There have been a number of papers published in 2021, which have focused on predatory publishing. If you search on Scopus (search carried out 20 Dec 2021), of the 294 papers returned by searching for “Predatory Publishing” (the quotes are part of the search), 66 were published in 2021. Some of these articles have received more citations that the others and it is these that we focus on.
This list might also be useful to those who are planning to write a paper about predatory publishing. It may be a good starting point for a literature review. Indeed, if you are a student working on a project, dissertation of thesis, this list might be a good starting point or, at least, some of the first papers who may want to read.
Methodology
We used Scopus as the the source of data. We searched for all papers, using the search term ‘predatory publishing‘ (the quotes are part of the search term).
The data was collected on 20 December 2021. Given that this is just a snapshot, at a single point in time, we will update this list at sometime in the future. This is not only because we are not quite at the end of 2021 (at the time of writing) but, over time, the number of citations will change and we would like to document these changes, as this may be of interest to some people/researchers.
Top 20 "Predatory Publishing" papers from 2021
- Macháček V., Srholec M. (2021) RETRACTED ARTICLE: Predatory publishing in Scopus: evidence on cross-country differences, Scientometrics, 126(3):1897-1921 DOI:10.1007/s11192-020-03852-4
(Citations: 14) - Krawczyk F., Kulczycki E. (2021) How is open access accused of being predatory? The impact of Beall's lists of predatory journals on academic publishing, Journal of Academic Librarianship, 47(2) DOI:10.1016/j.acalib.2020.102271
(Citations: 10) - West J.D., Bergstrom C.T. (2021) Misinformation in and about science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118(15) DOI:10.1073/pnas.1912444117
(Citations: 9) - Mills D., Inouye K. (2021) Problematizing ‘predatory publishing’: A systematic review of factors shaping publishing motives, decisions, and experiences, Learned Publishing, 34(2):89-104 DOI:10.1002/leap.1325
(Citations: 8) - Deora H., Tripathi M., Chaurasia B., Grotenhuis J.A. (2021) Avoiding predatory publishing for early career neurosurgeons: what should you know before you submit?, Acta Neurochirurgica, 163(1) DOI:10.1007/s00701-020-04546-9
(Citations: 8) - Kendall G. (2021) Beall's legacy in the battle against predatory publishers, Learned Publishing, 34(3):379-388 DOI:10.1002/leap.1374
(Citations: 5) - Tsigaris P., Teixeira da Silva J.A. (2021) Why blacklists are not reliable: A theoretical framework, Journal of Academic Librarianship, 47(1) DOI:10.1016/j.acalib.2020.102266
(Citations: 5) - Gurnani B., Kaur K. (2021) Avoiding predatory publishing for early-career ophthalmologists, Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 69(12):3719-3725 DOI:10.4103/ijo.IJO_1639_21
(Citations: 3) - Inouye K., Mills D. (2021) Fear of the academic fake? Journal editorials and the amplification of the 'predatory publishing' discourse, Learned Publishing, 34(3):396-406 DOI:10.1002/leap.1377
(Citations: 3) - Teixeira da Silva J.A., Vuong Q.-H. (2021) The right to refuse unwanted citations: rethinking the culture of science around the citation, Scientometrics, 126(6):5355-5360 DOI:10.1007/s11192-021-03960-9
(Citations: 3) - Teixeira da Silva J.A. (2021) Conflicts of interest arising from simultaneous service by editors of competing journals or publishers, Publications, 9(1):1-10 DOI:10.3390/publications9010006
(Citations: 3) - Bakri S.J., Shah S.M. (2021) Predatory Publishing in Ophthalmology: A Call for Awareness and Action, American Journal of Ophthalmology, 221():207-210 DOI:10.1016/j.ajo.2020.08.009
(Citations: 3) - Munn Z., Barker T., Stern C., Pollock D., Ross-White A., Klugar M., Wiechula R., Aromataris E., Shamseer L. (2021) Should i include studies from "predatory" journals in a systematic review? Interim guidance for systematic reviewers, JBI Evidence Synthesis, 19(8):1915-1923 DOI:10.11124/JBIES-21-00138
(Citations: 2) - Mertkan S., Onurkan Aliusta G., Suphi N. (2021) Knowledge production on predatory publishing: A systematic review, Learned Publishing, 34(3):407-413 DOI:10.1002/leap.1380
(Citations: 2) - McKenzie M., Nickerson D., Ball C.G. (2021) Predatory publishing solicitation: A review of a single surgeon's inbox and implications for information technology resources at an organizational level, Canadian Journal of Surgery, 64(3):E351-E357 DOI:10.1503/cjs.003020
(Citations: 2) - Marina T., Sterligov I. (2021) Prevalence of potentially predatory publishing in Scopus on the country level, Scientometrics, 126(6):5019-5077 DOI:10.1007/s11192-021-03899-x
(Citations: 2) - Tsigaris P., Teixeira da Silva J.A. (2021) Bibliometric analysis of a controversial paper on predatory publishing, Performance Measurement and Metrics, 22(1):39-47 DOI:10.1108/PMM-03-2020-0015
(Citations: 2) - Macháček V., Srholec M. (2021) Retraction Note to: Predatory publishing in Scopus: evidence on cross-country differences (Scientometrics, (2021), 126, 3, (1897-1921), 10.1007/s11192-020-03852-4), Scientometrics, DOI:10.1007/s11192-021-04149-w
(Citations: 2) - Allen R.M. (2021) When peril responds to plague: predatory journal engagement with COVID-19, Library Hi Tech, 39(3):746-760 DOI:10.1108/LHT-01-2021-0011
(Citations: 2) - Van Den Berg R., Nezami N., Nguyen V., Sicklick J.K., Weiss C.R. (2021) A solution to academic radiology's experience with solicitation e-mails from predatory journals, American Journal of Roentgenology, 216(1):233-240 DOI:10.2214/AJR.20.22923
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