Vanity Press: Editoria a pagamento o nuovi modelli editoriali open access?

De Robbio, Antonella Vanity Press: Editoria a pagamento o nuovi modelli editoriali open access?, 2012 [Newspaper/magazine article]

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English abstract

This article examines the fine line separating legitimate Gold Open Access scholarly publishing models from predatory practices and vanity publishing (Vanity Press). Within the evolving landscape of academic communication, alongside reputable Open Access platforms and traditional publishers transitioning to hybrid models, questionable commercial entities have emerged. By targeting early-career researchers through email spam and re-selling freely available academic work—such as open-access doctoral dissertations—via Print-on-Demand (PoD) services, these entities exploit the author-pays model for purely lucrative purposes. The author discusses the risks posed by these unethical practices, referencing Jeffrey Beall’s blacklist of predatory publishers, and calls for greater awareness and monitoring of quality, peer-review integrity, and publishing contracts within the academic community.

Italian abstract

L'articolo analizza la sottile e complessa linea di confine che separa i modelli legittimi dell'editoria accademica Open Access dalle pratiche controverse di Vanity Press ed editoria predatoria. Nello scenario attuale di transizione della comunicazione scientifica, accanto ai grandi editori tradizionali e alle piattaforme OA di qualità, si infiltrano soggetti commerciali la cui identità appare equivoca. Attraverso tecniche di spam mirato rivolte a giovani ricercatori o alla ripubblicazione a pagamento di tesi di dottorato e contributi ad accesso aperto (sfruttando il Print on Demand), questi attori strumentalizzano la Golden Route dell'Open Access. L'autrice approfondisce il fenomeno richiamando il lavoro di monitoraggio e la "lista degli editori predatori" curata da Jeffrey Beall, interrogandosi sulle sfide della peer review, sulla tutela della qualità e sulle possibili evoluzioni future dei modelli di business nell'economia della conoscenza.

Item type:	Newspaper/magazine article
Keywords:	Vanity publishing; Predatory publishing; Open Access; Gold Open Access; Beall's list; Publishing business models; Print on Demand; Academic spam; Peer review; Copyright
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. F. Management. > FB. Marketing.
Depositing user:	Antonella De Robbio
Date deposited:	23 Aug 2026 12:02
Last modified:	23 Aug 2026 12:02
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10760/48474

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