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Questionable (including predatory) publisher and publishing behaviours

In: How to Edit and Manage a Successful Scholarly Journal

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  • Johann Mouton
  • Marthie van Niekerk

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In this chapter we begin with a discussion of the origins of the term ‘predatory publishing’ and subsequent developments in the scholarship that followed from the pioneering work of Jeffrey Beall. Given various contestations on the meaning of ‘predatory’, a second focus of the chapter is on attempts to arrive at a consensus definition which would eventually culminate in a statement by the Ottawa Summit in 2019. The third, and main section, of the chapter takes as points of reference the key ‘operational markers’ of predatory publishing contained in the Ottawa ‘definition’ and unpacks these in more detail as well as providing examples of each. In the final section, we reflect on what have been the main drivers of the emergence and widespread prevalence of predatory publishing over the past decade.

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  • Johann Mouton & Marthie van Niekerk, 2024. "Questionable (including predatory) publisher and publishing behaviours," Chapters, in: Iain Hay & Gareth Butler & Gerti Szili (ed.), How to Edit and Manage a Successful Scholarly Journal, chapter 13, pages 136-145, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eechap:21899_13
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