{"id":88702,"date":"2018-08-09T10:23:19","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T08:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=88702"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:23:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:23:03","slug":"ook-eur-wetenschappers-in-neptijdschriften","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2018\/08\/09\/ook-eur-wetenschappers-in-neptijdschriften\/","title":{"rendered":"EUR scholars published in predatory journals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dutch newspaper <em>De Volkskrant<\/em> reported on Wednesday that Dutch academics have published hundreds of articles in known predatory academic journals in recent years. Erasmus MC-affiliated scholars such as virologist Ab Osterhaus and psychiatrist Witte Hoogendijk are among those who have published in the journals.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"777\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/09100802\/omnics-neptijdschriften-abstracts-foto-Elmer-Smaling-1600x777.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139150\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-88704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/09100802\/omnics-neptijdschriften-abstracts-foto-Elmer-Smaling-1600x777.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139150 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/09100802\/omnics-neptijdschriften-abstracts-foto-Elmer-Smaling-300x146.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139150 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/09100802\/omnics-neptijdschriften-abstracts-foto-Elmer-Smaling-875x425.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139150 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/09100802\/omnics-neptijdschriften-abstracts-foto-Elmer-Smaling-1280x621.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139150 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/09100802\/omnics-neptijdschriften-abstracts-foto-Elmer-Smaling-150x73.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139150 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/09100802\/omnics-neptijdschriften-abstracts-foto-Elmer-Smaling-225x109.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139150 225w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/09100802\/omnics-neptijdschriften-abstracts-foto-Elmer-Smaling.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139150 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More about scientific publishing<\/h2><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2017\/01\/06\/eur-betaalt-3-miljoen-euro-voor-wetenschappelijke-tijdschriften\/\">Erasmus University Rotterdam pays 3 million euros for academic journals<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2015\/12\/10\/elsevier-en-universiteiten-bereiken-principeakkoord\/\">Elsevier and universities reach agreement over Open Access and subscription<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2015\/10\/13\/europese-topuniversiteiten-eisen-open-access\/\">Europe\u2019s top universities demand open access<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>The academics can be found in a database drawn up by the <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icij.org\/\">International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)<\/a><\/u> , which previously published the infamous Panama Papers. <em>De Volkskrant<\/em> was the only Dutch medium to be granted permission to inspect the database.<\/p>\n<p>ICIJ\u2019s study focused on two well-known predatory publishers, India\u2019s OMICS, which is alleged to publish over 700 journals, and Turkey\u2019s WASET, which mainly organises conferences and publishes the proceedings. Both companies are currently being investigated by the American justice authorities on charges of fraud and deceit. The Internet is full of warnings posted by concerned or defrauded scholars.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alternative medicine practitioners<\/h2><p>Generally, articles published by such journals were written by PhD students or junior academics and rejected by well-known journals. In many cases, professors will be listed as co-contributors, but their names will be listed last. Upon payment of several hundreds of dollars, predatory journals will publish scholarly articles very promptly, without asking complicated questions or subjecting the articles to a proper peer review. As a result, leading scientists will find themselves published by journals that also publish contributions by companies such as Danone or alternative medicine practitioners. It should be noted that OMICS and WASET contend that their peer review procedures are fine and that they are being falsely accused by the major publishers.<\/p>\n<p>Witte Hoogendijk told <em>De Volkskrant<\/em> that he does not remember publishing the article released by OMICS. \u201cIt looks like the principal author at my previous employer arranged it that way, and I don\u2019t really go in for that kind of publishing business.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Problem on a limited scale\u2019<\/h2><p>Matthijs van Otegem, the Director of EUR\u2019s University Library, admits that the EUR-affiliated articles in the fake journals \u2018do constitute a problem, but only on a limited scale\u2019. \u201cIf people are found out, as they are now, their research will no longer be taken seriously. That is a very bad thing, because once you have published an article, you can\u2019t re-publish it in a proper journal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Van Otegem stated that the problem hardly ever occurs at EUR. \u201cAcademics are constantly spammed with e-mails by these types of publishers, and the best thing to do is simply to ignore them. Most academics opt for journals with which they are familiar, with high impact factors.\u201d In addition, the library offers a\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eur.nl\/en\/campus\/university-library\/research-support\/open-access\/quality-open-access\">web page featuring tips<\/a><\/u> on how to recognise predatory journals.<\/p>\n<p>Van Otegem did point out that he was not sure whether any EUR academics had voluntarily had any dealings with the journals in which they were published. \u201cThere is a possibility that these journals steal articles from proper journals, meaning that academics are published in such journals without actually being aware of it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/persons\" class=\"mt-6 md:mt-8 lg:mt-10\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sr-only\">De redactie<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 gap-4 md:gap-8 md:items-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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