Most highly cited article is to a retracted paper
A journal has published 14 papers on predatory publishing. It’s most cited paper on this topic has been retracted. We ask some questions about this.
Retraction
Scientometrics article about predatory publishing is retracted
Vít Macháček & Martin Srholec (2021) Predatory publishing in Scopus: evidence on cross-country differences, Scientometrics, 126, 1897-1921 has been retracted due to: Errors in Analyses, Errors in Methods, Unreliable Results.
We provide a few more details,
Do predatory publishers respect the scientific archive?
We expect scientific publishers to follow certain standards. This is especially important in order to maintain the integrity of the scientific archive.
In this article, we touch upon three elements and question whether a predatory publisher is able to uphold these principles.