Predatory journals are characterized by publishing research articles without the proper peer-review process. They are mainly focused on getting money from authors, regardless of the quality of the article being submitted, in a scenario where academics and researchers are usually incentivized to create a high volume of research to advance their career paths. While publishing in a predatory journal is easier than in a reputable publisher, the author’s credibility could be tarnished. The rise of large language models has provided a new danger for this scenario. It is now easier to create low-quality research papers using IA tools that could be sent to predatory publishers that fail to perform a rigorous peer-review process. A bad combination of fast and poorly created research papers with highly available pay-to-publish journals provides an unsafe scenario for science publishing and unaware scientists. This paper aims to warn researchers about the dangers of generating low-quality research and publishing in predatory journals.

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A Case for the Dangers of Predatory Journals and IA Tools in Conjunction for Researchers

  • Ernesto Rivera-Alvarado,
  • Saúl Guadamuz

摘要

Predatory journals are characterized by publishing research articles without the proper peer-review process. They are mainly focused on getting money from authors, regardless of the quality of the article being submitted, in a scenario where academics and researchers are usually incentivized to create a high volume of research to advance their career paths. While publishing in a predatory journal is easier than in a reputable publisher, the author’s credibility could be tarnished. The rise of large language models has provided a new danger for this scenario. It is now easier to create low-quality research papers using IA tools that could be sent to predatory publishers that fail to perform a rigorous peer-review process. A bad combination of fast and poorly created research papers with highly available pay-to-publish journals provides an unsafe scenario for science publishing and unaware scientists. This paper aims to warn researchers about the dangers of generating low-quality research and publishing in predatory journals.