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They are peer-reviewed. I believe that about ten years ago they used to charge academic authors for some of their services, a practice some other academic presses also participated in and which is now frowned upon as a vanity press maneuver.
Peter Lang has indeed published some very good books, but they are more exceptions than the rule. They publish a large amount of unrevised books that at best have a chapter or two peer-reviewed.
Peter Lang seems to be regarded in the US as a vanity press, in Europe it's not seen that badly, but still in my social science field at least, it would be near the bottom of the list of presses to try.
Peter Lang seems to be regarded in the US as a vanity press, in Europe it's not seen that badly, but still in my social science field at least, it would be near the bottom of the list of presses to try.
30 wrz 2015 · Peter Lang is an international publishing group based in Switzerland, but in the United States, it has a deserved or undeserved reputation, depending on your perspective, as a vanity press where authors or editors pay to have their work published without peer review.
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11 lut 2013 · In 1993, Dr. Richardson brought a similar suit against Lingua Franca magazine in response to an article (not available online) by Warren St. John, titled “Vanity’s Fare: How One Tiny Press Made $2.5 Million Selling Opuscules to Your University Library.” Dr. Richardson lost that suit.
