predatory (version 1.1)

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

Description

This function takes as input a name or issn and looks for a match in a database of predatory journals from Beall's list (https://scholarlyoa.com/). The function can find a name or issn of a particular journal with perfect of partial match. A shiny app is also available (https://msperlin.shinyapps.io/shiny-predatory/).

Usage

find.predatory(x, by = "name_journal", type.match = "partial", quiet = F)

Arguments

x

A name or issn for full or partial matching. For the later, the format is XXXX-XXXX. The input is insensitive to capslock.

by

Defines whether to look for x in the names or issn of journals (possible values = c('name_journal','name_publisher','issn'))

type.match

Defines if the function will perform a full or partial match lookup (possible values = c('full','partial'))

quiet

Logical, defines whether to print results to screen or not

Value

A dataframe with the matched issn or name

Warning

While the database for standalone journals is up to date, the information about predatory publishers is not yet complete since it requires an extensive manual work. The missing data will be regularly included in the upcoming versions of the package. Last update: 2016-12-09.

Examples

my.name <- 'finance'

out <- find.predatory(my.name)
print(out)