Discuss predatory publishers and journals. What impact can these types of publishers and journals have on academia?

What will be an ideal response?


A strong answer will include the following:
a. Predatory publishers are illegitimate journals that take fees from unsuspecting authors
b. Predatory journals engage in several non-traditional journal behaviors.
c. Both of these are extremely problematic in academia. They charge significant publications fees, list real academics as members of editorial board without their permission, include fictitious academics on the board, report fabricated impact factors and physical locations, they are not peer reviewed, and lead to the publication of questionable articles.

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