Predatory Open Access Journals Publishing: What, Why and How?

Pujar, Shamprasad M Predatory Open Access Journals Publishing: What, Why and How?, 2017 . In National Conference on the Role of LIS Professionals in the Changing Academic Paradigm, Bangalore (India), 17-18 February 2018. [Conference paper]

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English abstract

The Internet has transformed scholarly publishing and made the availability of online resources possible, both in subscription and open access models. Open access, has enabled wider access to the scholarly literature, thus reducing the digital divide among the haves and have-nots. In the case of journal articles, even though its ‘Gold’ (author pays model) and ‘Green’ access models have risen to the occasion, but some publishers of journals have turned its ‘Gold’ model to their advantage to earn a profit by charging fees for publication and adopting certain unethical practices of publishing. An effort has been made here to explore what is ‘Predatory’ open access journals publishing, why this kind of publishing is flourishing and how this model works.

Item type: Conference paper
Keywords: Open access journal,Predatory journals
Subjects: E. Publishing and legal issues. > EB. Printing, electronic publishing, broadcasting.
E. Publishing and legal issues. > ED. Intellectual property: author's rights, ownership, copyright, copyleft, open access.
Depositing user: Shamprasad Pujar
Date deposited: 08 Oct 2018 06:06
Last modified: 08 Oct 2018 06:06
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/32032

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