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Predatory publishing: Characters, History, Applications & Science

Predatory publishing, also known as write-only publishing or deceptive publishing, is the usage of exploitative and fraudulent publishing models by academic journals and publishers where they prioritize financial or reputational gain over the advancement of scholarship. It is characterized by misleading or false information about editorial practices, a…

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Predatory publishing topic overview

The analysis highlights Characters, History, Applications and Science as prominent areas in the source structure around Predatory publishing.

Related topics
107
Source areas
5
Connected nodes
112
Extracted relationships
16
Related term clusters
37
Bridge connections
112

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 31 topics
History · 30 topics
Characteristics · 27 topics
Response · 17 topics
Causes and impact · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

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Overview

History

Characteristics

Causes and impact

Response

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Advanced semantic analysis

How Predatory publishing connects Entity context

The extracted context around Predatory publishing shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Predatory publishing → American Journal, COPE, EASE, Gert Helgesson, International, MEDLINE, Science, Stefan Eriksson, Web Another extracted example is Predatory publishing → Scholar Aamir Raoof Memon. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Predatory publishing

Top relations

related to Eriksson and Helgesson's 25 criteria · 9
Predatory publishing → American Journal, COPE, EASE, Gert Helgesson, International, MEDLINE, Science, Stefan Eriksson, Web
related to Memon's criteria · 1
Predatory publishing → Scholar Aamir Raoof Memon
related to Science funders · 1
Predatory publishing → Multiple

Important terminology

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Important terminology

journals predatory publishers publishing list journal published review beall's practices peer science beall open-access criteria publish quality editorial also researchers

Predatory publishing relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 16 structured relationships around Predatory publishing. Examples in this analysis include Beall's List → instance of → whereas the majority of those who did so knowingly cited the need to advance their careers.Actors seeking to maintain the scholarly ecosystem have sought to minimize the influen… and the DOAJ → instance of → Bjørnshauge argues that open-access associations. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Beall's Listinstance ofwhereas the majority of those who did so knowingly cited the need to advance their careers.Actors seeking to maintain the scholarly ecosystem have sought to minimize the influen…0.80text
Cabell's blacklistinstance ofwhereas the majority of those who did so knowingly cited the need to advance their careers.Actors seeking to maintain the scholarly ecosystem have sought to minimize the influen…0.80text
as well as through whitelists such as the Directory of Open Access Journalsinstance ofwhereas the majority of those who did so knowingly cited the need to advance their careers.Actors seeking to maintain the scholarly ecosystem have sought to minimize the influen…0.80text
the DOAJinstance ofBjørnshauge argues that open-access associations0.80text
the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association should adopt more responsibility for policing publishersinstance ofBjørnshauge argues that open-access associations0.80text
Predatory publishingrelated to Eriksson and Helgesson's 25 criteriaStefan Eriksson0.60section
Predatory publishingrelated to Eriksson and Helgesson's 25 criteriaGert Helgesson0.60section
Predatory publishingrelated to Eriksson and Helgesson's 25 criteriaCOPE0.60section
Predatory publishingrelated to Eriksson and Helgesson's 25 criteriaEASE0.60section
Predatory publishingrelated to Eriksson and Helgesson's 25 criteriaMEDLINE0.60section
Predatory publishingrelated to Eriksson and Helgesson's 25 criteriaWeb0.60section
Predatory publishingrelated to Eriksson and Helgesson's 25 criteriaScience0.60section

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Predatory publishing bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Journals, Publishing and Publishers. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Predatory publishing
    • Journals
    • Publishing
    • Publishers
    • List
    • Beall's
    • Journal
    • Oa
    • Practices
    • Academic
    • Also
    • Published
    • Review
  • predatory publishing
    • Journals
    • Publishing
    • Publishers
    • List
    • Practices
    • Beall's
    • Journal
    • One
    • Oa
    • Scholarly
    • Quality
    • Academic
  • the journal of academic librarianship
    • Science
    • Research
    • Open-access
    • Predatory
    • Criteria
    • Publishing
    • Peer
    • List
    • Journal
    • Review
    • Quality
    • Papers
  • developing countries
    • Scholars
    • Publication
    • Research
    • Found
    • Publishers
    • Researchers
    • Predatory
    • Practices
    • Publishing
    • False
    • Web
    • One
  • predatory conference
    • Journals
    • Publishing
    • Publishers
    • List
    • Beall's
    • Journal
    • Practices
    • Academic
    • Also
    • Published
    • Review
    • Publish
  • beall's list
    • List
    • Open-access
    • Publishers
    • Predatory
    • One
    • Journals
    • Scholarly
    • Publishing
    • Oa
    • Review
    • Criteria
    • Peer
  • directory of open access journals
    • Access
    • Open
    • Predatory
    • Scholarly
    • List
    • Peer
    • Published
    • Review
    • Publishers
    • Oa
    • Journals
    • Beall's
  • some journals being removed
    • Predatory
    • List
    • Peer
    • Published
    • Review
    • Publishers
    • Access
    • Open
    • Beall's
    • Publishing
    • Open-access
    • Science

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Predatory publishing, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Predatory publishing with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Predatory publishing — Overview · splits 81 ⟂ 32
Predatory publishing — History · splits 82 ⟂ 31
Predatory publishing — Characteristics · splits 85 ⟂ 28
Predatory publishing — Response · splits 95 ⟂ 18
Predatory publishing — Causes and impact · splits 110 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Predatory publishing

Nodes113
Edges112
Triples16
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.017699
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Predatory publishing to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Characters, History, Applications & Science, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Predatory publishing · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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