Knowledge of the active researchers of the Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana (Chile) about the existence and scope of predatory journals
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.54886/ibersid.v17i2.4928Keywords:
Papers, Chilean researchers, Predatory journals, Scientific papers, Active researchers, Technological Metropolitan Universtiy (Chile)Abstract
Predatory journals have been defined as a fraudulent model that takes advantage of the golden route implemented by some open access publications. These journals exploit the business of charging authors, promising quick and low-cost publication. However, they do not comply with the tasks of any scientific journal, such as peer review or digital preservation of original writings, and therefore they publish papers of questionable quality, methodology and reproducibility. For these reasons, this research aims to determine the level of knowledge that active researchers of the Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana (UTEM) have about predatory journals. For the study, a survey was used as a data collection instrument, which was sent to the active researchers from the UTEM. From the results obtained, it was possible to conclude that the UTEM researchers are familiar with the term predatory journals and can identify certain characteristics of these journals, such as the fact that they do not perform an adequate peer review process, offer a fast publication process at low cost, and have similar titles to those of renowned journals, in addition to being able to identify some tools for their detection.
Downloads
References
Abad-García, María (2019). El plagio y las revistas depredadoras como amenaza a la integridad científica. // Anales de Pediatría. 90:1, 57.e1-57. e8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anpedi.2018.11.003 (2021-11-23).
Bohannon, John (2013). Who's afraid of peer review? // Science. 342, 60-65. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.342.6154.60 (2021-10-05).
Beall, Jeffrey. (2013). Predatory publishing is just one of the consequences of gold open access. // Learned Publishing. 26:2, 79-84. https://doi.org/10.1087/20130203 (2021-07-22).
Beall, Jeffrey (2015). Criteria for determining predatory open-access publishers. 3 ed. https://beallslist.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/criteria-2015.pdf (2021-08-28).
Budapest Open Access Initiative (2002). Iniciativa de Budapest para el Acceso Abierto. https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/translations/spanish-translation (2021-11-23).
Castañón-González, Alejandra; Cantú-Pompa, Jaime; Miranda-Hernández, Alejandro; López-Valdés, Julio. (2017). La necesidad de publicar y el nacimiento de las revistas médicas depredadoras. // Gaceta Médica de México. 153:4, 516-517.https://doi.org/10.24875/GMM.17003450 (2021-11-25).
Chen, Li-Xian; Su, Shih; Liao, Chia; Wong, Kai-Sin; Yuan, Shyan-MIng. (2023). An open automation system for predatory journal detection. // Scientific Report. 13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-30176-z
Cortegiani, Andrea; Sanfilippo, Filippo; Tramarin, Jacopo; Giarratano, Antonio (2019). Predatory open-access publishing in critical care medicine. // Journal of critical care. 50, 247-249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrc.2018.12.016 (2021-12-20).
Cortegiani, Andrea, Manca, Andrea; Giarratano, Antonino. (2020). Predatory journals and conferences: why fake counts. // Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology. 33:2, 192-197. doi: 10.1097/ACO.0000000000000829
Delgado-López, Pedro; Corrales-García, Eva (2018). Predatory journals: una amenaza emergente para autores y editores de publicaciones biomédicas. // Neurocirugía. 29:1, 39-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucir.2017.07.006 (2021-11-26).
El Bairi, Khalid; Fourtassi, Maryam; El Fatimy, Rachid; El Kadmiri, Nadia (2023). Distance education as a tool to improve researchers’ knowledge on predatory journals in countries with limited resources: the Moroccan experience. // International Journal of Educational Integrity. 19:1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40979-023-00122-7
Galán, Iñaki, Pérez-Gómez, Beatriz; Primo-Peña, Elena. (2015). ¿Quién teme al open access? Un movimiento en crecimiento, oportuno y necesario. // Gaceta Sanitaria. 29:2, 139-141. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gaceta.2014.11.010
Grudniewicz, Agnes; Moher, David; Cobey, Kelly; Bryson, Gregory; Cukier, Samantha; Allen, Kristiann; Ardern, Clare; Balcom, Lesley; Barros, Tiago; Berger, Monica; Ciro, Jairo; Cugusi, Lucia; Donaldson, Michael; Egger, Matthias; Graham, Ian; Hodgkinson, Matt; Khan, Karim; Mabizela, Mahlubi; Manca, Andrea; Milzow, Katrin; et al. (2019). Predatory journals: no definition, no defence. // Nature. 576:7786, 210–212. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-03759-y (2021-08-23).
