Un-publication: Fake journals and the dark side of open-access publication (for the desperate, for crackpots and for the naïve) Colin Harrison, School of Education / Learning Sciences Research Institute, University of Nottingham
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Un-publication: Fake journals and the dark side of open-access publication (for the desperate, for crackpots and for the naïve)Colin Harrison, School of Education / Learning Sciences Research Institute, University of Nottingham
Good news!
Good news!
Good news!
Good news!
Good news!
Good news!
Good news!
Good news!DEStech publishes
23 journals, so one is
bound to be in
education!
Good news!DEStech publishes
23 journals, so one is
bound to be in
education!
Good news!DEStech publishes
23 journals, so one is
bound to be in
education!
Are our students now finding (and citing as authoritative) otherwise unpublishable research from rogue ‘peer-reviewed’ journals?
Are our students now finding (and citing as authoritative) otherwise unpublishable research from rogue ‘peer-reviewed’ journals?
Are our students now finding (and citing as authoritative) otherwise unpublishable research from rogue ‘peer-reviewed’ journals?
Are our students now finding (and citing as authoritative) otherwise unpublishable research from rogue ‘peer-reviewed’ journals?
Good news!
N=790 publishers
N=658 other stand-alone journals
Another opportunity!
scrip.org
Another opportunity!- especially for
Chinese authors….
STOP PRESS!!
MORE good news!
(plus another 17….)
Un-publication: the dark side of open-access publication (for the desperate, for crackpots and for the naïve)Colin Harrison, University of Nottingham/LSRI
Points to consider: -Are online ‘predatory publishers’ any more predatory than regular publishers?-Are ‘Scholarly’ Open-Access Publications (SOAPs) valuable?
- For the desperate- yes- And for crackpots- yes- For the naïve – potentially less reliable than Wikipedia- SOAPs do greatly extend the possibilities for publishing
online for academics in non-OECD nations-Take-home message: CAVEAT LECTOR
Un-publication: the dark side of open-access publication (for the desperate, for crackpots and for the naïve)Colin Harrison, University of Nottingham/LSRI
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