Session Description:
Predatory journals may pose risks to the Open Access movement, faculty and institutional reputations, and scholarship quality. Our research investigated faculty knowledge of dubious publication practices and the strategies scholars employ to avoid them. We expected to discover a need for basic education on predatory publishing. Instead, we found a more complex perspective of publishing culture and journal venues that requires a redirect of the predatory narrative to broaden faculty understanding of legitimate and ethical publication opportunities. Join us to discuss ideas for engaging faculty in deeper conversations about publication trends that go beyond the black and white.
