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Profiles, motives and experiences of authors publishing in predatory journals: OMICS as a case study

Chérifa Boukacem-zeghmouriLucas PergolaHugo Castaneda

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predatory journals[SHS.INFO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Library and information sciencespublishing subculturecybercrimeOMICSpredatory publishingpredatory publishers[SHS.INFO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Library and information sciences

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International audience; The paper aims to understand the context and drivers of researchers' decision to submit a manuscript to a predatory journal. Using OMICS as a case study and asking authors for their views, the paper presents their profile, motivations and publishing experiences. The methodology is based on a questionnaire sent by email to all authors of articles published in OMICS (+2200). The authors were asked about 1/ the factors that influenced their decision to submit their article, 2/ their publishing predatory journal. At the same time, it reveals some of the strategies used by OMICS to persuade authors to submit their papers. The findings will help to inform institutional policies that seek to put in place efficient measures to combat predatory publishing.

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2023-06-01
https://hal.science/hal-04130294