Promotion standards to discourage publishing in questionable journals: a follow-up study

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dc.contributor.authorFrandsen, Tove Faber
dc.contributor.authorLamptey, Richard Bruce
dc.contributor.authorBorteye, Edward Mensah
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-9431-5294
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-18T11:13:23Z
dc.date.available2024-12-18T11:13:23Z
dc.date.issued2024-05
dc.descriptionThis article is published by Elsevier 2024 and is also available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2024.102895
dc.description.abstractPredatory publishing poses significant challenges to academic integrity and progress. It requires the involvement of academic institutions, funding bodies, and policymakers to establish robust evaluation mechanisms and promote ethical publishing practices. This study examines the effectiveness of implementing promotion policies to discourage unethical academic publishing, focusing on Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Tech nology (KNUST) in Ghana. This study analyses 273 promotion applications submitted from January 2022 to November 2023, regardless of approval. The results show that researchers at KNUST submit relatively more publications to recommended outlets after the implementation of the new promotion guidelines. Moreover, with nine out of ten non-verified publications found to be from predatory journals, the verification process effectively discourages publication such outlets. Our study therefore confirms that the verification process can identify predatory publication outlets. Consequently, it is recommended that research institutions eliminate incentives for publishing in questionable outlets through publication criteria as part of promotion standards.
dc.description.sponsorshipKNUST
dc.identifier.citationThe Journal of Academic Librarianship 50 (2024) 102895
dc.identifier.uri10.1016/j.acalib.2024.102895
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.knust.edu.gh/handle/123456789/16065
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElseviere
dc.titlePromotion standards to discourage publishing in questionable journals: a follow-up study
dc.typeArticle
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