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What is predatory publishing?

Bultel, Charlotte

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With the rise of digital publishing, the academic publishing landscape has been increasingly exposed to predatory journals who exploit researchers' pressure to publish. This presentation was part of the doctoral introductory seminar Academic Publishing and Research Integrity, which was held online on Thursday 6 November 2025.

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What is predatory publishing? Charlotte Bultel ● 2025 CC-BY Licence Introduction : A push-scooter’s story A push-scooter’s story •Article received by the journal on July 24, 2020, accepted on August 11, and published on August 15. A push-scooter’s story Source : Mathieu Edouard Rebeaud, Michaël Rochoy, Valentin Ruggeri, Florien Cova. « Contrairement aux attentes, SARS-CoV-2 plus Létal que les Trottinettes : est-ce-que l'Hydroxychloroquine pourrait être la Seule Solution ? ». Researchgate, août 2020, https://www. researchgate.net/publication/343678745_Version_traduite_en_francais A push-scooter’s story Source : Mathieu Edouard Rebeaud, Michaël Rochoy, Valentin Ruggeri, Florien Cova. « Contrairement aux attentes, SARS-CoV-2 plus Létal que les Trottinettes : est-ce-que l'Hydroxychloroquine pourrait être la Seule Solution ? ». Researchgate, août 2020, https://www. researchgate.net/publication/343678745_Version_traduite_en_francais A push-scooter’s story Source : Mathieu Edouard Rebeaud, Michaël Rochoy, Valentin Ruggeri, Florien Cova. « Contrairement aux attentes, SARS-CoV-2 plus Létal que les Trottinettes : est-ce-que l'Hydroxychloroquine pourrait être la Seule Solution ? ». Researchgate, août 2020, https://www. researchgate.net/publication/343678745_Version_traduite_en_francais A push-scooter’s story Why in this journal? ●A controversial study on hydroxychloroquine had been published a few months earlier in this same journal. ●The authors’ goal was to determine whether the journal was predatory and to question the legitimacy of the previous article, referring to the authors and to the statements of Didier Raoult, a strong advocate of hydroxychloroquine. The article was retracted about thirty hours after being published online. A push-scooter’s story It was a predatory journal 1. What is a predatory journal ? Example of peer review Michaël. 2020. « Le meilleur article de tous les temps ». Le blog de Michaël (blog). 15 août 2020. https://www.mimiryudo.com/blog/2020/08/le-meilleur-article-de-tous-les-temps/. Example of email Dear Author/ Professor/ Researcher d Journals & Journals is an independent organization for publishing research paper online and print version. All Articles published are of high quality peer reviewed. The manuscript is selected through rigorously peer review process to ensure originality, timeliness, relevance and readability. Journals related in the field of social science, healthcare, life science, engineering, and interdisciplinary are present for the widest spread of scientific knowledge across the world. d Please visit our website: http://www.journalsjournals.com/ d Author Notification: Within 2 to 5 days after submission Online Publishing: Weekly Published For author’s convenience, we strongly follow the following steps. 1. Response will be given within 12 hours 2. The paper will be reviewed within 2 to 5 days 3. Author will get their Acceptance/Rejection Notification within 7 days of submitting paper. All Articles published are of high quality peer reviewed The paper will be reviewed within 2 to 5 days Example of deadlines Source : Mathieu Edouard Rebeaud, Michaël Rochoy, Valentin Ruggeri, Florien Cova. « Contrairement aux attentes, SARS-CoV-2 plus Létal que les Trottinettes : est-ce-que l'Hydroxychloroquine pourrait être la Seule Solution ? ». Researchgate, août 2020, https://www. researchgate.net/publication/343678745_Version_traduite_en_francais Source site de la revue Biochemistry & Physiology: Open Access https://www.omicsonline.org/instructionsforauthors-biochemistry-ph ysiology-open-access.php Example of almost similar names Source site de la revue Biochemistry and Cell Biology https://www.sciencedirect.com/org/j ournal/biochemistry-and-cell-biology Source site de la revue Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology https://www.omicsonline.org/journal-biochemistrycell-biology.php Example of APC Michaël. 2020. « Le meilleur article de tous les temps ». Le blog de Michaël (blog). 15 août 2020. https://www.mimiryudo.com/blog/2020/08/le-m eilleur-article-de-tous-les-temps/. Example of a website geared towards authors / https://www.editions-ue.comhttps://www.editions-ue.com Example of a website geared towards authors https://www.editions-ue.com/ Publishers in the grey area Lucile Veissier. « MDPI et consorts, des éditeurs dans la zone grise ». TheMetaNews, 17 novembre 2022, https://themeta.news/mdpi-zone-grise-de-ledition-scientifique/ Hanson, Mark A., Pablo Gómez Barreiro, Paolo Crosetto, et Dan Brockington. 