Hernández, Ronald (2020). Revistas depredadoras: la necesidad por publicar. // Educación Médica. 21:5, 346. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edumed.2019.06.003. (2021-09-12).
Jain, Naman; Singh, Mahyank (2019). The evolving ecosystem of predatory journals: a case study in Indian perspective. // International Conferences on Asian Digital Libraries 2019: Digital Libraries at the Crossroads of Digital Information for the Future. 78-92. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34058-2_9 (2021-08-29).
Jiménez-Contreras, Evaristo; Jiménez-Segura, Juan (2016). Las revistas depredadoras: una nueva epidemia científica. // Ciencia y enfermería. 22:2, 7-12. .http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0717-95532016000200001 (2021-07-30).
Laccourreye, Ollivier; Rubin, François; Maisonneuve, Hervé (2018). Predatory journals threatening the scientific medical press. // European annals of otorhinolaryngology, head and neck diseases. 135:1, 37-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anorl.2017.08.003 (2021-08-23).
Linacre, Simon (2022). The Predator Effect: Understanding the Past, Present and Future of Deceptive Academic Journals. Against the Grain. https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.12739277
Manca, Andrea; Cugusi, Lucia; Cortegiani Andrea; Ingoglia, Giulia; Moher, David; Deriu, Franca (2020). Predatory journals enter biomedical databases through public funding. // BMJ, 8:371. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m4265.
Nnodim, John; Dunga, Kingsley; Glad, Uzah (2023). Methods to Spot Predatory Journals: A View Point. // Journal of Case Reports in Medical Science. 9:1, 9-12. https://doi.org/10.56557/JOCRIMS/2023/v9i18166
Richtig, Georg; Berger, M., Lange-Asschenfeldt, Bernhard; Aberer, Werner; Richtig, Erika. (2018). Problems and challenges of predatory journals. // Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. 32: 9, 1441-1449. https://doi.org/10.1111/jdv.15039 (2021-07-28).
Rodríguez, Adolfo. (2008). Elementos que fundamentan el Acceso Abierto. // Investigación bibliotecológica. 22:44, 161-182. http://dx.doi.org/10.22201/iibi.0187358xp.2008.44.4150 (2021-07-03).
Sanz-Lorente, María; Guardiola-Wanden-Berghe, Rocío (2019). Comunicar la ciencia. // Hospital a Domicilio. 3:2, 173-183. http://doi.org/10.22585/hospdomic.v3i2.57 (2021-08-17).
Shamseer, Larissa; Moher, David; Maduekwe, Onyi; Turner, Lucy; Barbour, Virginia; Burch, Rebecca; Clark, Jocalyn; Galipeau, James; Roberts, Jason; Shea, Beverley (2017). Potential predatory and legitimate biomedical journals: can you tell the difference? A cross-sectional comparison. // BMC Med. 15:28, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-017-0785-9 (2021-07-20).
Shamseer, Larissa (2021). “Predatory” Journals: an evidence-based approach to characterizing them and considering where research ought to be published. University of Ottawa. Tesis doctoral. http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-26080 (2021-09-03).
Shen, C.; Björk, B. C. (2015). ‘Predatory’ open access: a longitudinal study of article volumes and market characteristics. BMC medicine. 13:1, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-015-0469-2
UTEM (2020). Plan de Fortalecimiento a 10 años. https://dgai.utem.cl/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/UTEM.PFE_.PLAN_.10.A%C3%91OS.28sep20.vf_.pdf (2021-10-03).
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2023 Authors retain their copyright, but transfer the exploitation rights (reproduction, distribution, public communication and transformation) to the journal in a non-exclusive way and guarantee the right to the first publication of their work to the journal, which will be simultaneously subjected to the license CC BY-NC-ND. Authors take whole personal responsibility on fulfilling all the appropiate ethical codes and laws, and obtaining all the necessary copyright permissions regarding their articles. Institutional and self- archiving is allowed and encouraged.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
© 2007- . Authors retain their copyright, but transfer the exploitation rights (reproduction, distribution, public communication and transformation) to the journal in a non-exclusive way and guarantee the right to the first publication of their work to the journal, which will be simultaneously subjected to the license CC BY-NC-ND. Authors take whole personal responsibility on fulfilling all the appropiate ethical codes and laws, and obtaining all the necessary copyright permissions regarding their articles. Institutional and self- archiving is allowed and encouraged.
