I think the best way to create awareness among LIS professionals about predatory journals is to create a list of such journals and post them on Listservs. Koteswara Rao.
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On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 8:11 AM -0700, "Vasumathi Sriganesh (QMed)" wrote:
I recently attended a conference of the World Association of Medical
Editors (it was open to anyone who had anything to do with medical
journals). Some of the key points that emerged were:
a) One major reason for these (esp medical) predator journals to emerge is
the "publish or perish" scenario - as medical faculty need to have two
original research publications for their promotion (in addition to other
criteria). The sheer magnitude of medical teachers (even though there is a
shortage) does not match the available no of journals in India that can
accept their articles quickly
b) There is a HUGE need for training in both research methodology as well
as writing a paper. Since majority of authors have not received the right
training, their articles do not get accepted easily and they fall prey to
predatory journals that accept their papers
c) Librarians should be involved a lot more in spreading awareness about
all these issues to potential authors.
There were two conference participants - one from Manila and one from Nepal
who said that their Medical Editors Associations constantly trained
authors, peer reviewers, editors and librarians to help the publishing and
writing scenario.
I have offered to the Indian Association of Medical Journal Editors that I
would be happy to participate in training of medical librarians
All librarians of all branches - must familiarize themselves with issues
relating to predatory journals and also learn more about publications and
publication ethics
Regards
Vasumathi Sriganesh
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On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 7:58 AM, Ishwar Goudar
wrote:
Dear Friends,
Predatory journals are a big menace in scholarly publication activity.
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