Document (#39041)

Author

Xia, J.
Harmon, J.L.
Connolly, K.G.
Donnelly, R.M.
Anderson, M.R.
Howard, H.A.

Title

Who publishes in "predatory" journals?

Source

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. 66(2015) no.7, S.1406-1417

Year

2015

Abstract

Many open access journals have a reputation for being of low quality and being dishonest with regard to peer review and publishing costs. Such journals are labeled "predatory" journals. This study examines author profiles for some of these "predatory" journals as well as for groups of more well-recognized open access journals. We collect and analyze the publication record, citation count, and geographic location of authors from the various groups of journals. Statistical analyses verify that each group of journals has a distinct author population. Those who publish in "predatory" journals are, for the most part, young and inexperienced researchers from developing countries. We believe that economic and sociocultural conditions in these developing countries have contributed to the differences found in authorship between "predatory" and "nonpredatory" journals.

Content

Vgl.: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/asi.23265/abstract.

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