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1 School of Pharmacy, Department of Phar-maceutical Chemistry, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1068 Blindern, 0316 Oslo, NO
2 Department of Post Graduate Studies and Research in Biotechnology, Jnanasahyadri, Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta, Shimoga 577 451, IN
3 School of Ecology and Conservation, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru 560 065, IN
Source
Current Science, Vol 111, No 11 (2016), Pagination: 1759-1764
Abstract
Nature Index analysis 2014 rates India at the 13th place for its high-quality scientific publications. Despite this achievement, several studies have revealed that India is also among the major contrib-utors of articles published in poor-quality predatory open access journals. Therefore, the objective of the present study was to estimate which category of educational and research institutes predomi-nately publishes in predatory open access journals in India and to understand whether academi-cians in India are aware of predatory journals. It was found that private/government colleges contribute to about 51% of predatory publications, followed by private universities, state universi-ties, national institutes, central universities and industries, for research articles published from September 2015 to mid-February 2016. The publication pressure among researchers and lack of monitoring the research being conducted are the major factors contributing to articles published in poor-quality predatory open access journals from India.
Keywords
Open Access, Scientific Publishing, Predatory Journals, Quality Regulation.
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