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India's Scientific Publication in Predatory Journals:Need for Regulating Quality of Indian Science and Education


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1 School of Pharmacy, Department of Phar-maceutical Chemistry, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1068 Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway
2 Department of Post Graduate Studies and Research in Biotechnology, Jnanasahyadri, Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta, Shimoga 577 451, India
3 School of Ecology and Conservation, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru 560 065, India
 

Nature Index analysis 2014 rates India at the 13th place for its high-quality scientific publications. Despite this achievement, several studies have revealed that India is also among the major contrib-utors of articles published in poor-quality predatory open access journals. Therefore, the objective of the present study was to estimate which category of educational and research institutes predomi-nately publishes in predatory open access journals in India and to understand whether academi-cians in India are aware of predatory journals. It was found that private/government colleges contribute to about 51% of predatory publications, followed by private universities, state universi-ties, national institutes, central universities and industries, for research articles published from September 2015 to mid-February 2016. The publication pressure among researchers and lack of monitoring the research being conducted are the major factors contributing to articles published in poor-quality predatory open access journals from India.

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Open Access, Scientific Publishing, Predatory Journals, Quality Regulation.
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G. S. Seethapathy
School of Pharmacy, Department of Phar-maceutical Chemistry, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1068 Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway
J. U. Santhosh Kumar
Department of Post Graduate Studies and Research in Biotechnology, Jnanasahyadri, Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta, Shimoga 577 451, India
A. S. Hareesha
School of Ecology and Conservation, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru 560 065, India

Abstract


Nature Index analysis 2014 rates India at the 13th place for its high-quality scientific publications. Despite this achievement, several studies have revealed that India is also among the major contrib-utors of articles published in poor-quality predatory open access journals. Therefore, the objective of the present study was to estimate which category of educational and research institutes predomi-nately publishes in predatory open access journals in India and to understand whether academi-cians in India are aware of predatory journals. It was found that private/government colleges contribute to about 51% of predatory publications, followed by private universities, state universi-ties, national institutes, central universities and industries, for research articles published from September 2015 to mid-February 2016. The publication pressure among researchers and lack of monitoring the research being conducted are the major factors contributing to articles published in poor-quality predatory open access journals from India.

Keywords


Open Access, Scientific Publishing, Predatory Journals, Quality Regulation.



DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv111%2Fi11%2F1759-1764