Softening the Adjective or Descriptor will not Change the Nature or Threat of “Predatory” Publishing Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva Dear Editor, The issue raised by Tiesenga et al. [1], namely of the nomenclature used to characterize a journal or publisher as “predatory” or otherwise, has been previously debated to some extent [2]. The issue of predatory versus exploitative behavior in academic publishing is also a well-explored debate [3]… 2026 415 reads 0 citations doi:10.58742/bmj.v4i1.222 Full text PDF XML