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predatory (version 1.1)

Tools for Detecting Predatory Publishers and Journals

Description

Allows the user to check and find (allegedly) predatory journals based on Beall's list available at . As part of a research project, the data from the website has been scraped with web scraping algorithms and manual work. The package includes a search function and direct access to this database of predatory journals. The use of this tool should facilitate the detection of predatory publications by researchers and librarians.

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install.packages('predatory')

Monthly Downloads

2

Version

1.1

License

GPL-2

Maintainer

Marcelo Perlin

Last Published

January 12th, 2017

Functions in predatory (1.1)

get.predpubTable

Returns a dataframe with information about predatory publishers and journals from Bealls webpage
find.predatory

Checks if an issn, name of journal or publisher is registered in Beall's list of predatory journals and publishers