Gobbledygook study exposes bogus journals
Using a deliberately incoherent research paper created by cutting and pasting alternating paragraphs from a geology paper and a haematology study - Ottawa Citizen reporter Tom Spears set out to test the credibility of so-called predatory, online scholarly journals. Of the 18 he submitted the gobbledygook to, only two rejected it. ...
Using a deliberately incoherent research paper created by cutting and pasting alternating paragraphs from a geology paper and a haematology study - Ottawa Citizen reporter Tom Spears set out to test the credibility of so-called predatory, online scholarly journals. Of the 18 he submitted the gobbledygook to, only two rejected it.
Mr. Spears conducted his experiment after being plagued by spam emails from several predatory journals: on-line publications which charge a publishing fee, but fail to provide the editorial services or peer review that are part and parcel of their legitimate counterparts.
Hear Tom Spears on the dangers of predatory journals.
Beall's List defines the characteristics of a predatory publication and lists publishers that meet the criteria.