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'Predatory' Publishing Up
Study suggests open-access journals with questionable peer-review and marketing processes now publish hundreds of thousands of articles a year, a huge jump in only a few years.
Opinion
Back in Black
A philosopher's commitment to fascism raises controversy … again. Scott McLemee is scandalized.
Opinion
Fearful Asymmetry
Obfuscation: it's not just for post-structuralists anymore. Scott McLemee discusses a book on creating privacy in digital society.
'Undisciplining Knowledge'
Author discusses new book that considers both the positive and negative impacts of an interdisciplinary approach.
Fixing Grad School
New books set out agendas for both professors and students on how to change the experience and career paths.
Opinion
The Atrocity Exhibition
All too familiar: a disturbed loner wins posthumous recognition by mixing mass murder and mass media. Scott McLemee consults an Italian theorist's reflections on the problem.
Opinion
An Error of Era?
We divide history into periods just to keep it manageable. Scott McLemee reports on a discussion of whether we're doing it right.
Not So 'Fun Home'
Duke U freshmen say a celebrated graphic novel depicting lesbian sex and relationships shouldn't have been included on their recommended summer reading list, and some won't read it.