1. Profiles, motives and experiences of authors publishing in predatory journals: OMICS as a case study
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Boukacem-Zeghmouri, Chérifa, Pergola, Lucas, Castaneda, Hugo, BOUKACEM ZEGHMOURI, Chérifa, Equipe de recherche de Lyon en sciences de l'information et de la communication (ELICO), Université Lumière - Lyon 2 (UL2)-École nationale supérieure des sciences de l'information et des bibliothèques (ENSSIB), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Sciences Po Lyon - Institut d'études politiques de Lyon (IEP Lyon), Université de Lyon-Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3 (UJML), Université de Lyon-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon, Auteurs Collectifs INRA, Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), and Université de Bourgogne (UB)
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predatory journals ,[SHS.INFO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Library and information sciences ,publishing subculture ,cybercrime ,OMICS ,predatory publishing ,predatory publishers ,[SHS.INFO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Library and information sciences - Abstract
International audience; The paper aims to understand the context and drivers of researchers' decision to submit a manuscript to a predatory journal. Using OMICS as a case study and asking authors for their views, the paper presents their profile, motivations and publishing experiences. The methodology is based on a questionnaire sent by email to all authors of articles published in OMICS (+2200). The authors were asked about 1/ the factors that influenced their decision to submit their article, 2/ their publishing predatory journal. At the same time, it reveals some of the strategies used by OMICS to persuade authors to submit their papers. The findings will help to inform institutional policies that seek to put in place efficient measures to combat predatory publishing.
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- 2023