Kscien's list; a new strategy to discourage predatory journals and publishers

Abstract

The trend through which academia finances scientific publication has been developing in recent years towards open access publishing, which can be exploited by predatory journals and publishers. The aim of this paper is to review the current situation of predatory publishing and introduce Kscien's list of predatory journals and publishers. Kscien has recruited a special committee consisting of 23 young researchers. They are working to keep the list up-to-date, expose current tactics of the predators and guide authors. The list is designed to be updated daily. Currently, the criteria used to recognize predatory journals and publishers depends on the journal's conduct, evidence of fabrication and levels of peer review. Research is ongoing to provide more solid criteria and objective evidence to overcome the critics of Beall. Kscien's list could help to fill the gap left by Beall's list.

Predatory journals in oncology: prevalence and impacts

“…The authors picked up the predatory oncology journals from Kscien’s blacklist12. Kscien blacklist is an updated version of the previous Beall’s blacklist.…”

Predatory Publishing Lists: A Review on the Ongoing Battle Against Fraudulent Actions

“…The third listed journals that hijacked others, misleading authors by adopting the identities or names of legitimate journals. The last category, misleading metrics, included journals with falsified metrics [8]. Jeffrey Beall's criteria for listing journals on his site included repeated editors, unknown or absent editorial staff, lack of academic information about the editorial team, absence of an editorial board, suspicious publishing processes, a high number of journals, inadequate digital preservation, undisclosed article processing charges (APC), mismatch between journal names and scopes, false impact factors (IF), discrepancies between the journal name and its country of origin, appointment of unqualified reviewers, absence of plagiarism checks, false claims of indexing, self-plagiarism, indiscriminate acceptance of suggested reviewers, publication of essays without scrutiny, and undisclosed or fake office locations.…”

Un caso de publicación en revista médica pirata

“…Este artículo fue luego retirado por supuestos errores en regresiones estadísticas de países involucrados, pero no por errores en el hallazgo de las revistas piratas 9 . También hay revistas piratas en castellano como, por ejemplo "Vitae" o la "Revista Iberoamericana de las Ciencias de la Salud" 10 .…”

“…Es necesario contar con una definición adecuada de "revista pirata" como uno de los pasos iniciales para su control. No obstante, la velocidad de cambio y las tácticas empleadas para disfrazarse les permiten mantenerse vigentes 10 .…”