Greener Journals

Connotea Imports 2012-07-31

Summary:

[After summarizing evidence that Greener Journals published an article previously published elsewhere:] Pure plagiarism or indication of personal connections between the two publishers? I cannot find any evidence on the websites that it is allowed to the publisher on the ground of a copyright transfer or a contract to re-use the arcticle. (And this would only work under the premise that the publisher of Academic Journals and Greener Journals is the same.) Now we have to examine if the CC license allows this dubious re-use of an old OA article. It is clear what the intention of Greener Journals is: By copying the PDF from Academic Journals (omitting the date of the acceptance 10, August 2006 and changing the copyright notice) the very small contents of the Greener Journal Archives are enriched by a good article of a serious US scientist. Obviously this practice is highly misleading and unethical - but it is legal according the CC terms? ..."

Link:

http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/64979561/

From feeds:

Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) ยป Connotea Imports

Tags:

ru.no oa.new oa.gold oa.comment oa.misconduct oa.journals

Authors:

petersuber

Date tagged:

07/31/2012, 11:44

Date published:

02/20/2012, 12:44