Peruvian Scientific Production Affected by Predatory Journals

Q2 Social Sciences

International Information and Library Review Pub Date : 2021-01-11 DOI:10.1080/10572317.2020.1869902

C. Sotomayor-Beltran, Guillermo W. Zarate Segura

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Abstract

Abstract The following study presents the output of predatory publications in the Peruvian universities that were included in the SCImago Institutions Rankings of 2020 during the period 2015–2019. The universities considered in this work are ones of the most established and prominent in this Latin American nation. Due to a relatively new University Law, enacted in 2014, and a National Council of Science, Technology and Technological Innovation, a research culture is starting to build-up in this country, which is reflected in its growing scientific production. However in this study, by using data from the Beall’s list, Stop Predatory Journals list and the citation database Scopus, we have observed that predatory publications are infiltrating the Peruvian scientific production. Our analysis reveals that the growth of questionable publications is exponential. Financial incentives and also promotion and tenure are quite possibly the key factors as to why the rise of predatory publications is occurring in Peru. On the other hand, we indicate that the growth of predatory publications can bring about the emergence of rogue researchers and also in the long run the damage of universities’ reputations. This is the first study to present an output of questionable publications in Peru and it is expected that serves the competent authorities for research as well as inexperienced and young researchers to avoid further the spread of this bad publication practices.

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掠夺性期刊对秘鲁科学生产的影响

以下研究介绍了2015-2019年期间秘鲁大学掠夺性出版物的产出，这些出版物被列入2020年SCImago机构排名。在这项工作中考虑的大学是这个拉丁美洲国家最成熟和最杰出的大学之一。由于2014年颁布的一项相对较新的《大学法》，以及国家科学、技术和技术创新委员会，研究文化开始在这个国家建立起来，这反映在它不断增长的科学生产上。然而，在本研究中，通过使用Beall’s list、Stop Predatory Journals list和引文数据库Scopus的数据，我们发现掠夺性出版物正在渗透到秘鲁的科学生产中。我们的分析显示，有问题的出版物呈指数增长。财政激励、晋升和终身职位很可能是秘鲁掠夺性出版物兴起的关键因素。另一方面，我们指出，掠夺性出版物的增长可能会导致流氓研究人员的出现，从长远来看，也会损害大学的声誉。这是秘鲁第一个提出有问题出版物产出的研究报告，预计它将为主管研究当局以及缺乏经验的年轻研究人员提供服务，以避免这种不良出版做法的进一步传播。

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International Information and Library Review Social Sciences-Library and Information Sciences

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