Predatorski časopisi i konferencije uz analizu neželjene elektroničke pošte

master's thesis

• Title (english): Predatory journals and conferences with an analysis of unwanted emails
• Author: Adrian Goršeta
• Mentor: Zdenko Sonicki (mentor)
• Committee member: Slavica Sović (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Sanja Musić Milanović (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Zdenko Sonicki (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; School of Medicine; Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2024-07-12, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE; Public Health and Health Care

Abstract

Predatorski časopisi i izdavači, kao i predatorske konferencije, postali su veliki problem znanstvene zajednice. Šalju ponude brzog izdavanja znanstvenicima koji su prisiljeni objavljivati u što većem broju, iskorištavajući slobodan pristup kako bi se obogatili. Iako postoje sustavno izdvojeni popisi namijenjeni kategorizaciji takvih fenomena taj problem raste brže nego baze podataka koje ih kategoriziraju. Primjer takvog popisa je Beallov popis za izdavače i časopise koji je zadnji put osvježen 2021. godine. S obzirom na to da su mladi istraživači prisiljeni objavljivati radove kako bi znanstveno napredovali, davatelji usluga znanstvene publicistike upitne kvalitete mogu brzo zaraditi na njihovoj neupućenosti, uzimajući novac koji se mogao potrošiti na produktivnije pothvate. Stoga je u interesu akademske zajednice, čiji bi interes trebao biti očuvanje znanstvenog standarda, uvođenje dodatnih obrazovnih programa koji bi prosvijećivali istraživače o opasnostima sudjelovanja u takvim aktivnostima. Kako bismo bolje razumjeli taj fenomen tijekom razdoblja od lipnja 2022. godine do siječnja 2024. godine prikupljeno je 1524 elektronička pisma koja su primatelje označili kao neželjenu, a sastojala su se od poziva na sudjelovanje na konferencijama ili
podnošenjem znanstvenih radova u časopise upitne kvalitete. Ta pisma i njihovi pridruženi pozivi analizirani su prema određenim karakteristikama (pravopisne greške, fontovi, indeksiranost u Web of Scienceu i Directory of Open Access Journals, registriranost glavnog urednika u ORCID-u i sl.). Ograničenje ovog istraživanja bila je nedostupnost popisa konferencija upitne kvalitete. Isključeno je 212 pisama zbog nerelevantnosti, a pronađeno je 312 jedinstvenih časopisa sa 700 ponavljanja i 178 jedinstvenih konferencija sa 639 ponavljanja. Utvrđeno je da časopisi upitne kvalitete dijele neke karakteristike, kao što je neindeksiranost u bazama Web of Science i Directory of Open Access Journals i moguće prisutnosti na Beallovom popisu, dok je za konferencije procjena teža i potrebno je više istraživanja na tu temu.

Abstract (english)

Predatory journals, publishers and conferences are an emerging problem in the scientific community since their motivation isn't the integrity of scientific conduct, but rather a quick way to earn money off of the backs of hardworking scientists. Even though databases like Beall's list of predatory publishers and journals exist to catalog such phenomena, the problem is expanding faster than these databases can keep up. For example, Beall's list was last updated in 2021. Since young researchers operate under the „publish or perish“ mentality, these providers of scientific publishing of questionable quality can capitalize on their vulnerability and lack of knowledge earning significant amounts of money which could have been spent on far more productive things. Therefore, it is in the academic community's best interest to preserve scholarly standards to implement additional educational programs which would teach scientists the dangers of participating in such activities. Between June 2022 and January 2024. a total of 1524 emails have been collected which were designated as unwanted by their recipient which consisted of calls for manuscripts to journals of questionable quality and attendance to conferences of questionable quality. The emails were subsequently analyzed regarding various characteristics (grammatical errors, fonts, whether they were indexed in the Web of Science (WoS) or the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), whether the editorin-chief was registered in ORCID, etc.). Study limitation is the unavailabillity of lists of predatory conferences. 212 emails were excluded due to non-relevance, the rest consisted of 312 journals with 700 repetitions and 178 conferences with 639 repetitions. We have found that predatory journals share some characteristics such as not being registered in WoS and DOAJ and being on Beall's list while determining the quality of conferences is much harder and requires more research.

• Keywords: neželjena elektronička pošta; predatorski izdavači; predatorske konferencije; časopisi upitne kvalitete; etička znanstvena praksa
• Keywords (english): unwanted emails; predatory publishers; predatory conferences; journals of questionable quality; ethical scientific practice
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:105:919721
• Study programme: Title: Medicine; Study programme type: university; Study level: integrated undergraduate and graduate; Academic / professional title: doktor/doktorica medicine (doktor/doktorica medicine)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2024-07-01 13:48:02