• DOI:10.1002/leap.1150
Corpus ID: 19132351

Why do authors publish in predatory journals?

@article{Kurt2018WhyDA,
  title={Why do authors publish in predatory journals?},
  author={Serhat Kurt},
  journal={Learned Publishing},
  year={2018},
  volume={31}
}

Serhat Kurt

Published 2018

Computer Science

Learned Publishing

E-mail: [e-mail] Abstract This study examines the reasons why authors publish in ‘predatory’ OA journals. [...] Key Method Different methods, including WHOIS tracking, were utilized to query basic information about the selected journals, including location and registrant. Then, 300 articles were randomly selected from within selected journals in various scientific fields. Authors of the selected articles were contacted and sent survey questions to complete.Expand Abstract

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