Keynote given in Riyadh October 2018

1. Predatory publishers
Transforming healthcare: the essential contribution of nursing
King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
21-22 October 2018
Roger Watson PhD RN FAAN

4. Open access

5. Regions with policies on open access
• Europe
• UK
• Australia
• ...Hong Kong?

6. UK situation
“The Government, in line with our overarching commitment to
transparency and open data, is committed that publicly-funded
research should be accessible free of charge. Free and open access to
taxpayer-funded research offers significant social and economic
benefits by spreading knowledge, raising the prestige of UK research
and encouraging technology transfer”
Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth
Department of Business, Innovation & Skills, 2011
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7. UK situation
“The Government, in line with our overarching commitment to
transparency and open data, is committed that publicly-funded
research should be accessible free of charge. Free and open access to
taxpayer-funded research offers significant social and economic
benefits by spreading knowledge, raising the prestige of UK research
and encouraging technology transfer”
Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth
Department of Business, Innovation & Skills, 2011
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8. UK situation
“The Government, in line with our overarching commitment to
transparency and open data, is committed that publicly-funded
research should be accessible free of charge. Free and open access to
taxpayer-funded research offers significant social and economic
benefits by spreading knowledge, raising the prestige of UK research
and encouraging technology transfer”
Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth
Department of Business, Innovation & Skills, 2011
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9. UK situation
“The Government, in line with our overarching commitment to
transparency and open data, is committed that publicly-funded
research should be accessible free of charge. Free and open access to
taxpayer-funded research offers significant social and economic
benefits by spreading knowledge, raising the prestige of UK research
and encouraging technology transfer”
Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth
Department of Business, Innovation & Skills, 2011
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10. Why open access?1
• Improved visibility of research
• Greater impact through wider awareness
• Easier to facilitate and manage use and re-use of outputs
• Demonstrate greater value of publicly-funded research
1 – See UK Open Access Implementation Group, http://open-access.org.uk/
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11. Open access comparison
Intermediary Output
Publisher Article
Publisher
Repository
Article
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14. How can you decide which Open Access journal in
which to publish?
Considerations
• Cost
• Sustainability
• Reputation

22. Predatory publishers & their $75m a year scam
THE PREDATORS

23. Beware of predatory journals

30. BEWARE!
• I am writing to seek advice for my friend. He was a victim of
a hijacked journal. The name of the journal is XXXXXXXX
Review. He paid US$600 as an APC. He later learned that
the journal is a hijacked journal. He has emailed the journal
requesting to retract the paper and to possibly refund the
publication fee. However, until now, he got no response.

32. Current resources

36. Predatory Publishing Quick Check
Has the publisher started dozens of new open access
titles all at once?
Do the published titles have very few papers (if any)?
Does the publisher send emails asking for manuscript
submissions or to serve on editorial board?
Does the publisher fail to disclose the
names/qualifications of editorial board members or
editors?
Is the publisher’s address NOT verifiable?
Is there very little evidence of peer review?
Crawford (2011)

38. r.watson@hull.ac.uk
0000-0001-8040-7625
@rwatson1955