Predatory journals: an enemy to be fought in scientific communication

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Autor(a) principal: Guimaraes, Jose Augusto C. [UNESP]
Data de Publicação: 2023
Outros Autores: Hayashi, Maria Cristina P. I.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.20396/rdbci.v21i00.8671811/31046
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/245254
Resumo: Introduction: Scientific production is a fundamental element for the reputation of a researcher and a university in such a way that the pressure to publish becomes increasingly prevalent in academia. Objective: We seek to analyze the growing phenomenon of predatory journals as a threat to the scientific universe and the ways in which they can be identified and avoided. Methodology: Based on the international literature, the concept, characteristics and ways of identifying predatory journals are discussed, in addition to some questions that can illuminate reflections on the ethical impacts that this reality has brought to the academic environment. Results: It is evident the need to face this threat through a joint action of authors (researchers), editors, teaching and research institutions, research funding agencies, and bibliographic databases in order to guarantee that scientific communication in the most diverse fields of knowledge is carried out in ethical, transparent and defensible ways. Conclusion: It is necessary for investigators to develop a specific competence to distinguish between reliable and fraudulent journals, disregarding invitations, which are often tempting, to publish or join editorial committees of predatory journals.
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title Predatory journals: an enemy to be fought in scientific communication
spellingShingle Predatory journals: an enemy to be fought in scientific communication
Guimaraes, Jose Augusto C. [UNESP]
Predatory journals
Scientific communication
Information ethics
Scientific journals
title_short Predatory journals: an enemy to be fought in scientific communication
title_full Predatory journals: an enemy to be fought in scientific communication
title_fullStr Predatory journals: an enemy to be fought in scientific communication
title_full_unstemmed Predatory journals: an enemy to be fought in scientific communication
title_sort Predatory journals: an enemy to be fought in scientific communication
author Guimaraes, Jose Augusto C. [UNESP]
author_facet Guimaraes, Jose Augusto C. [UNESP]
Hayashi, Maria Cristina P. I.
author_role author
author2 Hayashi, Maria Cristina P. I.
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar)
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Guimaraes, Jose Augusto C. [UNESP]
Hayashi, Maria Cristina P. I.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Predatory journals
Scientific communication
Information ethics
Scientific journals
topic Predatory journals
Scientific communication
Information ethics
Scientific journals
description Introduction: Scientific production is a fundamental element for the reputation of a researcher and a university in such a way that the pressure to publish becomes increasingly prevalent in academia. Objective: We seek to analyze the growing phenomenon of predatory journals as a threat to the scientific universe and the ways in which they can be identified and avoided. Methodology: Based on the international literature, the concept, characteristics and ways of identifying predatory journals are discussed, in addition to some questions that can illuminate reflections on the ethical impacts that this reality has brought to the academic environment. Results: It is evident the need to face this threat through a joint action of authors (researchers), editors, teaching and research institutions, research funding agencies, and bibliographic databases in order to guarantee that scientific communication in the most diverse fields of knowledge is carried out in ethical, transparent and defensible ways. Conclusion: It is necessary for investigators to develop a specific competence to distinguish between reliable and fraudulent journals, disregarding invitations, which are often tempting, to publish or join editorial committees of predatory journals.
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RDBCI - Revista Digital de Biblioteconomia e Ciencia da Informacao. Campinas: Univ Estadual Campinas - Sistema Bibliotecas, v. 21, 18 p., 2023.
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/245254
10.20396/rdbci.v21i00.8671811/31046
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