An Altmetrics and citation analysis of selected predatory journals in library and information science field

Chen, Ming; Wang, Linzi

doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2022.102618

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“…Yet another topic that merits attention in the context of deceptive journals and publishers is their potential to contribute to the spread of misinformation and disinformation (Otike at al., 2022) and their potential of contagious to legitimate academic publications (Chen & Wang, 2022). Predatory journals lack rigorous editorial oversight and may publish research that is based on flawed or even fraudulent data (Gallent-Torres & Comas-Forgas, 2022).…”

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Unmasking deceptive journals in education sciences: a study on prevalence, characteristics and visibility

Comas-Forgas,

Álvarez-García,

Cerdà-Navarro

2024

Prax. Educ.

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This study explores the landscape of predatory journals in education sciences by examining their prevalence, publishers, countries of origin, launch years, malpractices, and internet search metrics, focusing on journals indexed in Cabell's Predatory Reports (n=443). Education science journals make up 2.75% of the total predatory journals listed in the database, primarily scattered across small-scale publishers. The USA, Nigeria, and India emerge as major hubs and results reveal a rapid growth in predatory journals between 2011-2015, followed by slower proliferation. Publication and peer review process violations are the most common malpractices. Internet search metrics indicate increased organic traffic to predatory journal websites from 2017 to 2021 raising concerns about their potential impact on the academic publishing panorama. The findings underscore the need for continued efforts to raise awareness, promote ethical publishing practices, and protect academic integrity in education sciences publications.

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Unmasking deceptive journals in education sciences: a study on prevalence, characteristics and visibility

Comas-Forgas,

Álvarez-García,

Cerdà-Navarro

2024

Prax. Educ.

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“…The Altmetric Attention Score (AAS) is derived from these metrics, (https://help.altmetric.com/support/solutions/articles/6000233311-how-is-the-altmetric-attention-score-calculated-). Though various studies have shown dissimilar results regarding a correlation between AAS and citations (Cintra et al, 2018;Breuer et al, 2022;Chen and Wang., 2022;Liu y Huang, 2022), Altmetrics still provides a means to assess online conversations surrounding a research output.…”

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Inconsistency in the registration of the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) of articles on Web of Science and Scopus

Krauskopf,

Salgado

2023

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Almost 25 years ago, the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) was implemented with the purpose of providing a unique and persistent form of document identification. As DOIs can be assigned to any object, journals rapidly adopted their use as it eases the process of identifying a specific document, thus increasing its visibility. However, while studying the impact of papers published by Chilean researchers in disciplines related to Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities, we noticed that some journals published a considerable proportion of documents without DOIs. Thus, we questioned if this was due to a lack of DOI adoption by these journals or if it was a database processing error. Our findings indicate that while most journals have adopted the use of DOI for article-type documents, many of the Web of Science and Scopus records do not include this information. To overcome this issue, databases need to ensure the accuracy and consistency of their data, while the editorial management team of each journal ought to confirm that all the metadata from their articles has been properly registered by these databases. Undoubtedly, the use of DOI benefits all academics as it facilitates the discoverability and retrieval of the published articles.

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“…The inconsistency between the public and scientists [5] is beautifully illustrated by moderate or non-significant relationships between conventional citations registered in scientific databases and the AAS [4,[6][7][8][9]. Therefore, the AAS reflects the public's curiosity, ideas and knowledge about a particular research topic [10].…”

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Prioritisation of Charismatic Animals in Major Conservation Journals Measured by the Altmetric Attention Score

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Large, charismatic animals trigger human emotional responses, which consequently result in taxonomic biases that have been proven in various fields. In our research, we analysed the representation of animals and plants in scientific papers published in three major conservation journals (Conservation Biology, Journal of Applied Ecology and Conservation Letters) between 2011 and 2020. Furthermore, we examined the Altmetric Attention Score (AAS) and each paper’s total number of citations focused exclusively on a single taxon (59% of all papers). Mammals were represented on journal cover pages significantly more frequently than other taxa, while reptiles, amphibians and fish were underrepresented. The total number of published papers and the AAS favoured mammals significantly, while reptiles, plants and amphibians received the lowest AAS. The AAS of mammals was positively influenced by the body mass and appeal score. Scientific citations showed a slight correlation with the AAS. Papers about mammals, invertebrates and amphibians received the most citations, followed by plants, fish, birds and reptiles. These results showed that there are taxonomic biases that favour large mammals over other taxa, both among scientists as well as the public. Therefore, publication policy should be changed in order to support the shift of scientists and, subsequently, public interest itself toward neglected taxa.

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An Altmetrics and citation analysis of selected predatory journals in library and information science field

Cited by 4 publications

References 35 publications

Unmasking deceptive journals in education sciences: a study on prevalence, characteristics and visibility

Unmasking deceptive journals in education sciences: a study on prevalence, characteristics and visibility

Inconsistency in the registration of the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) of articles on Web of Science and Scopus

Prioritisation of Charismatic Animals in Major Conservation Journals Measured by the Altmetric Attention Score

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