Predatory and Exploitative Behaviour in Academic Publishing: An Assessment

Teixeira da Silva, Jaime A.; Dobránszki, Judit; Tsigaris, Panagiotis; Al-Khatib, Aceil

doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2019.102071

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Predatory and Exploitative Behaviour in Academic Publishing: An Assessment

Teixeira da Silva, Jaime A., Dobránszki, Judit, Tsigaris, Panagiotis, Al-Khatib, Aceil·2019·The Journal of Academic Librarianship

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Although Beall's criteria are often considered controversial, predatory journals usually fulfilled several of the criteria outlined by Beall.
“Although these criteria are often considered to be controversial [164], it was shown that predatory journals usually fulfilled several of the criteria outlined by Beall [150,165].”
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There is no common definition allowing clear distinguishing between predatory and credible OA publishing.
“However, there is no common definition allowing for clearly distinguishing between predatory and credible OA publishing [164].”
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Authors: Teixeira da Silva, J. A., Dobránszki, J., Tsigaris, P., & Al-Khatib, A.
Affiliations: University of Debrecen (HU)
Thompson Rivers University (CA)
Corresponding author: Dobránszki, Judit
Tsigaris, Panagiotis
ORCID: Dobránszki, Judit
Tsigaris, Panagiotis
Venue: The Journal of Academic Librarianship
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2019-11
Volume: 45
Issue: 6
Pages: 102071
ISSN: 0099-1333 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2019.102071
OpenAlex: W2981308303
Cited by: 77
References: 81
Citations by year: 2026: 8 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 2 · 2012: 1
FWCI: 44.43
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
www.elsevier.com/legal/tdmrep-license (tdm)
Locations: The Journal of Academic Librarianship (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Publishing and Scholarly Communication
Social Sciences › Safety Research › Academic integrity and plagiarism
Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Academic Publishing and Open Access
Keywords: predatory publishing, predatory journals, predatory publishers, open access publishing, deontology, moral wrongness, Jeffrey Beall, publication ethics

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