Global Science Books: A Tale from the Cuckoo’s Nest. How Predatory Open Access Publishing Can Influence the Metrics of a Traditional Scholarly Publisher

Based on the July, 2013 list published at scholarlyoa.com by Jeffrey Beall, the number of references by “predatory” open access (POA) journals or publishers was quantified in Global Science Books (GSB) journals. This is the first such ever attempt by any publisher or journal to complete such an anal...

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Main Author: Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hungarian Communication Studies Association 2014-12-01
Series:KOME: An International Journal of Pure Communication Inquiry
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Online Access:http://komejournal.com/files/Silva%20KOME.pdf
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description Based on the July, 2013 list published at scholarlyoa.com by Jeffrey Beall, the number of references by “predatory” open access (POA) journals or publishers was quantified in Global Science Books (GSB) journals. This is the first such ever attempt by any publisher or journal to complete such an analysis. Over an approximately 6-month period, a total of 189,904 references were examined in the reference lists of 2928 manuscripts published in any journal (extant or extinct, 31 in total) over a 7-year period (January 2007 to July 2013). The objective was to assess how unscholarly or predatory publishing can impact and/or influence another publisher and how the reference lists of the surrogate publisher can be used as an unsuspecting instrument (a surrogate deposit, the cuckoo’s nest) to spread and validate POA publishers and their journals.
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spelling doaj.art-b109a1d60ed04033932512f3ca57a1f02022-12-22T01:48:41ZengHungarian Communication Studies AssociationKOME: An International Journal of Pure Communication Inquiry2063-73302014-12-01227381Global Science Books: A Tale from the Cuckoo’s Nest. How Predatory Open Access Publishing Can Influence the Metrics of a Traditional Scholarly PublisherJaime A. Teixeira da SilvaBased on the July, 2013 list published at scholarlyoa.com by Jeffrey Beall, the number of references by “predatory” open access (POA) journals or publishers was quantified in Global Science Books (GSB) journals. This is the first such ever attempt by any publisher or journal to complete such an analysis. Over an approximately 6-month period, a total of 189,904 references were examined in the reference lists of 2928 manuscripts published in any journal (extant or extinct, 31 in total) over a 7-year period (January 2007 to July 2013). The objective was to assess how unscholarly or predatory publishing can impact and/or influence another publisher and how the reference lists of the surrogate publisher can be used as an unsuspecting instrument (a surrogate deposit, the cuckoo’s nest) to spread and validate POA publishers and their journals.http://komejournal.com/files/Silva%20KOME.pdfGlobal Science Books; open access; predatory publishingblogsGlobal Science Booksopen accesspredatory publishing
spellingShingle Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva
Global Science Books: A Tale from the Cuckoo’s Nest. How Predatory Open Access Publishing Can Influence the Metrics of a Traditional Scholarly Publisher
KOME: An International Journal of Pure Communication Inquiry
Global Science Books; open access; predatory publishing
blogs
Global Science Books
open access
predatory publishing
title Global Science Books: A Tale from the Cuckoo’s Nest. How Predatory Open Access Publishing Can Influence the Metrics of a Traditional Scholarly Publisher
title_full Global Science Books: A Tale from the Cuckoo’s Nest. How Predatory Open Access Publishing Can Influence the Metrics of a Traditional Scholarly Publisher
title_fullStr Global Science Books: A Tale from the Cuckoo’s Nest. How Predatory Open Access Publishing Can Influence the Metrics of a Traditional Scholarly Publisher
title_full_unstemmed Global Science Books: A Tale from the Cuckoo’s Nest. How Predatory Open Access Publishing Can Influence the Metrics of a Traditional Scholarly Publisher
title_short Global Science Books: A Tale from the Cuckoo’s Nest. How Predatory Open Access Publishing Can Influence the Metrics of a Traditional Scholarly Publisher
title_sort global science books a tale from the cuckoo s nest how predatory open access publishing can influence the metrics of a traditional scholarly publisher
topic Global Science Books; open access; predatory publishing
blogs
Global Science Books
open access
predatory publishing
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