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Inside India's Fake Research Paper Shops: Pay, Publish, Profit
Credit: University of Nottingham
Despite UGC blacklist, hundreds of 'predatory journals' thrive, cast shadow on quality of faculty and research nationwide.In the world of academia, getting published in an international research journal helps bump up the CV for hiring and helps in the competition for tenure or promotion. It takes rigorous research, an original contribution, exhaustive peer or expert reviews, and dogged persistence.
But there's also an easy way—pay and publish.
An investigation shows that India has emerged as one of the biggest markets for a business in which over 300 publishers manage what are called "predatory journals" that claim to be international and publish papers for a listed "charge" or "fee" that ranges from $30-to-$1,800 per piece.
"These so-called predatory journals have brought a bad name for the country and also for many of its sincere researchers," says S. C. Lakhotia, professor emeritus at Banaras Hindu University.
In May, the University Grants Commission removed 4,305 journals from the list of publications recommended by universities for inclusion in the regulatory body's approved list of around 32,000 journals. "The list had many bogus or dubious journals," Lakhotia says.
From The Indian Express
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