Publish and perish in the hands of predatory journals

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Dealing with predatory publishing is a shared responsibility: the role of Latin American journals

“…However, recent evidence suggests that 34.7%, 16.4%, and 9.2% of the corresponding authors publishing in predatory journals represent India, Africa, and North America respectively (Gasparyan et al 2016a). Although few recently published papers by Latin American journals may be visible, the contribution is far below the magnitude of the problem (Amaral 2018, Cartes-Velasquez 2017, Cordeiro and Lima 2017, Goldenberg 2017. It might also be noted that the scope of predatory publishing activities is diverse, and covers almost all fields and specialties and regions of the world, particularly non-Anglophonic and nonmainstream science countries (Gasparyan et al 2016a(Gasparyan et al , 2017.…”

All publishers are predatory - some are bigger than others

“…Recently, an AABC editorial by Cordeiro and Lima (2017) discussed the problem of "predatory journals". The authors tell the by now all-toofamiliar story of a researcher being contacted for material by a journal with a seemingly reputable name, which turns out to be a haphazardly organized, pay-for-publication trap that profits from the number of articles it publishes, and therefore has no interest whatsoever in peer review or scientific rigor (Butler 2013).…”

“…Hardly. In fact, comparing this kind of predatory behavior to that of the "predatory journals" in Beall's list alluded to by Cordeiro and Lima (2017) is like comparing sharks to zooplankton, both in terms of magnitude and greed.…”

¿Qué, cuánto y dónde se escribe en lingüística?: Análisis de la producción cientí­fica de los becarios de doctorado CONICYT-Chile

“…No obstante, surgen cuestionamientos sobre las prácticas que se adoptan en la divulgación del conocimiento científico: Publish or perish, predatory journal, etc (Cordeiro & Lima, 2017;Goodman, 2018)…”

“…Butler 2013. Pese a ello, la publicación de un paper en una revista de corriente principal, continúa siendo la principal instancia de producción y difusión, y un espacio fundamental en la formación de capital humano avanzado(Cordeiro & Lima, 2017;Fraser, 2017;Lotka, 1926;Takrouri, 2016;Walsh, 2011). Esto se debe a que la publicación en un journal goza de confiabilidad como canal de comunicación de la investigación, por cuanto las mismas, suponen una evaluación rigurosa y exhaustiva por parte de los miembros de la comunidad científica(Salas et al, 2017;Valderrama, 2012).En el área de lingüística, no hay mayores diferencias en cuanto a las dinámicas de la difusión científica.…”