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Cambridge Scholars Publishing
StatusActive
Founded2001;23 years ago(2001)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Headquarters locationNewcastle upon Tyne,England
Nonfiction topicsScience, technology, medicine, business, transport and architecture
Owner(s)Graeme Nicol
Official websitewww.cambridgescholars.com

Cambridge Scholars Publishing(CSP) is an academic book publisher based inNewcastle upon Tyne,England.[1]It is not affiliated with theUniversity of CambridgeorCambridge University Press.It was founded by a Cambridge alumnus.[2]Originally it was a hobby project, publishing out-of-print Victorian novels.[3]It has been listed as apredatory publisheron Beall's List and on Predatory Reports.

The company publishes in health science, life science, physical science and social science. In 2018 it published 729 books.[4]

Journal publishing

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The company previously published academic journals[5]including the discontinued titlesZambia Social Sciences Journal[6]andReview Journal of Political Philosophy.[7]However, as of 2020, Cambridge Scholars did not publish any journals/periodicals.

Reception

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In 2017, David H. Kaye'sFlaky Academic Journalsnoted that "the journals do not look stellar. No editorial boards are listed",[8]but journals are no longer published, and as of 2020, an editorial board of international scholars is now listed.[9]Cambridge Scholars made an official statement on the site in December 2018 entitled 'In Defense of Cambridge Scholars'[10]in which John Peters, an advisor to Cambridge Scholars Publishing, commented on the statements made on the site stating "There are no charges to publish. There is no requirement on authors for a buy-back in return for publication. Royalties are accrued to the author from the first sale of a title. Decisions to publish are not taken on likely sales or profitability (which is unusual in a commercial publisher). The commercial risk to publish rests entirely with CSP."[10]

Cambridge Scholars Publishing sends unsolicited emails to potential authors: "Many academics must have at least received an email asking them to publish their undergraduate, masters or PhD dissertations as long as they are a part of some online repository to which these entities have easy access."[11]In February 2018, it was added as a potentially predatory journal publisher to the update toBeall's Listof potentially predatory journals or publishers, no longer maintained by Beall but by an anonymous European postdoctoral researcher.[12][13]As of September 2023the most recent changes shown on the list were in December 2021.[13]As of November 2023a list published by Predatory Reports, "an organization made up of volunteer researchers who have been harmed by predatory publishers and want to help researchers identify trusted journals and publishers for their research",[14]lists Cambridge Scholars in its list of Predatory Publishers[15]and discusses it at length in a July 2023 news post which concludes that "Some studies name CSP as potentially predatory."[16]

History

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The company was founded in 2001[17]by former Cambridge University academics. It relocated to Newcastle when its founders moved toDurham University,[4]and was subsequently sold to a group of Newcastle-based business-people when the original owner left the UK in 2010. The company is now co-owned and managed by Graeme Nicol[18]who bought the company from the original owner in 2011.[19]

The Lady Stephenson Library, then known as Walker Library, in 2006

Premises

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The firm is based in the Lady Stephenson Library, a building that was commissioned in 1908 to house one of Newcastle's early public libraries, given to the city byWilliam Haswell Stephensonand named for his wife Eliza MarynéeBond, who had died aged 67 in 1901.[20]The building is now the location of four registered companies.[21]

References

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  1. ^Mills, David; Robinson, Natasha (2022)."Democratising Monograph Publishing or Preying on Researchers? Scholarly Recognition and Global 'Credibility Economies'".Science as Culture.31(2): 187–211.doi:10.1080/09505431.2021.2005562.
  2. ^"About Us".www.cambridgescholars.com.Cambridge Scholars Publishing.Retrieved10 April2023.Founded in 2001 by former lecturers and researchers from the University of Cambridge... Cambridge Scholars Publishing Limited is not affiliated to or associated with Cambridge University Press or the University of Cambridge.
  3. ^"Is Cambridge Scholars Publishing Predatory?".28 July 2023. Archived fromthe originalon 18 September 2023.Retrieved10 March2022.
  4. ^ab"Newsletter 1"(PDF).Cambridge Scholarly Publishing. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 23 March 2020.Retrieved31 December2020.
  5. ^"The following is a list of series in progress".Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Archived fromthe originalon 13 August 2013.Retrieved7 April2020.
  6. ^"Zambia Social Science Journal".www.cambridgescholars.com.Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Archived fromthe originalon 3 July 2020.Retrieved7 April2020.
  7. ^"Review Journal of Political Philosophy".Cambridge Scholars Publishing.Retrieved7 April2020.
  8. ^"Cambridge Scholars Publishing".Flaky Academic Journals.2 September 2017.Retrieved25 February2019.
  9. ^"Meet our Editorial Advisors – Cambridge Scholars Publishing".cambridgescholars.com.Archived fromthe originalon 3 December 2020.Retrieved9 April2021.
  10. ^abKaye, D. H. (2 September 2017)."Flaky Academic Journals: Cambridge Scholars Publishing".
  11. ^"A Glimpse into the World of 'Predatory Publishing'".8 October 2019.Retrieved30 August2022.
  12. ^"Beall's list of potential predatory journals and publishers: Update".Retrieved10 September2023.
  13. ^ab"Changelog".Beall's list of potential predatory journals and publishers.Retrieved1 October2023.
  14. ^The Predatory Reports team."About us".Predatory Journals.Predatory Reports.Retrieved12 November2023.
  15. ^"The Predatory Publishers List (Part 1)".Predatory Journals.Predatory Reports.Retrieved12 November2023.
  16. ^"Is Cambridge Scholars Publishing Predatory?".Predatory Journals.Predatory Reports. 28 July 2023.Retrieved12 November2023.
  17. ^"Cambridge Scholars Publishing Ltd – Overview".find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk.UK:Companies House.Retrieved19 August2021.
  18. ^"CAMBRIDGE SCHOLARS PUBLISHING LTD – Officers".beta.companieshouse.gov.uk.UK:Companies House.
  19. ^Roncevic, Mirela (5 May 2020)."Interview with Graeme Nicol, Chief Executive of Cambridge Scholars Publishing".No Shelf Required.
  20. ^"William Haswell Stephenson (1836-1918), Businessman and Civic Leader".Philanthropy North East.Retrieved28 March2020.
  21. ^"Address profile: LADY STEPHENSON LIBRARY, WELBECK ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 2PA".www.companieshousedata.co.uk.UK:Companies House.Retrieved28 March2020.
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