2018/01/01 by Joseph Olivarez, Stephen Bales, Laura Sare +1 · 2 citations
Decision Sciences · #scientometrics and bibliometrics research #Listing (finance) #Publishing #Aside #Library science #Computer science #Promotion (chess) #Quality (philosophy) #Scientific communication #Political science #Business #Law #Epistemology
paper · pdf · doi:10.5860/crl.79.1.52
openalex publication_date 2018/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Jeffrey Beall’s blog listing of potential predatory journals and publishers, as well as his Criteria for Determining Predatory Open-Access (OA) Publishers are often looked at as tools to help researchers avoid publishing in predatory journals. While these Criteria has brought a greater awareness of OA predatory journals, these tools alone should not be used as the only source in determining the quality of a scholarly journal. Employing a three-person independent judgment making panel, this study demonstrates the subjective nature of Beall’s Criteria by applying his Criteria to both OA and non-OA Library and Information Science journals (LIS), to demonstrate that traditional peer-reviewed journals could be considered predatory. Many of these LIS journals are considered as top-tier publications in the field and used when evaluating researcher’s publication history for promotion and tenure.