Publishing in Predatory Open Access Journals: A Case of Iran
Abstract
Scholarly publishing scams and predatory journals are emerging threats to academic integrity. During the last few years, the number of bogus journals has dramatically increased, defraud authors by promising fast review and prompt publishing. The current research investigates the contribution of Iranian researchers in predatory open-access journals in 2014. In this research, a total of 21,817 articles published by 265 journals from Beall’s list...
Paper Details
Title
Publishing in Predatory Open Access Journals: A Case of Iran
Published Date
Oct 16, 2017
Volume
33
Issue
4
Pages
433 - 444
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