Predatory Publishing and the Psychology Behind it

Drugaş, Marius

doi:10.5964/psyct.v8i1.136

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“…Earlier, Banerjee (2013) also stated that those who choose to publish in predatory journals may gather an impressive number of articles published in "indexed peer-reviewed" journals in a very short period. Pursuing this line of thought, Drugaş (2015) stated that serious researchers who choose not to publish their work in fast bogus journals will be left behind in the rat race of academic promotions, unless quality and not quantity is taken into consideration for promotion. So why bother, why work hard and why wait, when a simpler solution is available?…”

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“…Given the current system of research evaluation, where not only quality, but also quantity of publication counts, scholars are motivated to publish as quickly and easily as possible (Haspelmath, 2013). Drugaş (2015) further argues that focusing more on quality than on quantity of research for promotion purposes would be a more viable longterm strategy to protect academia from low-quality, predatory journals. In this argument lies the assumption that the processes that lead to promotion do not take quality into consideration.…”

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Being a Deliberate Prey of a Predator – Researchers’ Thoughts after having Published in a Predatory Journal

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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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Being a Deliberate Prey of a Predator – Researchers’ Thoughts after having Published in a Predatory Journal

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“…Some authors argue that we should educate researchers in “scholarly publishing literacy” or “science literacy” in order to improve their understanding of open-access publishing practices 1119. Moreover, creating a research environment that promotes critical thinking among researchers can be an effective way to foster an understanding of the difference between legitimate and deceptive publishing practices 11.…”

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Revisiting the Term Predatory Open Access Publishing

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2019

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Problematizing ‘predatory publishing’: A systematic review of factors shaping publishing motives, decisions, and experiences

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Inouye

2020

Learned Publishing

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This article systematically reviews recent empirical research on the factors shaping academics' knowledge about, and motivations to publish work in, so-called 'predatory' journals. Growing scholarly evidence suggests that the concept of 'predatory' publishing'used to describe deceptive journals exploiting vulnerable researchersis inadequate for understanding the complex range of institutional and contextual factors that shape the publication decisions of individual academics. This review identifies relevant empirical studies on academics who have published in 'predatory' journals, and carries out a detailed comparison of 16 papers that meet the inclusion criteria. While most start from Beall's framing of 'predatory' publishing, their empirical findings move the debate beyond normative assumptions about academic vulnerability. They offer particular insights into the academic pressures on scholars at the periphery of a global research economy. This systematic review shows the value of a holistic approach to studying individual publishing decisions within specific institutional, economic and political contexts. Rather than assume that scholars publishing in 'questionable' journals are naïve, gullible or lacking in understanding, fine-grained empirical research provides a more nuanced conceptualization of the pressures and incentives shaping their decisions. The review suggests areas for further research, especially in emerging research systems in the global South.

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Predatory Publishing and the Psychology Behind it

Abstract: This Editorial article discusses the publishing strategies of some journals, the authors' reactions to them and the quality of publishing.

Cited by 7 publications

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Being a Deliberate Prey of a Predator – Researchers’ Thoughts after having Published in a Predatory Journal

Being a Deliberate Prey of a Predator – Researchers’ Thoughts after having Published in a Predatory Journal

Revisiting the Term Predatory Open Access Publishing

Problematizing ‘predatory publishing’: A systematic review of factors shaping publishing motives, decisions, and experiences

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