• DOI:10.1007/s11192-018-2750-6
Corpus ID: 4998464

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 S. Perlin and Takeyoshi Imasato and D. Borenstein},
  journal={Scientometrics},
  year={2018},
  volume={116},
  pages={255-273}
}

• Marcelo S. Perlin, Takeyoshi Imasato, D. Borenstein
• Published 2018
• Geography, Computer Science
• Scientometrics

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… Expand