Parallel Session A.2: Questionable publishing across countries.

This session will present ongoing work relating to questionable (a.k.a. ‘predatory’) publishing from a scientometric perspective and the ways in which it is recognized and addressed in different localities, thus stimulating exchange of expertise and mutual learning. The topic will be addressed from three different positions: the researcher perspective, both as authors who choose venues to publish in and their roles in peer review; the professional perspective (library staff and bibliometricians who face recommending using metrics for evaluating if a journal is reputable); as well as the research evaluation issues such as white-/blacklisting as well as criteria for identification of questionable publish while, at the same time publishing practices are in constant flux.

Chair: Gustaf Nelhans, Senior Lecturer, University of Borås Speakers:

• Jakaria Rahman, Bibliometric Analyst, Chalmers University of Technology• Raf Guns, Coordinator of ECOOM-Antwerp, University of Antwerp• Janne Pölönen, Head of Planning, Federation of Finnish Learned Societies• Tove Faber Frandsen, Professor, University of Southern Denmark• Gunnar Sivertsen, Research Professor, Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education