• 정보관리학회지
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.97-130
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• 2024

최근 학술 생태계의 새로운 이슈 중 하나인 부실 학술지를 두고 판별 기준의 모호성에 대한 논쟁이 불거지고 있다. 이러한 논란은 연구자들에게 부실 학술지의 부실성이 무엇인지에 대해 혼란을 주고 있다. 이에 본 연구는 국내 연구자들이 부실 학술지를 어떻게 인식하고, 또 어떻게 판별하고 있는지를 파악하고자 했다. 이를 위해 한국의 대표적인 연구자 커뮤니티인 생물학연구정보센터(BRIC), 하이브레인넷, 김박사넷, 건전학술활동지원시스템(SAFE)을 대상으로, 2023년 11월까지 작성된 관련 게시글과 댓글 총 2,484건을 수집하였다. 수집된 텍스트 데이터에 대한 주제 분석을 위해 먼저 데이터를 3개의 큰 범주인 학술지, 출판사, 연구자로 구분하였고, 해당 범주에 따라 11가지의 세부 주제 태그로 분류하였다. 이후 세부 주제 태그의 조합에 근거하여 다음과 같은 부실학술지 관련 6개의 주요 논쟁점을 도출하였다. 첫째, 부실 학술지에 대한 연구자들의 혼란과 연구 실적에 대한 논란이다. 둘째, 부실 학술지에 대해 부정적인 인식을 가진 연구자들의 견해이다. 셋째, 부실 학술지에 대해 긍정적인 인식을 가진 연구자들의 견해이다. 넷째, 학술지 수준에 대한 평가 기준과 국내 학술지 수준에 대한 문제 제기이다. 다섯째, OA 확산에 따른 출판 관행의 변화와 이에 따른 문제 제기이다. 여섯째, 학술 생태계의 전반적인 문제에 대한 논의이다. 본 연구는 국내의 연구자들의 부실 학술지에 대한 인식을 정성적 측면에서 고려한 연구로서, 국내의 부실 학술지 논란에 대한 근본적인 이해를 형성하는 데 도움이 될 것으로 기대한다.

• 연구윤리
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.17-22
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• 2020

Purpose: This study is to develop managerial implications for JSAS for advancing to highly qualified journal and achieving its goals. Furthermore, the study sough to deduce implications of ethical issues of JSAS and to generate insights and future directions for JSAS management. Research design, data and methodology: This study employed a qualitative approach to review the current status of JSAS including its aims, managerial strategies and ethical systems. The study discussed ethical issues about fake journals and predatory journals to analyze the current states of JSAS's ethical system and to compare with each other. Results: Results indicated that JSAS has abided ethical requirements of common journals and established strict criteria, yet it should continuously observe blind peer-review systems to avoid unnecessary risks of being perceived as predatory journals. The rigorous ethical obedience will help JSAS to effectively perform its managerial strategies and to achieve its goals: Increasing submissions, inviting prestigious scholars to board member, and advance to high quality of journal. Conclusions: Continuous efforts of JSAS for ethical management is the most effective method to move to a high qualified international journal with reputation in academia. With the consideration of Korean journal society, ethical studies need to be further conducted.

• Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.53-71
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• 2022

The overall purposes of this study are to identify actions taken to counter predatory publishing practices as well as to propose an ICT-based model to detect such practices. The need to raise quantitative performance metrics to support career goals has created immense pressure on researchers to publish in the literature as frequently as possible. This "publish or perish" syndrome appears to be fueling a rise in scholarly journals and conferences that provide quicker and easier routes to publication. However, such avenues sometimes involve questionable academic practices with important ethical ramifications. One notable example is the proliferation of predatory publishing, including predatory journals and fake conferences. The widening impact of such activities is beginning to prompt academic societies, publishers, and institutions to take measures. This paper discusses the issues on predatory publishing practices, and some of the actions taken by various stakeholders to address these practices. In order to build a transparent and sustainable scholarly publishing ecosystem, this study highlights multi-dimensional and specific solutions, including reforms to research ethics codes, research management rules, and legal protection from exploitative practices. This paper proposes an ICT-based cooperative model for monitoring of predatory publishers as a potential solution to create a sustainable and transparent infrastructure for a scholarly publication system guarding against misconduct in publishing practices.

