Special issues as criterion for journal quality evaluation: Letter to editor
Predatory publishers are defined as publishers who have financial goals. This definition was introduced for the first time by Jeffrey Beall (2012). In some predatory publishers, we can find some papers that are not related to journal's aim and scope. These journals create special issues in orde...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Novi Sad, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management
2015-01-01
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| Series: | Geographica Pannonica |
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| Online Access: | http://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0354-8724/2015/0354-87241502042D.pdf |
| Summary: | Predatory publishers are defined as publishers who have financial goals. This definition was introduced for the first time by Jeffrey Beall (2012). In some predatory publishers, we can find some papers that are not related to journal's aim and scope. These journals create special issues in order to publish papers that are not related to journal's aim and scope. Thus, we are faced with a question of how the editor of these journals could evaluate these papers. In some trusted journals, editor invites guest editors for special issues, which are related to journal's aim and scope. On the other hand predatory publishers, publish papers without any external reviewers or guest editors. In addition, some journals that publish irrelevant papers in regular issues are also found. This problem can be seen especially in some biological or life science journals. It seems that these problems pose new challenge for the academic world. |
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| ISSN: | 0354-8724 1820-7138 |