Flagging Predatory Journals to Fight "Citation Contamination"

SSP is excited to share free presentations featuring the latest products, services, and solutions to current challenges faced by scholarly communications professionals. Navigating ever-changing offerings that promise to streamline your workflows and reduce headaches can be daunting. Instead, take an in-depth look at the latest advancements, solutions, case studies, and strategies from industry thought leaders in technology solutions, fulfillment services, sales, and marketing intelligence.

Bruce Rosenblum has been designing and implementing electronic publishing workflows and solutions for over 35 years. He is the developer of the Crossref Metadata Deposit Schema and co-authored the original NLM DTD. He served on the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) Board of Directors from 2005 to 2013 and is currently co-chair of the NISO STS working group as well as an active member of its JATS and BITS working groups. Prior to joining Atypon, he was CEO of Inera, which was acquired by Atypon in 2019. His 16 years of joint work with Crossref earned Inera and Crossref the 2014 NEPCo Publishing Collaboration Award, and he was awarded the status of NISO Fellow in 2020. Bruce continues to lead software development for Inera’s eXtyles and Edifix, and works with Atypon customers on workflow solutions.

Sylvia Izzo Hunter joined Inera as Marketing Manager in January 2018, following a 20-year career in editorial, production, and digital publishing at University of Toronto Press, where she honed her interest in producing accessible digital content. She served on the SSP Board of Directors from 2015 through 2018, and is currently a member of SSP’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and Education committees. Sylvia is the author of two articles about copyediting in the Journal of Scholarly Publishing, and of three fantasy novels published by Ace Books.

Inera’s Liz Blake joins Kathleen Berryman of Cabells to demonstrate an innovative collaboration designed to help publishers combat “citation contamination” by identifying citations to predatory journals.