• 정보관리학회지
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.109-130
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• 2020

본 연구의 목적은 논문의 투고 시점부터 출판에 이르는 과정까지 부실하게 운영되는 것으로 의심되는 학술지가 지닌 특징을 식별할 수 있는 체크리스트를 개발하는 것이다. 이에, 해외 사례조사와 전문가 의견 수렴 등을 통해 총 3개의 우선순위를 기준으로 17개의 체크리스트 문항을 개발하였다. 개발된 체크리스트의 검증을 위해 Beall's List에 포함된 100종의 학술지를 무작위로 추출하여 분석한 결과, 96종의 학술지가 부실로 의심되는 특징을 가지고 있었고, 4종은 특이사항이 없는 학술지로 식별되었다. 향후 더욱 광범위한 연구 분야에서 발간되는 학술지에 대한 사례조사와 후속 연구를 통해 본 연구에서 개발된 17개 문항을 지속적으로 수정 보완해야 할 것이다.

• 대한신경과학회지
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.289-293
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• 2018

This article explains the relationship between open-access publications and pseudo-journals, and explores their characteristics including predatory journals and journal hijackers. Pseudo-journals and pseudo-conferences cause the disruption of academic development by spreading low quality information as well as the violation of research ethics by abusing research funds. Finally, preventive measures are described from the perspective of journal authors/researchers, institutions/funding organizations, and journal editors.

• 연구윤리
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.21-24
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• 2021

Purpose: This paper aims to evaluate and reinstate preventative guidelines necessary for a sound academic journal (or academic conference) for the articles published by KODISA and its branch journals. As questionable or predatory academic journals and academic conferences are rapidly increasing, preemptively establishing preventative standards have become essential to obviate questionable academic activities. Research design, data and methodology: This is an analytical study that explores and examines research, publication ethics, and misconducts. For this purpose, research ethics related data in overseas and domestic academic journals have been examined and analyzed. Results: The issues identified from this research are as follows: enhancing the expertise of editor-inchief (no concurrent jobs for major and non-major area); clarifying the index; complying with the review policy (The review policy should be publicly announced); complying with anonymous review process; complying with 3 peer-review policy, complying with the publication policy as per field of study; avoiding conference hosting at holiday resorts unless unavoidable; complying with the planned programs and cancelling events if not feasible; following proper review standards and management for all journals, including the journals publishing large number of articles (all materials should be prepared in case explanatory data is required); complying with the marketing policy standards; complying with the impact factor; excluding personal solicitation; and complying with the general policy. Conclusions: Questionable and predatory academic activities by academic organizations and journals will continue, and it is the responsibility of the individual scholars to identify and reject these types of dubious academic activities. This study provides standards to prevent the possibility of questionable academic activities that have been conducted in the past. The analysis and findings will strengthen the continued efforts of KODISA as it strives to be a transparent, ethical, and professional academic association, and the association will continue to foster an academic environment that is well-respected by scholars and practitioners throughout the world.

• Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.22-36
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• 2023

This study assesses the growth and distribution of research journals indexed in Scopus from 2000 through 2019, using SCImago data for journal and country ranking. A total of 15,484 journals were indexed in Scopus up till 1999, and from 2000 to 2019, 11,037 journals were indexed in Scopus at an average of 581.85 journals per year at an average annual corresponding growth of 2.74%. Of the total journals indexed in Scopus, 41.61% were indexed during the last two decades. Europe is the leading continent publishing nearly 60% of the total world journals, while Africa publishes around 1% of journals, the lowest among all the continents. The United Kingdom, United States (US), China, Brazil, Australia, and Egypt are the leading countries publishing the maximum number of journals from their respective continents. Of the total journals indexed across the world, nearly one-fourth (6,425, 24.23%) are published in the US. Still more, of the 109 journal publishing countries across the world, nearly 90% of journals are published in twenty leading journal publishing countries. Among the 27 major Scopus recognized subject disciplines, the majority (1,606, 6.06%) of journals are published in the field of medicine. The growth of research journals and the growth of research results has moved at a uniform pace, and any asymmetry between the two is bound to result either in the introduction of predatory and dubious journals or in the production of sub-standard research results.