[AISWorld] interesting

[Fedorowicz, Jane]

Since I was not terribly familiar with the term predatory journal, I looked up the topic to see how widespread a problem it is. To my surprise, there are very long lists of both publishers and journals that do not provide the editing and review process they profess, and hit authors up for substantial publication fees for appearing in these open access journals. A well-regarded librarian with an interest in open access journals has assembled a web site of those who fulfill the definition of predatory. He wrote an article in Nature about the rise of predatory journals as a result of the open access movement that you can read here: http://www.nature.com/news/predatory-publishers-are-corrupting-open-access-1.11385 

The criteria for a journal being considered predatory can be found here: http://scholarlyoa.com/individual-journals/ .

Here is a link to a list of publishers who are or are likely to be predatory: http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/ 
Here is a link to a list of journals which are or are likely to be predatory: http://scholarlyoa.com/individual-journals/ 

I get many requests every week to publish in journals I never heard of. I get many other requests to join editorial boards of this kind of journal. Please join me in relegating all of these to the junk mail folder and support the  journals that reflect the best of the open access concept.


Jane Fedorowicz, PhD
Immediate Past President, Association for Information Systems
Chester B. Slade Professor of Accounting and Information Systems
Bentley University
Waltham, MA USA

-----Original Message-----
From: AISWorld [mailto:aisworld-bounces at lists.aisnet.org] On Behalf Of Prof. Samuel I. Lubbe
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2014 12:45 AM
To: Michael Lapke (mlapke); Sullivan, John J.; aisworld at lists.aisnet.org
Subject: Re: [AISWorld] interesting

I agree and this was the bone of contention that caused this journal to be removed. Somebody complained that some professors had this on their CVs.

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Lapke (mlapke) [mailto:mlapke at umw.edu] 
Sent: 20 November 2014 10:42 PM
To: Sullivan, John J.; Prof. Samuel I. Lubbe; aisworld at lists.aisnet.org
Subject: RE: interesting

All,

Another concern is how the author records this information in his or her CV. Would it be unethical to simply not include it since there was a form of deception involved on the part of the journal editor?

-Mike
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From: AISWorld [aisworld-bounces at lists.aisnet.org] On Behalf Of Sullivan, John J. [jjsullivan at usf.edu]
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2014 8:29 AM
To: 'Prof. Samuel I. Lubbe'; aisworld at lists.aisnet.org
Subject: Re: [AISWorld] interesting

Dear Sam,

I agree with other respondents that MJSS is unlikely to release the paper, and if you sue them (especially across national boundaries), well, I fear my clothes will come back in style before that gets resolved.

I would counsel the student to refine the paper enough to avoid plagiarism concerns and submit it elsewhere.  Maybe take a different approach, slightly different emphasis, etc.  Personally, maybe I'm too critical of my own work, but after publishing a paper I have always had paranoid feelings that I could have improved the paper in some way.

I hope this helps,
John

John J. Sullivan, Ph.D.
School of Information
University of South Florida

From: AISWorld [mailto:aisworld-bounces at lists.aisnet.org] On Behalf Of Prof. Samuel I. Lubbe
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 5:38 AM
To: aisworld at lists.aisnet.org
Subject: [AISWorld] interesting

Hi

An interesting thought and debate. Mediterranean  Journal of Social Sciences (MJSS) was identified as predatory and removed from the IBSS list. My one student was told by his university to withdraw the paper he published. He has requested withdrawal and want to re-submit to an accredited non-predatory journal but MJSS have not responded. How should be handle this? If he publishes now is it self-plagiarism or what does he do in this instance?

Kindest regards

Sam


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