Predatory journals and the pollution of academic publishing

Watson, Roger

Abstract

I am writing this in China and, looking from my hotel room, I can barely see beyond the buildings on the other side of the street. It's pollution; it obscures vision, and exposure has. adverse effects on health. I think 'pollution' is an excellent metaphor for what we are currently seeing in academic publishing as a result of the seemingly inexorable increase in the number of predatory publishers and the 'fruits' of their labour, the predatory journals and predatory conferences.

Citation

Watson, R. (2019). Predatory journals and the pollution of academic publishing. Journal of nursing management, 27(2), 223-224. https://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.12739

• Journal Article Type: Editorial
• Acceptance Date: Nov 27, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Mar 6, 2019
• Publication Date: 2019-03
• Deposit Date: Feb 13, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 7, 2020
• Journal: Journal of Nursing Management
• Print ISSN: 0966-0429
• Electronic ISSN: 1365-2834
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 27
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 223-224
• Series ISSN: 1365-2834
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.12739
• Keywords: Leadership and Management
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/1163144
• Publisher URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jonm.12739
• Additional Information: Journal of Nursing Management