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3 unusual facts about Jeffrey Beall


Bentham Science Publishers

In a review of Bentham Open for The Charleston Advisor, Jeffrey Beall noted that "in many cases, Bentham Open journals publish articles that no legitimate peer-review journal would accept, and unconventional and nonconformist ideas are being presented in some of them as legitimate science."

Jeffrey Beall

In 2013, it was reported that OMICS Publishing Group, which had been included on Beall's list of predatory open access publishers, had issued a warning to Beall stating that they intended to sue him, and were seeking $1 billion in damages.

Predatory open-access publishing

The term "predatory open access" was conceived by University of Colorado Denver librarian and researcher Jeffrey Beall.



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