“Predatory Publications” in the Era of Internet and Technology: A Rejoinder

Abstract

“Predatory publications in the era of internet and technology: Open access publications are at risk” was published in the Athens Journal of Mass Media and Communications and Prof. Papanikos has given his insightful inputs on it in the article entitled “Predatory Publications in the Era of Internet and Technology: A Comment”. As a response to his article, the authors identified that the “Predatory Practices” go beyond the “Predatory publications” and are prevalent in many formats other than scientific publications. Although naming such practices as “Academic pornography” is too harsh, no other word could be used for such biased conspiracy in the name of so called quality and predatory publications. No one is authorized to judge that this particular publication model is good and others are bad. We wanted to communicate that predatory vs. non-predatory debate is pulling back the novel idea of open access. We are at the same track with Prof. Papanikos, the ways are different. Keywords: predatory journals, open access, predatory practices, predatory conferences