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I think it should be called "Pi and the rise of pay-for publication" or perhaps "Predatory journals and miscomputing pi". If a predatory 'journal' is more inter
by mixedmath 9y ago
I think it should be called "Pi and the rise of pay-for publication" or perhaps "Predatory journals and miscomputing pi". If a predatory 'journal' is more interested in taking submissions' money than presenting science, then the thought of peer review doesn't enter into the picture.
The journals that are mentioned are present on Beal's list of predatory journals [1], and so are even widely acknowledged to be crap journals.
[1]: http://beallslist.weebly.com/ http://beallslist.weebly.com/
- Flott 9y agoThank you for the list. It is way longer then I expected. It's also interesting to take a look at the criteria used for the creation of the list.