On the dark side of open access and new expectations of scientific productivity in adult education research-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

On the dark side of open access and new expectations of scientific productivity in adult education research

Published:2021-07-21 Issue:2 Volume:44 Page:75-95
ISSN:2364-0014
Container-title:Zeitschrift für Weiterbildungsforschung
language:en
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Author:

Vetter Tim,Schemmann Michael

Abstract

AbstractThe aim of this paper is to explore international adult education research in the context of predatory publishing or predatory journals. The paper presents empirical characteristics of predatory journals, determines the quantitative occurrence of predatory journals in the field of adult education by means of a catalogue of criteria, takes a closer look at the authors of adult education contributions identified, and examines the content and quality of the contributions. The article deals with the phenomenon of predatory publishing, an unintended side effect of the Open Access movement, and thus operates in the context of Open Science.

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Link

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40955-021-00182-7.pdf

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