Cabell Publishing

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Cabells
Company type Private
Industry Analytics
Founded1978
FounderDavid W. E. Cabell
Headquarters
Beaumont, Texas
,
United States
ProductsJournalytics
Predatory Reports
Website www.cabells.com

Cabells is a scholarly analytics company based in Beaumont, Texas. Established in 1978 by management professor David Cabell, it originally maintained only a directory of verified business academic journals. Since then, it has grown to include Journalytics, a database with analytics on reputable journals, Predatory Reports, a database of predatory journals with violation reports, journal metrics, and manuscript preparation tools. Journalytics has been expanded to include many types of information about the included journals, such as article acceptance rates and average review times. [1] [2] As of 2017, the company's Journalytics platform contains over 11,000 journals. [3] In June 2020, Cabells changed the name of its whitelist and blacklist to Journalytics and Predatory Reports, respectively. [4] In May 2023, Cabells reduced their workforce by a third in a round of unannounced and instant layoffs.

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Predatory Reports

In 2015, Cabells began working with Jeffrey Beall, the creator of Beall's list, on developing a new list of predatory journals. In early 2017, Beall's list was abruptly taken offline, leading to speculation that Cabells was involved in the list's removal; the company denied any involvement. [5] On June 15, 2017, Cabells launched its own database of academic journals it considers predatory. In June 2020, Cabells changed the name of its blacklist to Predatory Reports. [4] In February 2020, Predatory Reports exceeded 13,000 deceptive journals listed. [6] Like their original whitelist they have maintained since 1978, Predatory Reports is subscription-only. [7] [8]

Reception

With regard to Journalytics, Manhattan College librarian William H. Walters noted that "Cabell’s maintains minimum standards for inclusion but is not comprehensive in its coverage of good journals." [2] A Charleston Advisor reviewer wrote that "Cabell’s takes complaints about journals in their database seriously, and they will conduct a review and decide if it’s necessary to remove the offending publication." But they also noted, "Inclusion in Cabell’s is not an automatic stamp of quality. Users should realize that while Cabell’s prohibits journals that their staff deems predatory, publications of low quality will not necessarily be excluded." [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "About". Cabells.com. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  2. 1 2 Walters, William H. (2016-01-02). "Information Sources and Indicators for the Assessment of Journal Reputation and Impact". The Reference Librarian. 57 (1): 13–22. doi:10.1080/02763877.2015.1088426. ISSN   0276-3877. S2CID   61883220.
  3. ↑ Forrester, Amy; Björk, Bo-Christer; Tenopir, Carol (October 2017). "New web services that help authors choose journals". Learned Publishing. 30 (4): 281–287. doi: 10.1002/leap.1112 .
  4. 1 2 "Announcement regarding brand-wide language changes, effective immediately". blog.cabells.com. 9 June 2020. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
  5. ↑ Straumsheim, Carl (2017-01-18). "Librarian's list of 'predatory' journals reportedly removed due to 'threats and politics'". Inside Higher Education. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  6. ↑ Linacre, Simon (2020-02-26). "Growth of predatory publishing shows no sign of slowing". blog.cabells.com. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
  7. ↑ Silver, Andrew (2017-05-31). "Pay-to-view blacklist of predatory journals set to launch". Nature News. doi:10.1038/nature.2017.22090 . Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  8. ↑ Basken, Paul (2017-09-12). "Why Beall's List Died — and What It Left Unresolved About Open Access". The Chronicle of Higher Education. ISSN   0009-5982 . Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  9. ↑ Colvin, Jaimie Beth; Vinyard, Marc (2016-07-01). "Cabell's International". The Charleston Advisor. 18 (1): 9–14. doi:10.5260/chara.18.1.9. ISSN   1525-4011.
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