Being a deliberate prey of a predator: Researchers’ thoughts after having published in predatory journal
A central question concerning scientific publishing is how researchers select journals to which they submit their work, since the choice of publication channel can make or break researchers. The gold-digger mentality developed by some publishers created the so-called predatory journals that accept...
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| author | Najmeh Shaghaei Charlotte Wien Jakob Pavl Holck Anita L. Thiesen Ole Ellegaard Evgenios Vlachos Thea Marie Drachen |
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A central question concerning scientific publishing is how researchers select journals to which they submit their work, since the choice of publication channel can make or break researchers. The gold-digger mentality developed by some publishers created the so-called predatory journals that accept manuscripts for a fee with little peer review. The literature claims that mainly researchers from low-ranked universities in developing countries publish in predatory journals. We decided to challenge this claim using the University of Southern Denmark as a case. We ran the Beall’s List against our research registration database and identified 31 possibly predatory publications from a set of 6,851 publications within 2015-2016. A qualitative research interview revealed that experienced researchers from the developed world publish in predatory journals mainly for the same reasons as do researchers from developing countries: lack of awareness, speed and ease of the publication process, and a chance to get elsewhere rejected work published. However, our findings indicate that the Open Access potential and a larger readership outreach were also motives for publishing in open access journals with quick acceptance rates.
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| spelling | doaj.art-5737c0eeeed044bda8a5445592c0c4722024-01-11T16:04:46Zengopenjournals.nlLiber Quarterly: The Journal of European Research Libraries2213-056X2018-12-0128110.18352/lq.10259Being a deliberate prey of a predator: Researchers’ thoughts after having published in predatory journalNajmeh Shaghaei0Charlotte Wien1Jakob Pavl Holck2Anita L. Thiesen3Ole Ellegaard4Evgenios Vlachos5Thea Marie Drachen6University of Southern DenmarkUniversity of Southern DenmarkUniversity of Southern DenmarkUniversity of Southern DenmarkUniversity of Southern DenmarkUniversity of Southern DenmarkUniversity of Southern Denmark A central question concerning scientific publishing is how researchers select journals to which they submit their work, since the choice of publication channel can make or break researchers. The gold-digger mentality developed by some publishers created the so-called predatory journals that accept manuscripts for a fee with little peer review. The literature claims that mainly researchers from low-ranked universities in developing countries publish in predatory journals. We decided to challenge this claim using the University of Southern Denmark as a case. We ran the Beall’s List against our research registration database and identified 31 possibly predatory publications from a set of 6,851 publications within 2015-2016. A qualitative research interview revealed that experienced researchers from the developed world publish in predatory journals mainly for the same reasons as do researchers from developing countries: lack of awareness, speed and ease of the publication process, and a chance to get elsewhere rejected work published. However, our findings indicate that the Open Access potential and a larger readership outreach were also motives for publishing in open access journals with quick acceptance rates. https://liberquarterly.eu/article/view/10725Predatory journalsacademic librariesscholarly publishingopen access journalsresearcher |
| spellingShingle | Najmeh Shaghaei Charlotte Wien Jakob Pavl Holck Anita L. Thiesen Ole Ellegaard Evgenios Vlachos Thea Marie Drachen Being a deliberate prey of a predator: Researchers’ thoughts after having published in predatory journal Liber Quarterly: The Journal of European Research Libraries Predatory journals academic libraries scholarly publishing open access journals researcher |
| title | Being a deliberate prey of a predator: Researchers’ thoughts after having published in predatory journal |
| title_full | Being a deliberate prey of a predator: Researchers’ thoughts after having published in predatory journal |
| title_fullStr | Being a deliberate prey of a predator: Researchers’ thoughts after having published in predatory journal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Being a deliberate prey of a predator: Researchers’ thoughts after having published in predatory journal |
| title_short | Being a deliberate prey of a predator: Researchers’ thoughts after having published in predatory journal |
| title_sort | being a deliberate prey of a predator researchers thoughts after having published in predatory journal |
| topic | Predatory journals academic libraries scholarly publishing open access journals researcher |
| url | https://liberquarterly.eu/article/view/10725 |
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