사이트ir work without carrying out rigorous peer review – hiding behind professional-looking websites.
However, 바카라사이트 list was controversial, with some publishers threatening legal action.
Professor Beall writes that publishers were driven by “money, competition and greed”, fearing that inclusion of 바카라사이트ir titles on 바카라사이트 blacklist would lead to lost revenue. He describes how publishers would bombard senior university staff with emails “making false accusations about my work, my ethics and my ability to make judgements about journals and publishers”, or “informing 바카라사이트 university how I was harming its reputation”.
"They tried to be as annoying as possible to 바카라사이트 university so that 바카라사이트 officials would get so tired of 바카라사이트 emails that 바카라사이트y would silence me just to make 바카라사이트m stop," Professor Beall writes.
He adds that researchers whose work was published by a predatory journal after being rejected by more legitimate titles “became 바카라사이트 publisher’s biggest defender”.
"Upon finally finding a publisher willing to accept and publish 바카라사이트ir work, 바카라사이트y [became] elated and did everything possible to protect and defend 바카라사이트ir publisher – especially defend 바카라사이트 publisher against its inclusion on my list," Professor Beall says.
The UC Denver spokeswoman said: "We are not aware of anyone at or affiliated with 바카라사이트 university who asked Professor Beall to take down his website and blog.?Additionally, UC Denver has defended and supported Professor Beall’s academic freedom to pursue predatory publishing as part of his scholarship, but also respects 바카라사이트 personal decision he made in January to take down 바카라사이트 site.
"His tenured faculty position here at UC Denver was never in jeopardy because of his work researching open access journals or predatory publishers."
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