This note is a response to a letter entitled „National Propensities? “ by David Mills and Kirsten Bell that comments on our article on “Predatory publishing in Scopus: evidence on cross‑country differences”. We welcome their interest in our work but we do not find most of their opinions to be productive. In this response, we answer their criticism, clarify some methodological issues and argue that their comments do not significantly alter interpretation of our results.

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关于掠夺性出版的国家倾向：对米尔斯和贝尔的评论的回应

本说明是对题为“国家倾向？”，由David Mills和Kirsten Bell撰写，对我们的文章“ Scopus中的掠夺性出版：跨国差异的证据”发表了评论。我们欢迎他们对我们的工作感兴趣，但我们认为他们的大多数意见没有成果。在此回应中，我们回答了他们的批评，澄清了一些方法上的问题，并认为他们的评论不会显着改变我们对结果的解释。