From dgree1 at uillinois.edu Wed May 15 18:31:19 2024 From: dgree1 at uillinois.edu (Green, Denise D) Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 18:31:19 +0000 Subject: [CARLIOpenAccessReview] Alma Network Zone and Open Access/Free e-collections In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Follow up from Wiley on the Hindawi Publishing mess and ending 19 journals. Wiley to Shutter 19 Journals https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2024/05/15/wiley-shutter-19-journals__;!!DZ3fjg!6hMF-3UGkij19jjz78IJUjD8BofUix9wRpYS2H6Eoo6UuHz0bjuphgCQ6hUJRhJObWzPqdAjPKs69jOouVxWX0arDoNYci9Bdq4E$ From: Green, Denise D Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2024 1:24 PM To: carliopenaccessreview at carli.illinois.edu Subject: RE: Alma Network Zone and Open Access/Free e-collections Thanks much for your input on the list of e-collections. We only got one comment on the status of Network Zone e-collection: Hindawi Publishing Open Access Journals with 533 portfolios. Collection ID: 61325027120005816 MMS ID: 991153998337405816. If there's no objection, I'll take that as a recommendation to delete the e-collection in light of the quality issues and the plans to merge it with Wiley Open Access e-collections. Any further thoughts or reflections are welcome, Denise Green, CARLI From: Green, Denise D Also, we seek your advice about a collection we have decreased confidence in. Andrea Imre brought to our attention the status of Hindawi publishing. They have retracted many articles and been credibly accused of poor scholarly publishing practices. Especially problematic are their "Special Issues" with guest editors picked for a theme/subject area and (apparently) have little to no peer review. See https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://retractionwatch.com/2023/12/19/hindawi-reveals-process-for-retracting-more-than-8000-paper-mill-articles/__;!!DZ3fjg!6hMF-3UGkij19jjz78IJUjD8BofUix9wRpYS2H6Eoo6UuHz0bjuphgCQ6hUJRhJObWzPqdAjPKs69jOouVxWX0arDoNYcpQnnUk0$ or https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/feb/03/the-situation-has-become-appalling-fake-scientific-papers-push-research-credibility-to-crisis-point__;!!DZ3fjg!6hMF-3UGkij19jjz78IJUjD8BofUix9wRpYS2H6Eoo6UuHz0bjuphgCQ6hUJRhJObWzPqdAjPKs69jOouVxWX0arDoNYcmgO5vim$ Network Zone e-collection: Hindawi Publishing Open Access Journals with 533 portfolios. Collection ID: 61325027120005816 MMS ID: 991153998337405816 Per Alma comparison job: 204 (38%) entirely overlap & 144 (27%) partly overlap with other NZ e-collections. ("Partly overlap" means some of the years of coverage are duplicated but not all in Hindawi by other NZ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: