A Study on the Development of Checklist for Identifying the Predatory Journals Published Abroad (부실 의심 학술지 식별을 위한 체크리스트 개발 연구: 해외 출판 학술지를 중심으로)

Eun Jee Lee (이은지); Hyesun Kim (김혜선); Eunkyung Nam (남은경); Wan Jong Kim (김완종)

doi:10.3743/KOSIM.2020.37.4.109

A Study on the Development of Checklist for Identifying the Predatory Journals Published Abroad

Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management
Abbr : JKOSIM
2020, 37(4), pp.109~130
DOI : 10.3743/KOSIM.2020.37.4.109
Publisher : 한국정보관리학회
Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science
Received : November 23, 2020
Accepted : December 15, 2020
Published : December 30, 2020

Eun Jee Lee ¹, Hyesun Kim ², Eunkyung Nam ¹, Wan Jong Kim ¹

¹한국과학기술정보연구원 학술정보공유센터
²한국과학기술정보연구원

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This study aims to develop a checklist that could identify the characteristics of predatory journals suspected of being poorly operated from the time of submission to publication. Accordingly 17 checklist questions were developed based on 3 priorities through overseas case studies and expert opinions. To verify the developed checklist, 100 journals included in Beall’s list were randomly extracted and analyzed. As a result, 96 journals had features that were suspected to be questionable, there were not found in the 4 journals. A further case study and follow-up study of journals published in a broader field of research will require continued revision and supplementation of the 17 questions developed in this study.

KEYWORDS

scholarly communication, open access, predatory journal, checklist

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