Open access medical journals: Benefits and challenges
Authors : Jenny Z.Wang, Aunna Pourang, Barbara Burrall The world of medical science literature is ever increasingly accessible via the Internet. Open access onl...
Étiquette : predatory journals
Being a deliberate prey of a predator: Researchers’ thoughts after having published in predatory journal
Authors: Najmeh Shaghaei, Charlotte Wien, Jakob Pavl Holck, Anita L. Thiesen, Ole Ellegaard, Evgenios Vlachos, Thea Marie Drachen A central question concerning ...
Marketing via Email Solicitation by Predatory (and Legitimate) Journals: An Evaluation of Quality, Frequency and Relevance
Authors: Warren Burggren, Dilip K. Madasu, Kevin S. Hawkins, Martin Halbert INTRODUCTION Open access (OA) journals have proliferated in recent years. Many journ...
Negative Effects of “Predatory” Journals on Global Health Research
Authors : Diego A. Forero, Marilyn H. Oermann, Andrea Manca, Franca Deriu, Hugo Mendieta-Zerón, Mehdi Dadkhah, Roshan Bhad, Smita N. Deshpande, Wei Wang, Myriam...
What Value Do Journal Whitelists and Blacklists Have in Academia?
Authors : Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Panagiotis Tsigaris This paper aims to address the issue of predatory publishing, sensu lato. To achieve this, we offer ou...
Predatory Open Access Journals Publishing: What, Why and How?
Author : Shamprasad M. Pujar The Internet has transformed scholarly publishing and made the availability of online resources possible, both in subscription and ...
Format Aside: Applying Beall’s Criteria to Assess the Predatory Nature of both OA and Non-OA Library and Information Science Journals
Authors : Joseph D. Olivarez, Stephen Bales, Laura Sare, Wyoma vanDuinkerken Jeffrey Beall’s blog listing of potential predatory journals and publishers, as wel...