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Disrupting predatory journals


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1 Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies (Deemed-to-be University), Sector-43, Aravali Hills, Faridabad 121 003, India
2 Indira Gandhi National Open University, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi 110 068, India
 

The ‘publish or perish’ race among researchers force at least some of them to opt for quick outlets for publication, making them fall into the trap of predatory journals. With a strong base and history of research institutions and journals, the present study explores grooming a reasonable number of quality journals in India to tackle the menace of predatory publishing. The data presented are collected from different sources to work out the approximate minimum number of quality journals that can be strengthened using state-of-the-art technology solutions as well as internationally competitive journal editorial, review and publishing procedures. It is difficult to deal with the commercial interests of predatory publishers through academic safeguards alone. However, their negative impact can be contained through a set of action plans by various stakeholders, such as sensitizing authors about the perils of predatory publishing, training new authors about the nuances of academic publishing to facilitate their manuscripts getting accepted in good journals, strengthening Indian journals to publish more quality papers, etc.

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Credible scholarly publishing, honest researchers, negative impact, potential authors, predatory journals.
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Authors

G. Leena
Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies (Deemed-to-be University), Sector-43, Aravali Hills, Faridabad 121 003, India
V. K. J. Jeevan
Indira Gandhi National Open University, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi 110 068, India

Abstract


The ‘publish or perish’ race among researchers force at least some of them to opt for quick outlets for publication, making them fall into the trap of predatory journals. With a strong base and history of research institutions and journals, the present study explores grooming a reasonable number of quality journals in India to tackle the menace of predatory publishing. The data presented are collected from different sources to work out the approximate minimum number of quality journals that can be strengthened using state-of-the-art technology solutions as well as internationally competitive journal editorial, review and publishing procedures. It is difficult to deal with the commercial interests of predatory publishers through academic safeguards alone. However, their negative impact can be contained through a set of action plans by various stakeholders, such as sensitizing authors about the perils of predatory publishing, training new authors about the nuances of academic publishing to facilitate their manuscripts getting accepted in good journals, strengthening Indian journals to publish more quality papers, etc.

Keywords


Credible scholarly publishing, honest researchers, negative impact, potential authors, predatory journals.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv122%2Fi4%2F396-401