Special issues as criterion for journal quality evaluation: Letter to editor

Predatory publishers are defined as publishers who have financial goals. This definition was introduced for the first time by Jeffrey Beall (2012). In some predatory publishers, we can find some papers that are not related to journal's aim and scope. These journals create special issues in orde...

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Main Authors: Dadkhah Mehdi, Davarpanah Jazi Mohammad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Novi Sad, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management 2015-01-01
Series:Geographica Pannonica
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Online Access:http://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0354-8724/2015/0354-87241502042D.pdf
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description Predatory publishers are defined as publishers who have financial goals. This definition was introduced for the first time by Jeffrey Beall (2012). In some predatory publishers, we can find some papers that are not related to journal's aim and scope. These journals create special issues in order to publish papers that are not related to journal's aim and scope. Thus, we are faced with a question of how the editor of these journals could evaluate these papers. In some trusted journals, editor invites guest editors for special issues, which are related to journal's aim and scope. On the other hand predatory publishers, publish papers without any external reviewers or guest editors. In addition, some journals that publish irrelevant papers in regular issues are also found. This problem can be seen especially in some biological or life science journals. It seems that these problems pose new challenge for the academic world.
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spelling doaj.art-4efe9eaf3e9c4928bc196456ad4382f32022-12-21T19:40:18ZengUniversity of Novi Sad, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel ManagementGeographica Pannonica0354-87241820-71382015-01-0119242430354-87241502042DSpecial issues as criterion for journal quality evaluation: Letter to editorDadkhah Mehdi0Davarpanah Jazi Mohammad1Department of Computer and InformationTechnology, Foulad Institute of Technology, Foulad shahr, IranDepartment of Computer and InformationTechnology, Foulad Institute of Technology, Foulad Shahr, IranPredatory publishers are defined as publishers who have financial goals. This definition was introduced for the first time by Jeffrey Beall (2012). In some predatory publishers, we can find some papers that are not related to journal's aim and scope. These journals create special issues in order to publish papers that are not related to journal's aim and scope. Thus, we are faced with a question of how the editor of these journals could evaluate these papers. In some trusted journals, editor invites guest editors for special issues, which are related to journal's aim and scope. On the other hand predatory publishers, publish papers without any external reviewers or guest editors. In addition, some journals that publish irrelevant papers in regular issues are also found. This problem can be seen especially in some biological or life science journals. It seems that these problems pose new challenge for the academic world.http://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0354-8724/2015/0354-87241502042D.pdfindustrywork zonestransformationNovi SadVojvodinaSerbia
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title Special issues as criterion for journal quality evaluation: Letter to editor
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