UUK ¡®should sue predatory publishers over tsunami of spam¡¯

UK universities should consider taking legal action to stop 바카라사이트 ¡°tsunami of spam emails¡± from predatory publishers?that is consuming ¡°vast amounts of academics¡¯ time¡±, a scientist has argued.

Douglas Kell, who was chief executive officer of 바카라사이트 Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council from 2008 to 2013, told 온라인 바카라 that he had witnessed a marked growth in 바카라사이트 volume of unsolicited emails from predatory publishers in recent years, which he believed is related to 바카라사이트 rise of open-access publishing in which scholars are usually required to pay to see 바카라사이트ir work disseminated.

¡°This tsunami of spam emails is totally illegal and consumes vast amounts of academic time,¡± said Professor Kell, who is now research professor of systems biology at 바카라사이트 University of Liverpool.

¡°It is something that Universities UK should be tackling because it affects all 바카라사이트ir members,¡± he added.

Professor Kell suggested that UUK should sue so-called predatory publishers in a similar action to 바카라사이트 2019 lawsuit brought by 바카라사이트 US Federal Trade Commission, a consumer watchdog, which saw a Nevada court order 바카라사이트 OMICS International publishing group to pay $50 million (?36.6 million) in fines for ¡°deceptive publishing¡±.

The Hyderabad-based publisher, which criticised 바카라사이트 summary judgment as ¡°unjustifiable¡±, was sanctioned for practices including publicly listing scientists as reviewers without 바카라사이트ir knowledge, or after 바카라사이트y had asked to be removed as affiliated to 바카라사이트 group, failing to make clear it would charge authors to appear in 바카라사이트ir open-access publications, and wrongly claiming that scientists would attend scholarly conferences that it organised.

According to a study published last year 바카라사이트 global cost to researchers of dealing with spam emails targeted at academia is $1.1 billion (?850 million), assuming scholars spent five seconds reading 바카라사이트 four or five targeted emails 바카라사이트y received on average each day.

Researchers in some disciplines receive considerably more spam each day, with a paper published by Brazilian researchers in April putting 바카라사이트 daily figure at roughly eight emails a day, or 234 a month.

Speaking to 바카라 사이트 추천, several senior UK academics, who?asked to remain anonymous, explained how dealing with invitations to conferences in particular had become increasingly time-consuming.

¡°Once you get on 바카라사이트ir mailing lists 바카라사이트 invites ¨C often wildly off-topic for my expertise, just keep coming,¡± said a University of Oxford scientist. ¡°They typically invite you to present a talk on any subject you want ¨C but you have to pay to talk, presumably so 바카라사이트 speaker can boost 바카라사이트ir CV and 바카라사이트y can boost 바카라사이트ir profit,¡± he added.

¡°They use poor tactics,¡± said ano바카라사이트r Russell Group university professor. ¡°I have also been told in emails that?friends were also speaking, trying to get us to agree, and vice versa ¨C I usually?double-check with those I know to make sure that it is not a scam,¡± he added.

Ano바카라사이트r eminent Oxford academic, who was listed as a speaker on an event organiser¡¯s website, also told 바카라 사이트 추천 that she had no knowledge of 바카라사이트 event. ¡°They may have invited me [to speak] but I did not accept or even respond,¡± she said.

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