36.2496, FYI: Forum for Linguistic Studies

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LINGUIST List: Vol-36-2496. Tue Aug 26 2025. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 36.2496, FYI: Forum for Linguistic Studies

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Date: 26-Aug-2025
From: Stefan Th. Gries [stgries at linguistics.ucsb.edu]
Subject: Forum for Linguistic Studies


To whom it may concern
We are posting this today to issue a warning and go on the record
regarding our alleged membership in the 'editorial team' of the
journal "Forum for Linguistic Studies" published by the Bilingual
Publishing Group (see
<https://journals.bilpubgroup.com/index.php/fls/about/editorialTeam>).
The following scholars are listed as members of the editorial team of
this journal but have either never been invited to the board and
consented to their inclusion in it, others have tried to be removed
from the 'editorial team' but have had repeated attempts be ignored by
the publisher, and one is actually deceased:
- Alexandra Aikhenvald (Central Queensland University, Australia);
- Keith Allan (Monash University, Australia);
- Mira Ariel (Tel Aviv University, Israel);
- Anne Barron (Leuphana Universitaet Lueneburg, Germany);
- Richard Donato (University of Pittsburgh, United States);
- Sender Dovchin (Curtin University, Australia);
- Susana Eisenchlas (Griffith University, Australia);
- Stefan Th. Gries (UC Santa Barbara & JLU Giessen);
- István Kecskés (State University of New York, United States);
- Amelia Kyratzis (UC Santa Barbara);
- Stephen May (University of Auckland, New Zealand);
- Carita Paradis (Lund University, Sweden);
- Maria Paz Suárez-Coalla (University of Oviedo, Spain);
- Eleni Peristeri (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece);
- Marcel Pikhart (University of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic);
- Francisco José Ruiz De Mendoza Ibáñez (University of La Rioja,
Spain).
We believe this journal to be a minimally shady if not outright
predatory journal, given that it uses false advertising with the names
of scholars who have never consented or who have withdrawn their
consent to be included and refuses to right its wrongs when those are
pointed out. We want to make clear that we are not associated with
this journal and that our names on their website must not be
understood as any endorsement of this outlet, and we would like to
warn others to be wary of this journal.
Prof. Stefan Th. Gries (UC Santa Barbara & JLU Giessen) on behalf of
Alexandra Aikhenvald (Central Queensland University, Australia); Keith
Allan (Monash University, Australia); Mira Ariel (Tel Aviv University,
Israel); Anne Barron (Leuphana Universitaet Lueneburg, Germany);
Richard Donato (University of Pittsburgh, United States); Sender
Dovchin (Curtin University, Australia); Susana Eisenchlas (Griffith
University, Australia); István Kecskés (State University of New York,
United States); Amelia Kyratzis (UC Santa Barbara); Stephen May
(University of Auckland, New Zealand); Carita Paradis (Lund
University, Sweden); Maria Paz Suárez-Coalla (University of Oviedo,
Spain); Eleni Peristeri (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,
Greece); Marcel Pikhart (University of Hradec Kralove, Czech
Republic); Francisco José Ruiz De Mendoza Ibáñez (University of La
Rioja, Spain).

Linguistic Field(s): Discipline of Linguistics
                     General Linguistics




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