Leonid Schneider calls Springer Nature’s Science and Engineering Ethics Predatory, Without Proof

In the world of academic publishing, to refer to a journal or publisher (or any other scholarly entity) as “predatory” carries with it a very serious and negative connotation, and can damage its reputation if that claim is made in public. If such a claim is supported by clear evidence, then it becomes a valid critical opinion because it is substantiated... Leonid Schneider Tweeted on several occasions that Springer Nature’s Science and Engineering Ethics (SEE) was “predatory”, in one Tweet even stating that “They are deeply unethical crooks at Science & Eng Ethics!” These are not light claims to be made in public ... On September 16, 2017, the author contacted Schneider to request a full and thorough list of properties that led him to make these accusations in public. In that email, the SEE co-editors-in-chief, Raymond Spier and Stephanie Bird, Springer Nature, COPE and other related individuals were copied, with a formal request to offer feedback. Almost two years after that email, not a single entity has ever responded.


https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jaime-Teixeira-Da-Silva/publication/335224605_Leonid_Schneider_calls_Springer_Nature's_Science_and_Engineering_Ethics_Predatory_Without_Proof/links/5d587d91a6fdccb7dc45735e/Leonid-Schneider-calls-Springer-Natures-Science-and-Engineering-Ethics-Predatory-Without-Proof.pdf


https://repository.globethics.net/handle/20.500.12424/3869723


https://thiscomplexlife.wordpress.com/2021/01/10/leonid-schneider-for-better-science-crank-or-cure/


https://forbetterscience.files.wordpress.com/2021/05/for-better-science-40forbetterscien1-_-twitter.pdf


https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339631024_Comment_moderation_and_freedom_of_speech_at_PubPeer_challenges_and_issues#pf4










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