Predatory open access publishing is an exploitative form of academic publishing, in which publication fees is charged to the authors but the publishing as well as editorial services related to the journals is not provided. It is the scholars who have come into the business more recently and those belonging to developing nations, who are more susceptible to being victimized under the practice of predatory journal publishing. The criteria of categorizing the publications as predatory journals is set forth by the “Beall’s List”, a report by Jeffery Beall, a leading researcher from the University of Colorado Denver. The first list of predatory journals was published in 2010 and it has been regularly updated since then.
How are predatory journals characterized?
The following criteria are associated with predatory publishing:
• Accepting articles like nonsensical papers and hoax, without ensuring quality control or with little peer review or none at all
• When article fees is notified only after the acceptance of papers
• Campaigning aggressively for the academics for the purpose of submitting the articles or serving on the editorial boards
• Listing academics as the members of such boards without taking prior permission from them, or not allowing them to resign if they are already members of such editorial boards
• Making appointment of fake academics to the boards
• Making false claims about the publishing and its operation
• Using the name and/or style of a website of an established journal
• Wrong usage of ISSNs
The publication of predatory journals has been on an increase since 2010, with more than 8000 of them having been published by 2014. Efforts are being made at various levels, to devise ways to combat this derogatory practice of predatory publication and protect the interests of journalism on the global level.
How are predatory journals characterized?
The following criteria are associated with predatory publishing:
• Accepting articles like nonsensical papers and hoax, without ensuring quality control or with little peer review or none at all
• When article fees is notified only after the acceptance of papers
• Campaigning aggressively for the academics for the purpose of submitting the articles or serving on the editorial boards
• Listing academics as the members of such boards without taking prior permission from them, or not allowing them to resign if they are already members of such editorial boards
• Making appointment of fake academics to the boards
• Making false claims about the publishing and its operation
• Using the name and/or style of a website of an established journal
• Wrong usage of ISSNs
The publication of predatory journals has been on an increase since 2010, with more than 8000 of them having been published by 2014. Efforts are being made at various levels, to devise ways to combat this derogatory practice of predatory publication and protect the interests of journalism on the global level.
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