Publishing with Integrity
Elsevier Acquires Beall’s List and launches their “Reputify” service to help publishers clean up their Image @ElsevierConnect | @Scopus In what is perhaps a surprise move, Elsevier have just announced the acquisition of the Beall’s List intellectual property. This is part of a new initiative to “promote rehabilitation and re-entry into the scholarly publishing ecosystem.” The renamed platform - "Beall’s Legacy: Powered by Elsevier" - will form the backbone of a new subscription-based service called Reputify, offering those publishers who wish to refresh their image: 🔍 A tailored Ethics Health Check 🧼 A “clean slate” publishing certificate, which says that they are working with Elsevier to transition towards being a legitimate journal 📤 Fast-track consideration for Scopus indexing “We believe everyone deserves a second chance,” said a spokesperson. “They will subscribe to our service, which will be less than the cost of publishing an article in their journal and, for that fee, our expert team will work with the journal to transition from being a predatory journal, to being a legitimate journal. Once they have made the required changes to the publishing model, we will offer a fact track service to being indexed in Scopus". Two options will be offered by Reputify: 1⃣ Basic: One-time removal from the "Beall's List", as long as the journal guarantees to change its predatory practises. 2⃣ Elite: A tailored package to work with the Elsevier team to transition to a legitimate journal, with a fast track to being Scopus indexed.
