Essential Information about Predatory Publishers and Journals

Authors

  • Jeffrey Beall

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2016.86.9358

Keywords:

Scholarly publishing, Predatory publishers, Predatory journals, Open-access.

Abstract

This article introduces, defines, and describes predatory publishers and journals and shows how they hurt science and victimize individual researchers. Academic evaluation that only counts the number of publications may not provide an accurate measure of scholarly achievement, as journals routinely accept papers with little or no peer review.

Author Biography

Jeffrey Beall

Jeffrey Beall is associate professor and scholarly communications librar- ian, Auraria Library, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado, US. 

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Published

2016-05-25

How to Cite

Beall, J. (2016). Essential Information about Predatory Publishers and Journals. International Higher Education, (86), 2–3. https://doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2016.86.9358

Issue

No. 86: Summer 2016

Section

International

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