Research on the predatory characteristics of OA journals in the over-commercialization of scientific journals
[Purposes]With the rapid development of global open access(OA)publishing,OA journals exhibit special predatory characteristics,causing abnormal conditions that have attracted much attention.It is necessary to explore the predatory characteristics and their manifestations of OA predatory journals.[Methods]By sorting out the consensus on the characteristics of predatory journals and conducting multidimensional analysis of OA journals publishing data,this paper studied the current situation of OA journals moving towards monetization and over-commercialization,and the new characteristics of predatory.[Findings]Based on the characteristic framework for predatory journals and analysis of the predatory behavior and consequences of OA journals,the characteristics are proposed from three aspects:predatory motivation,predatory behavior,and predatory consequences.[Conclusions]It is suggested to develop OA investment quota and quality control line,establish the OA cost framework,and release a whitelist of OA journals,so as to achieve standardized and win-win development of the global OA market.
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