Explained: How the pay-and-publish business works | The Indian Express
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Summary:
"The American librarian Jeffrey Beall first used the expression “predatory open access publishing” in 2010, and published a list of “predatory publishers” on his blog that year. He subsequently started updating the list frequently, but was forced shut down his blog in 2017 under threats of lawsuits. But a major global debate had been opened."