Some comments and finding looks humbug- to discourage Open access movement. As if commercials journals have 100% quality paper. Please do not get carried away, please do verify. At the same time, i do not deny the Predatory. Siddamallaiah Dr.H.S.Siddamallaiah Ex-Visiting Professor, Mahasarakham University, Thailand Ex-Principal Librarian and Information Officer NIMHANS, Bangalore, India On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 4:36 PM, Subbiah Arunachalam < subbiah.arunachalam@gmail.com> wrote:
More than 37% of authors who smuggle their unpublishable research into 'scholarly literature' through predatory journals are Indians, says a recent report. And the blame goes to regulatory bodies like the UGC and the vice chancellors of universities where most of these authors work or study.
Please read
http://www.ixxus.com/the-anatomy-of-predatory-journals-revaled/
The anatomy of ‘predatory’ journals revealed
A study into the rise of so-called predatory journals has revealed a lot more about the phenomenon than was previously understood, reports the Times Higher Education < https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/study-finds-eightfold-rise-predato...
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Predatory journals represent the darker side of academic publishing. These are publications that will charge authors large sums of money in exchange for quick publication and little (or no) peer review.
The research has confirmed the extent to which these journals have grown in use. The number of articles published in predatory scholarly journal publishing has risen almost eight-fold in the past four years. According to *‘Predatory’ Open Access: A Longitudinal Study of Article Volumes and Market Characteristics*, more than 420,000 articles were hurled into the public domain by these journals last year, compared to 53,000 in 2010. This is mirrored in the increase in the number of journals themselves – 1,800 in 2010 and 8,000 by 2014.
*More than a third (34.7%) of authors using this fast-track route to publication are Indian academics*, claims the report, and a quarter come from other areas in Asia. 16.4% were from Africa, 9.2% from North America and 8.8% in Europe.
Another characteristic of predatory journals is that the most popular topic is engineering, followed by biomedicine, social science, business and economics. The report also illustrated that the process from submission to publication in predatory journals takes an average of 2.7 months, substantially faster than the nine to 18 months in normal academic journals.
This shady practice has sprung up alongside the open access movement and at times the lines have been blurred between the two. Some open access journals are described as ‘predatory’ in nature due to inadequate checks and speedy publishing.
However, as long as authors are put under pressure to publish in international journals, the temptation will always be there to submit to predatory journals.
Is it time for a clamp down on predatory journals?
Date Published : 15th of October 2015 [image: Steve Odart]
Published by : Steve Odart
About the Author : Steve Odart is joint-CEO and founder of Ixxus, with 28 years experience in the publishing industry. He started life at the London College of Printing, following his grandfather into the printing industry. He spent many years working with Quark through its launch of Quark XPress, and the Quark Publishing System, before setting up a publishing division within one of the UK’s largest Sun Microsystems Resellers. He then joined Oracle, as EMEA Business Development Director – Publishing and Media, prior to founding Ixxus in 2004. Steve has an extensive knowledge of publishing past, present and future, and has worked with the majority of the largest global publishers in his career to date. Please see also: <
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