Fourth International Conference on Science & Technology Metrics (STMet 2023): Proceedings
BITS Pilani, Dubai, UAE. November 16-17, 2023
Predatory Journals: The Threat to Credibility of Open Access Publishing
B T Sampath Kumar, Devaraj, P Paramashivaiah Professor, Dept of Library and Information Science Tumkur University, Tumakuru, Karnataka, INDIA., Professor, Dept of Library and Information Science Tumkur University, Tumakuru, Karnataka, INDIA., Professor, Dept of Commerce Tumkur University, Tumakuru,
Abstract: The present study examines the publication trends in predatory journals listed in Beall’s list of ‘predatory journals website (https://beallslist.net).1310 journals were downloaded from Beall’s list of predatory journal websitesand saved in a separate Excel file. The extracted data has been analyzed based on different parameters such as the name of the journals, year of establishment, publisher name, country, subject, processing fees and editorial board.It is found that most of the predatory journals are published in Asia (30.38%). Surprisingly, mostpredatory journals are published in Medical Science (10.83%) and Engineering (11.37%). It is also noticed that most of the websites of predatory journals’ website URLs are dead links (31.52%). Further, it is found that most of the predatory journals have not mentioned the publisher’sname on the website.
Keywords: Predatory journals, Open Access, Open Access Publishing, Article Processing fee Predatory Journals: The Threat to Credibility of Open Access Publishing
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