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cyclonefence

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12. Your experience differs from mine

Sun Oct 15, 2023, 03:28 PM

Oct 2023

When my last published article appeared (in a respected main-line journal) my email was flooded with offers to publish pretty much anything I wanted to write--for a price. And I was second author!

I automatically shelve pay-to-publish scientific journals on my suspicious list, but you may well be correct about this one.

Does this publication has a hard copy available, or is it strictly on-line?

Edited to add: of course well-known scientific journals are published for-profit. But the profits come from subscriptions and in some cases advertising sales, *not* from authors who pay to be published.

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I was involved in medical publishing for most of my professional life cyclonefence Oct 2023 #1

PLOS One has been around for many years and is respected, AFAIK erronis Oct 2023 #2

TY! appalachiablue Oct 2023 #3

...and of course...there's "Retraction Watch." NNadir Oct 2023 #5

Wow. Interesting site/link --- retraction watch. Hadn't KPN Oct 2023 #7

I do agree with keeping a certain level of skepticism. Just added RetractionWatch.org erronis Oct 2023 #8

Thanks for the link Farmer-Rick Oct 2023 #11

I found mixed reviews of PLOS One. progressoid Oct 2023 #6

I wouldn't characterize Elsevier as a "not for profit" enterprise. NNadir Oct 2023 #9

Your experience differs from mine cyclonefence Oct 2023 #12

Interesting Kick! burrowowl Oct 2023 #4

As long as it's not blaming vaccines, that's positive! Ziggysmom Oct 2023 #10