Open Access Mega Journals: Development, Peer Review Mechanism, and Suggested Practices for the Academia
The rise of open access mega journals has significantly changed the modern academic publishing industry. Mega journals adopt low-selective peer review standards, whereby peer reviewers only evaluate the soundness and ethics of research and no longer pay much attention to novelty, importance, and app...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Tamkang University Press
2022-11-01
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| Series: | Jiàoyù zīliào yǔ túshūguǎn xué |
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| Online Access: | http://joemls.dils.tku.edu.tw/fulltext/59303fullText.pdf |
| Summary: | The rise of open access mega journals has significantly changed the modern academic publishing industry. Mega journals adopt low-selective peer review standards, whereby peer reviewers only evaluate the soundness and ethics of research and no longer pay much attention to novelty, importance, and applicability. The academic community is concerned that this will make the quality of published works vary excessively and even make mega journals become a “dumping ground” for low-quality research. Given the lack of Chinese-language literature on mega journals, this study applies a literature review method to analyze the impact of mega journals on academia. This article first reviews the origins of mega journals and the main differences between them and traditional peer-reviewed journals; the paper also explicates the diverse viewpoints and discussions on mega journals in the international scientific communities. Finally, from the perspective of research integrity, this paper proposes practical guidance that research stakeholders might follow to respond to the prevalence of mega journals. It is hoped that the results of this research can serve as a reference for the higher education community in Taiwan. |
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| ISSN: | 1013-090X 2309-9100 |