Most impactful journal on Predatory Publishing?

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Graph showing the five journals that have published the most papers on predatory publishing and the h-inex of those articles

What journal has the most impact for its papers on Predatory Publishing?

The journal that has published most papers is Learned Publishing, but the one that appears to be having the most impact is the Journal of Korean Medical Science, as it has published eight papers and has an impact factor of seven.

We had a quick good look at Scopus, looking for articles on Predatory Publishing.

The graph shows the journals that have published most papers, along with the h-index for those articles.

Learned Publishing

Learned Publishing has published the most articles (15), and they have an h-index of 8 (meaning that 8 of those articles have been cited 8 or more times).

Journal of Korean Medical Science

We were particularly impressed with the Journal of Korean Medical Science. This journal has published 8 papers on predatory publishing, with 7 of those papers contributing to its h-index.
… and 4 in the liist below only needs one more citation to give these papers an h-index of 8 and have all papers contributing to the h-index.

If you are interested, here are the 8 papers published by the Journal of Korean Medical Science.

 

  1. Predatory publishing is a threat to non-mainstream science (2017), 32 (5), pp. 713 – 717, Cited 23 times. DOI: dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2
  2. Statement on publication ethics for editors and publishers (2016), 31 (9), pp. 1351 – 1354, Cited 25 times. DOI: dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2

  3. Publishing ethics and predatory practices: A dilemma for all stakeholders of science communication (2015), 30 (8), pp. 1010 – 1016, Cited 44 times. DOI: dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2

  4. Predatory publishing practices corrode the credibility of science, (2015), 30 (10), pp. 1535 – 1536, Cited 7 times. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2015.30.10.1535

  5. Improving scientific writing skills and publishing capacity by developing university-based editing system and writing programs (2019), 34 (1), art. no. e9, Cited 12 times. DOI: dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2

  6. The pressure to publish more and the scope of predatory publishing activities (2016), 31 (12), pp. 1874 – 1878, Cited 56 times. DOI: dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2

  7. Manuscript submission invitations from ‘predatory journals’: What should authors do? (2017), 32 (5), pp. 709 – 712, Cited 19 times. DOI: dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2

  8. Dangerous predatory publishers threaten medical research (2016), 31 (10), pp. 1511 – 1513, Cited 82 times. DOI: dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2

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Scopus Search Term: ‘TITLE-ABS-KEY ( “predatory publish*” )’

Date of search: 14 Sep 2023

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