‘Predatory’ journals: the situation is urgent, so why don’t we fight back? | Times Higher Education (THE)

lterrat's bookmarks 2017-09-07

Summary:

"One thing that institutions can do is to start rewarding their faculty and research staff for depositing data and preprints of their studies in repositories, so that these actions count towards hiring, promotion and tenure decisions in the same way that legitimate journal publications do. This may remove some of the burden on researchers to publish (anywhere) or perish.

Legitimate open access publishers can address this issue in their own way, as can funders. Many authors are priced out of traditional open access journal publishing. While some publishers offer APC waivers for open access, authors from upper-middle or high-income countries (who we now know constitute a large part of the problem) are typically ineligible because they do not live in a qualifying country. This leaves the door open to anyone willing to fill this gap for a lower fee."

Link:

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/predatory-journals-situation-urgent-so-why-dont-we-fight-back

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Date tagged:

09/07/2017, 16:37

Date published:

09/07/2017, 12:37