(22 May 2024) Predatory publishing is an issue across Europe, but is more of a problem in central and eastern European countries. “When I investigate or observe the situation in Poland, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Slovakia, I see totally different patterns than in Belgium, France, Spain or the UK,” says Kulczycki, who is the author of a book tracing the roots of current evaluation systems in the east to their Russian origin.
Researchers are exposed to predatory publishers in cases where quantitative metrics are used in evaluating research, which is a holdover from the Soviet era. There is particular pressure to publish internationally, another perceived attraction of predatory publishers.
See how central and eastern Europe countries are doing to tackle on this issue here.
