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His verdict
“predatory” is libel for the vast majority of publishers on his list
who are not guilty of criminal activities. At the same time Beall is
mocking also all hard working authors, reviewers, editors, and staff of
all decent publishers on his list.
Publishers have a responsibility to protect the reputation of their authors, reviewers, editors, and staff. A lawsuit against Beall will be complicated, lengthy, and costly. He will point to the Freedom of Speech. Although defamation is not covered by Freedom of Speech, Beall will probably get away with his insertion “potential, possible, or probable” before “predatory scholarly open-access publishers”. For reasons as given above, SCIRP is asking all academics at universities, in research labs, in industry, and in scholarly publishing to stick to these rules:
The article initially published on http://blog.scirp.org/scirp-2/jeffrey-beall-i-am-an-academic-crime-fighter/
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