The illicit and illegitimate continued use of Jeffrey Beall's predatory open access black lists | Journal of Radical Librarianship, 2018 | Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva

"Abstract: For several years, a US librarian, Jefrey Beall, blogged about problems he perceived in open access (OA) journals and publishers. During that time, many academics also felt that there were serious and legitimate issues with the scholarly nature of several OA journals and publishers. Beall rapidly gained popularity by recording his impressions on a personal blog, and created two controversial black lists of OA journals and publishers that he felt were unscholarly. ... A post-publication peer review of Beall's black lists, Beall's advocacy, and the potential damage that they have caused, has only now begun. Reasons why these black lists are academically illegitimate, and arguments why their continued use is illicit, are provided."