Table 2 Journal name and publisher
Predatory, N = 93, n (%) | Open Access, N = 99, n (%) | Subscription-based, N = 100, n (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Journal name similar to another journal | Yes | 51 (54.84) | 17 (17.17) | 22 (22.00) |
Journal URL reflects journal name | Yes | 84 (90.32) | 95 (95.96) | 94 (93.49) |
Journal name represents aims and scope | Yes | 82 (88.17) | 96 (96.97) | 95 (95.00) |
No | 7 (7.53) | 2 (2.02) | 1 (1.00) | |
Aims/scope not stated | 4 (4.30) | 1 (1.01) | 4 (4.00) | |
Publisher name indicated | Yes | 49 (52.69) | 99 (100.00) | 98 (98.00) |
No | 44 (47.31) | 0 (0) | 2 (2.00) | |
Publisher namea | Top 5 listed (n) | Laxmi Book Publications (2) All other publishers publish a single journal | BioMed Central (27) Hindawi (14) Medknow (6) Libertas Academica (4) PLOS and OceanSide Publications (3 each) | Elsevier (29) Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (14) BMJ (6) Wiley (6) Oxford University Press (6) |
Publisher URL providedb | Yes | 16/49 (32.65) | 86/99 (86.87) | 97/98 (98.98) |
No, found using Google | 11/33 (33.33) | 6/13 (46.15) | 0/1 (0.00) | |
No, not found on Google | 22/33 (66.67) | 7/13 (53.87) | 1/1 (100.00) | |
Publisher/owner listed as Editor-in-Chiefc | Yes | 6/37 (16.22) | 1/82 (1.22) | 0/89 (0) |
No | 23/37 (62.16) | 81/82 (98.78) | 89/89 (100) | |
Cannot tell | 8/37 (21.62) | 0/82 (0) | 0/89 (0) |