questionable practices in scholarly publishing: the stance of the issn network
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Questionable Practices in Scholarly Publishing:the Stance of the ISSN Network
Gaëlle BéquetDirector
ISSN International Centre
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The ISSN Network Today
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The ISSN International Register- 1,884,900 records describing serials and
continuing resources both print and digital- 73,834 records added in 2015 (from 69,262
in 2005 and 66,171 in 2010)- 177,601 digital serials with ISSN in 2015- 22,610 records for digital serials in 2015
(from 6934 in 2005 and 11,429 in 2010)
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Open Access: Our new Challenges (1)
2002: Budapest Declaration2003: Bethesda Statement on Open Access
Publishing2003: Berlin Declaration on Open Access to
Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities
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Directory of Open Access Scholarly ResourcesIFLA – Session 114 – The Role of Stakeholders in the New Serials World - August 15th, 2016 – Columbus, Ohio
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Key Figures about ROAD: Content
- 257 Academic repositories- 145 Conference proceedings - 14633 Journals- 231 Monographic series- 709 Scholarly blogs
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Key Figures about ROAD: Usage
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User queries between May and December 2015
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Open Access: Our new Challenges (2)
What happened in 2012?- Inception of ROAD and… - Emergence of « predatory publishing "
What was the impact to the ISSN Network ?
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Open Access: Our new Challenges (2)The development of active predatory open access
journals from 2010 to 2014 (Shen, Björk, 2015)
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Open Access: Our new Challenges (2)The distribution of predatory OA publishers (n =
656) by geographic regions (Shen, Björk, 2015)
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The ISSN network and Questionable Publishers
ISSN stands for identification, not for quality assessment.
How do ISSN National centres proceed when faced with questionable practices?
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Promoting Ethics in Open Access Publishing
The link between questionable practices in publishing and the Open Access movement is not that obvious…
Fraud in publishing is as old as the hills…Education is key to improving publishing
practices and enlightening authors…
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Think. Check. Submit.Help researchers identify trusted journalsA simple checklist to assess credentialsHelp ensure a body of quality scholarly literature
What?i
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More research is being published worldwideNew journals launched each weekCan be a challenge to find up-to-date guidanceStories of malpractice
& deception on the rise
Why?i
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Journal has lower or no profile among peers> Few or no citations
Paper not indexed or archived> Difficult or impossible for peers to find
Poor publishing experience> Work not adequately reviewed or edited
Damaged reputation
Implicationsi
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! Are you submitting to a trusted journal?! Is it the best one for your work?
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Do you or your colleagues know the journal? Can you easily identify and contact the publisher? Is the journal clear about the type of peer review it uses? Are articles indexed in the services you use? Is it clear what fees will be charged? Do you recognize the editorial board? Is the publisher a member of a
recognized industry initiative?
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>Only if you can answer ‘yes’ to all or most of these questions
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ALPSPBioMed CentralDOAJ INASP ISSNLIBEROASPASPARC
Springer NatureSTMUbiquity PressUKSG
Who?Who?i
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• Visit: thinkchecksubmit.org, sign-up for news
Researchers: use the list, tell us what you thinkLibrarians: add check list to faculty resourcesAll: submit your FAQs via #thinkchecksubmitPublishers…
Get involvedi
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Publishers: – link to thinkchecksubmit.org from your website– blog about the campaign– include in your talks– add to your workshops– add to your eTOCs
Get involvedi
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Thank you!
ISSNInternationalCentre@ISSN_IC
IFLA – Session 114 – The Role of Stakeholders in the New Serials World - August 15th, 2016 – Columbus, Ohio