Implementation of promotion standards to discourage publishing in questionable journals: the role of the library

Frandsen, Tove Faber; Lamptey, Richard Bruce; Borteye, Edward Mensah; Teye, Victor; Owusu-Ansah, Anna A.

doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2022.102532

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“…However, we found that some people believe the school approaches research with the goal of publishing for career advancement rather than as a means of bettering classroom instruction. For career advancement, professors care more about journal reading, reputation, and associated measures than about the overall number of papers produced annually (Frandsen et al, 2022). According to (Farsani et al, 2021), several academic institutions advocate using the JIF while conducting RPT assessments.…”

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“…More and more institutions, according to (Campos et al 2021)'s analysis, believe that pay and promotion policies for academic staff are misaligned with the demands of society. In a similar vein, (Frandsen et al, 2022) polled 60 undergraduates to investigate their views on evaluation, advancement, and tenure (RPT). The lecturers questioned placed the most weight on total annual publications and journal name recognition when evaluating RPT.…”

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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Growth among University Professors

Sharma

2022

JLEP

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Universities are under constant and intense strain because of the dynamic nature of societal demand and progress. When it comes to providing economic, ecological, and sustainable solutions, the issue is whether or not HEIs produce graduates with the competencies to do so. Higher education institutions (HEIs) also have a responsibility to ensure that their students are adequately prepared for careers in today's increasingly complicated, rapidly changing, and multidisciplinary job market. In order to meet this challenge, universities need faculty members with a wide range of skills, dispositions, and levels of professional development in the areas of instruction, study, and service. Sadly, teachers don't have a good grasp on whether or not their students are prepared to thrive in today's interconnected and multicultural world. Consequently, this investigation employs a sequential mixed-methods approach to explain how professors' skills, outlooks, and training shape their classroom instruction and their students' academic growth in higher education. The professors have higher opinions of their own abilities and character than the students do. Untenured lecturers, according to faculty representatives, have a superior disposition and skillset than their tenured counterparts. One-third of professors have met at least one of the research advancement requirements. When compared to students in the social sciences and engineering, those majoring in the biological sciences had a higher level of satisfaction with their instructors and the growth of their skills. Knowing how characteristics like aptitudes, attitudes, and professional growth are likely to affect the quality of instruction and student outcomes is crucial for developing and implementing effective educational changes.

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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Growth among University Professors

Sharma

2022

JLEP

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“…What if the scholarly advice that has been provided to date (2023) has not been entirely scholarly, and may have, to some extent, been misleading? Have librarians also been involved in the dissemination of misleading information related to "predatory" publishing [46,47], despite their responsibilities towards academia [48]? What if genuine scholarly entities may have been unfairly tarnished, while genuinely unscholarly or predatory entities have been lucky to have not suffered the same listing, characterization and fate, through either their legal prowess, or their ability to suppress criticism?…”

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Academia Should Stop Using Beall’s Lists and Review Their Use in Previous Studies

Silva¹,

Kendall

2023

CAJMHE

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Academics (should) strive to submit to journals which are academically sound and scholarly. To achieve this, they could either submit to journals that appear exclusively on safelists (occasionally referred to as whitelists, although this term tends to be avoided), or avoid submitting to journals on watchlists (occasionally referred to as blacklists, although this term tends to be avoided). The most well-known of these lists was curated by Jeffrey Beall. Beall’s Lists (there are two, one for stand-alone journals and one for publishers) were taken offline by Beall himself in January 2017. Prior to 2017, Beall’s Lists were widely cited and utilized, including to make quantitative claims about scholarly publishing. Even after Beall’s Lists became obsolete (they have not been maintained for the past six years), they continue to be widely cited and used. This paper argues that the use of Beall’s Lists, pre- and post-2017, may constitute a methodological error and, even if papers carry a disclaimer or limitations section noting this weakness, their conclusions cannot always be relied upon. This paper also argues for the need to conduct a detailed post-publication assessment of reports in the literature that used Beall’s Lists to validate their findings and conclusions, assuming that it becomes accepted that Beall’s Lists are not a reliable resource for scientific investigation. Finally, this paper contends that any papers that have identified methodological errors should be corrected. Several lists that were cloned from Beall’s Lists have also emerged and are also being cited. These should also be included in any post-publication investigation that is conducted.

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“…Increasing journal publications in the Web of Science (WoS)/Scopus global scientometric databases is now paramount to higher university rankings, student influx [1] and funding [2]. Essential prerequisites to achieve this goal are the stakeholders' motivation for such publications and the national science policy [3].…”

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Specificity of the Motivation for High-Quality Publications in Russia

Lambovska¹,

Raitskaya²

2022

TEM Journal

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This theoretical study divulges the specificity of the Russian stakeholders' motivation to increase the number of articles in Scopus/WoS by Russian researchers. The research toolkit covers the stakeholder approach, PRISMA recommendations for systematic literature review, methods of deduction, comparison, and qualitative content analysis. We concluded that Russia is quite specific on this topic and found three primary Russian specifics: a unique stakeholder - the unified state bureaucracy; two unique motivational drivers of the researcher stakeholder - professional development and favourable academic environment; three unique motivational drivers of the university management stakeholder - political pressure reduction, power, and effective management.

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Implementation of promotion standards to discourage publishing in questionable journals: the role of the library

Cited by 7 publications

References 37 publications

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Growth among University Professors

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Growth among University Professors

Academia Should Stop Using Beall’s Lists and Review Their Use in Previous Studies

Specificity of the Motivation for High-Quality Publications in Russia

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