predatory journals and conferences article in NY Times

The NY Times brings up an interesting topic:
Scientific Articles Accepted (Personal Checks, Too)
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/08/health/for-scientists-an-exploding-world-of-pseudo-academia.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp&

We found this posted on a marine biology science list from NOAA.

This is a problem which manifests itself in every discipline and it preys on basic human needs for recognition. The current publishing world of academia itself is to blame partially.

Because in each field of science scientists and researchers usually have a short list of peer-reviewed journals and conferences in their mental narrow focus, only librarians typically have a (often not much) better overview of available reputable journals and conferences in respective fields.

It is high time for a global registry of scientific publishers and their respective journals and a form of rating and grading them.

Linked data and semantic web technologies provide opportunities to create such rating and grading systems, and maybe an item for a separate W3C Community Group?

 
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