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Publisher Frontiers is listed on the most recent version of the so-called Beall’s List of 'potential, possible, or probable predatory scholarly open-access publishers' at https://web.archive.org/web/20161229142636/https://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/ Publisher Frontiers was placed on this list in...

Thanks alot for your kind words, its highly appreciated.

"Anon advocate" has not indicated in any of the 4 parts of this posting that COPE used to have an Ombudsperson. This Ombudsperson had a.o. the following tasks: "The COPE Ombudsman is an independent (unpaid) individual whose role is to ensure that COPE carries out its stated mission in a fair...

It seems to me that it is not excluded that COPE is trying to argue over here that they endorse partial behavior, whereas on the other hand the VSNU 'The Netherlands Code of Conduct for Academic Practice' lists 'impartiality' as one of its 6 key principles. This VSNU CoC can be viewed at...

Compare https://publicationethics.org/files/Trustees_Report_and_Financial_Statements_Year_ended_31Dec2016.pdf with https://publicationethics.org/files/u7140/Subscription%20rates%202016.pdf and sort out what will happen when COPE will suspend / terminate the membership of one of the major...

(1): Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is since 1 April 2017 processing a formal complaint with serious accusations of badmouthing on a public part of the internet about me by Virginia Barbour (an employee of QUT) and in her capacity of chair of COPE. The processing of this complaint...

It is expected for all members of COPE to adhere to the "Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing" at https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines-new/principles-transparency-and-best-practice-scholarly-publishing and it is stated in these Principles: "In the...