The Rise of Predatory Publishing With Open Access and Its Meaning to Graduate Education

• In Event: International Positions on Ethics and Human Rights in Education

Abstract

Predatory journals (PJs) have become commonplace globally. PJs do not conduct real peer review and publish any submission for a fee. But not every journal that charges a fee is predatory, as this is standard within the open access movement. However, PJs have not gained widespread attention from educational researchers in the US. Through bibliometric comparison of DOAJ, SSCI, Beall’s List, and Cabells, this work explores open access and PJs on a global level, with an emphasis on the field of education. The findings show that PJs have correlated with the rise of open access, including infiltration of educational research. Furthermore, the DOAJ has provided more diverse outlets for authors around the world compared to the big publisher-backed SSCI.

Author

• Ryan Allen, Chapman University