Scholarly Communications in Transition
A Blog about Predatory and Other Phenomena in Academia
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Predatory Publishing – What is a library’s role? An attempt at finding our place
The community of practice ‘predatory publishing’ came together to write this blog post, providing insight into what we do and subsequent discussions, but by no means representing a general opinion or coming to a final conclusion. This post provides a shared perspective based on our experience working in the Austrian library system. Some of the…
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Beyond Predatory Publishing: Additional Questionable Offers in Scholarly Publishing
Besides predatory publishing, there are other practices in the area of scholarly publishing which are not about advancing science, but rather primarily intended to increase the authors’ output or impact in return for financial compensation. David Bimler terms this “publication facilitation”, which also includes dubious or hijacked journals because they offer dishonest researchers an opportunity…
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Predator & Prey – A Classic Role Allocation or a Symbiosis?
Duden, the unchallenged authority of the German language, defines the perpetrator as a person who commits or has committed an act, i.e. actively taken action. On the other hand, the victim is described as someone who suffers harm from someone/something, i.e. passively endures his harm. According to these definitions, the perpetrator and the victim are…
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