Educational Research and Predatory Tabloid Journalism: Authors Beware

• In Event: 65.065 - Perspectives in Conducting and Disseminating Research

Abstract

Predatory open-access journals do not exist as vehicles to promote research or the efforts of scholarly organizations, but exist as means for profit. A narrative case study is presented to exemplify the practices of one journal. The paper is situated within the context of tabloid journalism as a fitting metaphor for the lack of credibility of the publisher and the questionable practices used to “sell” their product to unsuspecting authors. Research authors face a new challenge in the “publish or perish” world of academia publication. The nature of a potential journal, even with an impressive established title or noted editorial board, may exist to attract fees rather than serve the research community.

Author

• Gregory J. Marchant, Ball State University