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Punitive Provision to Tackle Predatory Journals


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1 Department of Occupational Therapy, Manipal College of Health Professions, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal 576 104, India
 

Predatory journal publication is reaching alarming levels in India. To prevent this, policy makers need to take punitive action. Recently UGC published a notice about CARE reference list of quality journals, criticized by scientific communities due to methodological flaws. Previously published UGC approve list of journals also criticized due to the inclusion of so-called predatory journals. This note discusses strategies to tackle predatory journals.
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Koushik Sau
Department of Occupational Therapy, Manipal College of Health Professions, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal 576 104, India

Abstract


Predatory journal publication is reaching alarming levels in India. To prevent this, policy makers need to take punitive action. Recently UGC published a notice about CARE reference list of quality journals, criticized by scientific communities due to methodological flaws. Previously published UGC approve list of journals also criticized due to the inclusion of so-called predatory journals. This note discusses strategies to tackle predatory journals.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv118%2Fi2%2F184-185