2024. « The strain on scientific publishing ». Quantitative Science Studies 5 (4): 823‑43. https://doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00327. 3. Tools to identify predatory journals List predatory journals ? GRUDNIEWICZ, Agnes, MOHER, David, COBEY, Kelly D., et al. Predatory journals: no definition, no defence. Nature, 2019, vol. 576, no 7786, p. 210-212. https://media.nature.com/original/magazine-assets/d41586-019-03759-y/d41586-019-03759-y.pdf Almost similar names Source site de la revue Biochemistry and Cell Biology https://www.sciencedirect.com/org/j ournal/biochemistry-and-cell-biology Source site de la revue Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology https://www.omicsonline.org/journal-biochemistrycell-biology.php Biochemistry & Physiology: Open Access On the editorial board: •One person who died in 2018 •One person who has not held the advertised position since 2013 •Of all the people I searched for, none mentioned being a member of this journal's editorial board Biochemistry & Physiology: Open Access Biochemistry & Physiology: Open Access Useful links Green list : DOAJ Liste des doyens de médecine verification tools : Think check submit Compass to publish Grille d’évaluation de l’université du Quebec To go further « Chloroquine et trottinette, ou comment un article délirant s’est retrouvé dans un journal scientifique - Le Temps ». 2020, 18 août 2020. https://www.letemps.ch/science s/chloroquine-trottinette-un-article-delirant-sest-retrouve-un-journal-scientifique. « Comment une étude fumeuse sur les trottinettes et l’hydroxychloroquine a pu être publiée dans une revue “scientifique” ». 2020. Franceinfo. 17 août 2020. https://www. franceinfo.fr/sante/maladie/coronavirus/chloroquine/comment-une-etude-fumeuse-s ur-les-trottinettes-et-l-hydroxychloroquine-a-pu-etre-publiee-dans-une-revue-scientifi que_4073359.html. Grudniewicz, Agnes, David Moher, Kelly D. Cobey, Gregory L. Bryson, Samantha Cukier, Kristiann Allen, Clare Ardern, et al. 2019. « Predatory journals: no definition, no defence ». Nature 576 (7786): 210-12. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-03759-y. « “Il faut être vigilant pour ne pas se faire piéger” : comment les “revues prédatrices” parasitent les études scientifiques ». 2020. Franceinfo. 4 août 2020. https://www.fran ceinfo.fr/sante/maladie/coronavirus/il-faut-etre-vigilant-pour-ne-pas-se-faire-pieger-c omment-les-revues-predatrices-parasitent-les-etudes-scientifiques_4057529.html. To go further « Lutte contre les revues prédatrices ». s. d. Sorbonne Université. Consulté le 15 mai 2025. https://sante.sorbonne-universite.fr/actualites/lutte-contre-les-revues-predatrices . Martín-Martín, Alberto, et Emilio Delgado López-Cózar. 2025. « Invasion of the Journal Snatchers: How Indexed Journals Are Falling into Questionable Hands ». Zenodo. https:// doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14766415. Michaël. 2020. « Le meilleur article de tous les temps ». Le blog de Michaël (blog). 15 août 2020. https://www.mimiryudo.com/blog/2020/08/le-meilleur-article-de-tous-les-te mps/. Pasteur, Ceris-Institut. 2024. « Les paper mills, review mills et citation mills ». Open science : évolutions, enjeux et pratiques. 7 juin 2024. https://openscience.pasteur.fr/202 4/06/07/les-paper-mills-review-mills-et-citation-mills/. « Quand des revues scientifiques deviennent des machines à cash : derrière ce business, des réseaux opaques ». 2025. L’Express. 10 mars 2025. https://www.lexpress.fr/sciences -sante/sciences/quand-des-revues-scientifiques-deviennent-des-machines-a-cash-derrie re-ce-business-des-reseaux-SDYXZ7F2TVCHZKZMR32FAII5UM/. To go further Rebeaud, Mathieu, Michaël Rochoy, Valentin Ruggeri, Florian Cova, Didier Lembrouille, Sylvano Trottinetta, F Hantome, Nemo Macron, et Manis Javanica. 2020. « SARS-CoV-2 was Unexpectedly Deadlier than Push-scooters: Could Hydroxychloroquine be the Unique Solution? » Asian Journal of Medicine and Health 18 (août):14-21. https://doi.org/10.9734/AJMAH/2020/v18i930232. Veissier, Lucile. 2022. « MDPI et consorts, des éditeurs dans la zone grise ». TheMetaNews (blog). 17 novembre 2022. https://themeta.news/mdpi-zone-grise-d e-ledition-scientifique/. Xia, Jingfeng, Jennifer L. Harmon, Kevin G. Connolly, Ryan M. Donnelly, Mary R. Anderson, et Heather A. Howard. 2015. « Who Publishes in “Predatory” Journals? » Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology 66 (7): 1406-17. h ttps://doi.org/10.1002/asi.23265. Thanks ! If you have any questions : [email protected]