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Beall's List – of Potential Predatory Journals and Publishers (beallslist.net)
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[–] pglpm@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

I think it's just to avoid lawsuits. The list includes journals such as the Frontiers ones that I personally consider predatory, but others don't and would probably react even more if "potential" were omitted...