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Fear of the academic fake? Journal editorials and the amplification of the 'predatory publishing' discourse
- Abstract:
- This analysis of 229 editorials and opinion pieces published in science and medical journals explores the affective discourses used to characterise so-called predatory publishing. Most (84%, n = 193) deploy one or more of three related categories of metaphorical and figurative language (fear, fakery and exploitation) to strengthen their rhetorical case. This paper examines the deployment, co-occurrence and amplification of this language across the science publishing system, focusing particularly on the role of major science journals in adopting and normalising this emotive discourse. The analysis shows how few editorials offer alternative perspectives on these developments (n = 9), and their relative invisibility in scholarly debates.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1002/leap.1377
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- Publisher:
- Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
- Journal:
- Learned Publishing More from this journal
- Volume:
- 34
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 396-406
- Publication date:
- 2021-03-02
- Acceptance date:
- 2021-02-05
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1741-4857
- ISSN:
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0953-1513
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English
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1167677
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pubs:1167677
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2021-11-15
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- © 2021 The Authors. Learned Publishing published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of ALPSP. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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