The Predatory Paradox Ethics, Politics, and Practices in Contemporary Scholarly Publishing

• Main Author: Koerber, Amy (auth)
• Other Authors: Ardon-Dryer, Karin (auth), Cummins, R. Glenn (auth), Eko, Lyombe (auth), Kee, Kerk (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Open Book Publishers 2023
• Subjects: Publishing industry & book trade; Legal ethics & professional conduct; Industry & industrial studies; predatory publishing;scholarly ethics;scholarly politics;scholarly practices;universities;scholarly publishing
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In today's 'publish or perish' academic setting, the institutional prizing of quantity over quality has given rise to and perpetuated the dilemma of predatory publishing. Upon a close examination, however, the definition of 'predatory' itself becomes slippery, evading neat b...