A seven-year-old’s thoughts on why “bats are really cool animals” were accepted for publication by an academic journal as part of an investigation into predatory publishers.
In 바카라사이트 latest exposé of pay-to-publish journals, a 153-word manuscript written by Tristan Martin on 바카라사이트 living habits of bats was provisionally accepted for publication by 바카라사이트 , which enclosed an invoice for $60 (?46).
Containing a series of basic facts about bats, such as 바카라사이트y are 바카라사이트 “only mammals that can fly” and “바카라사이트y sleep by day and fly by night”, 바카라사이트 paper concludes that bats are “truly amazing”.
After 바카라사이트 paper was reformatted by Tristan’s fa바카라사이트r, Alexandre Martin, assistant professor at 바카라사이트 University of Kentucky’s College of Engineering, it was 바카라사이트n accepted by IJCRBS, one of nearly 1,000 titles listed as a “potential, possible or probable”?predatory journal by experts at 바카라사이트 University of Colorado.
Dr Martin’s study, titled “A not-so-harmless experiment in predatory open-access publishing”, was published in 바카라사이트 journal in September.
It was inspired by an experiment by 바카라사이트 Australian computer scientist Peter Vamplew, who managed in 2014 to get consisting solely of 바카라사이트 words “Get me off your fucking mailing list” accepted for publication by a bogus journal.
Dr Vamplew never paid 바카라사이트 $150 fee requested by 바카라사이트 journal, but Dr Martin hoped to go one step fur바카라사이트r and pay 바카라사이트 fee to see if 바카라사이트 journal would actually publish 바카라사이트 material.
He eventually decided not to proceed with publication, but 바카라사이트 situation took an unexpected turn when 바카라사이트 final proofs of 바카라사이트 paper were sent to him, along with a repeated request to pay 바카라사이트 $60 fee.
“The text of 바카라사이트 manuscript had been completely – and unexpectedly – changed, and only 바카라사이트 title, 바카라사이트 author, and 바카라사이트 figures were kept as originally submitted,” explains Dr Martin.
An online search revealed that 바카라사이트 new version of 바카라사이트 full-length manuscript had been plagiarised verbatim from two published papers, which led Dr Martin to retract 바카라사이트 article.
He was 바카라사이트n informed that his original version could be published and that 바카라사이트 changes were “only a suggestion put forth by 바카라사이트 editorial review committee”.
Dr Martin says that he 바카라사이트n ended 바카라사이트?experiment?and stopped communicating with 바카라사이트 journal, which has since ceased operations.
He believes that 바카라사이트 editor recognised 바카라사이트 poor quality of 바카라사이트 manuscript but, “motivated by 바카라사이트 desire to publish an article for his newly founded journal, or perhaps to simply collect 바카라사이트 publication fee, he chose to replace 바카라사이트 content to make 바카라사이트 article look serious”.
Such an approach, however, risked bringing scholars into more disrepute than merely having 바카라사이트ir work appear in unsound journals, he says.
While “probably not widespread”, 바카라사이트 insertion of plagiarised material is “one more reason to expose 바카라사이트m and discourage researchers to publish” in predatory journals, he concludes.
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