Cabell Publishing

Cabell Publishing is a scholarly services company based in Beaumont, Texas. Established in 2000 by management professor David W. Cabell, it originally maintained only a directory of whitelisted academic journals. Since then, it has grown to include a blacklist of predatory journals, journal metrics, and a set of tools to help academics prepare their manuscripts. Its whitelist has also 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 whitelist contains over 11,000 journals.[3]

Cabell Publishing Company
Private
IndustryAnalytics
Founded1978
FounderDavid W. E. Cabell
Headquarters
Beaumont, Texas
,
United States
ProductsCabell's blacklist
Cabell's whitelist
Websitewww2.cabells.com

Company name

Although the company's website suggests its name is "Cabell's International" (that name appears in the website's title tag), the site's Terms of Use page indicates the company name is "Cabell Publishing Co."[4] In addition, a "find-entity" search with the Texas Office of the Secretary of State, returns no results for an entity named, "Cabell's International"[5], but Texas corporate filing records show that Cabell Publishing Company filed articles of incorporation with the Texas Office of Secretary of State in 2000[lower-alpha 1] and has maintained its corporate status in Texas since then.[6][lower-alpha 2]

Blacklist
Main article: Cabell's blacklist

In 2015, Cabell's 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 Cabell's was involved in the list's removal; the company denied any involvement.[9] On June 15, 2017, Cabell's launched its own blacklist of academic journals it considers predatory. Like their original whitelist they have maintained since 1978, their blacklist is subscription-only.[10][11]

Reception

With regard to Cabell's whitelist, 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."[12]

Notes
  1. Filing Number: 158439300; Entity Type: Domestic For-Profit Corporation; Original Date of Filing: May 25, 2000; Entity Status: In existence; ... Duration: Perpetual; Name: CABELL PUBLISHING COMPANY; Address: PO BOX 7173 BEAUMONT, TX 77726 USA; ... Registered Agent: David W E Cabell
  2. Searching the Texas Office of the Secretary of State corporate filing database costs $1 per search.[7][8]

References
  1. "About". Cabells.com. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  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.
  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. "Terms & Conditions of Use For Use of Cabell's Online Databases". www2.cabells.com. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  5. "Index: FAQ & Help". direct.sos.state.tx.us. Retrieved 30 May 2020. Find-Entity: By performing this search, you will retrieve information on active, as well as inactive, corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, registered limited liability partnerships, out-of-state financial institutions, certain Texas financial institutions, and unincorporated nonprofit associations that currently use or have used the name you searched.
  6. "Texas Office of the Secretary of State". Texas Secretary of State. n.d. Retrieved 30 May 2020. The Office of the Secretary of State ... provides a repository for official and business and commercial records ....
  7. "Direct Access Subscriber Login". Texas Secretary of State. n.d. Retrieved 30 May 2020. You may login as a temporary user for this session by completing this temporary login form ... this will allow you to do web inquiries ... the only method of payment allowed for a temporary user is credit card ... the fees associated with the SOSDirect Account are the fees for ... inquiries submitted.
  8. "Index: FAQ & Help". Texas Secretary of State. n.d. Retrieved 30 May 2020. Information Requests, Copies & Certificates ... SOSDirect Search ... $1 per search.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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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