Spot-on, IMHO, Judith, esp. your observation that 'peer review seems suspect in those operations, too.' Thanks very much. Warren On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 5:05 PM Lee, Judith <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Thanks for the alert, Susan. I have not been contacted for this > publication, but have declined similar opportunities for the same reason. > It’s one thing to ask early-career scholars to pay a small membership fee > to join the society that publishes the journal in which their work appears; > it’s quite another thing to make substantial publication fees the source > of a for-profit publishing operation. And peer review seems suspect in > those operations, too. > > Judith > > > Judith Yaross Lee, Ph.D. (she/her) > Distinguished Professor Emerita > > School of Communication Studies • Ohio University • Schoonover Center > 400 • Athens, OH 45701 > Please request home address before mailing packages or important documents. > > [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> • > https://www.ohio.edu/scripps-college/comm-studies/about/faculty-student/leej > <http://www.coms.ohiou.edu/judith-yaross-lee> > > My newest book: Seeing Mad: Essays on Mad Magazine’s Humor and Legacy > (University of Missouri Press, October 2020) > <https://upress.missouri.edu/9780826222138/seeing-mad/> > > > > On Sep 17, 2021, at 4:56 PM, Harris, Susan Kumin <[log in to unmask]<mailto: > [log in to unmask]>> wrote: > > Hi, folks. Susan Harris here, president of the MT Circle. I've recently > been contacted by an entity named Clyde Cui, asking me to guest edit a > special Twain issue of a new, open access journal titled Literature, > published by the MDPI group. After doing a bit of research, I turned the > request down; MDPI (based in Switzerland, with offices out of Beijing), has > a vast array of journals, mostly in the sciences. Apparently some of the > articles they publish are very good, but they also charge authors for > publishing their work and have other elements of "predatory" publishing. > So while I support open access publishing, I am leery of being put in a > situation where I might be exploiting young scholars. > > It's likely that they will now reach out to members of the Forum, so I > just wanted to post this warning. --skh > > > Susan K. Harris > >