Is predatory publishing a real threat? Evidence from a large database study
@article{Perlin2018IsPP, title={Is predatory publishing a real threat? Evidence from a large database study}, author={Marcelo Scherer Perlin and Takeyoshi Imasato and Denis Borenstein}, journal={Scientometrics}, year={2018}, volume={116}, pages={255-273} }
Using a database of potential, possible, or probable predatory scholarly open-access journals, the objective of this research is to study the penetration of predatory publications in the Brazilian academic system and the profile of authors in a cross-section empirical study. Based on a massive amount of publications from Brazilian researchers of all disciplines during the 2000–2015 period, we were able to analyze the extent of predatory publications using an econometric modeling. Descriptive…
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