On the geopolitics of academic publishing
The Mislocated Centers of Scholarly Communication
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4447965 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Flávio Krawczyk (0000-0003-1097-9032, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań), Emanuel Kulczycki (0000-0001-6530-3609, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Tapuya Latin American Science Technology and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2572-9861 • E-ISSN: 2572-9861 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/25729861.2021.1984641 |
| OpenAlex | W3214843150 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 27 |
Knowledge production is an important factor in establishing the geopolitical position of countries. In the recent heated discussion on predatory publishing, the geopolitical dimension of this topic is often ignored or treated superficially. In this paper, we introduce the term “mislocated centres of scholarly communication” to help better understand the emergence of predatory journals, and journals that bear similarities to them, in geopolitical peripheries. Mislocated centers of scholarly communication are perceived in the peripheries as legitimized by the center but are in fact invisible or illegitimate in the center. Thus, we argue the importance of viewing these mislocated centers as the result of unequal power relations in academia. To support our argument, we summarize the research on the topic of predatory publishing and demonstrate that predatory journals are a geopolitical problem because the geopolitical peripheries of science are much more often harmed by them than the center. Unlike predatory journals, mislocated centers of scholarly communication are not necessarily fraudulent but rather they are geopolitical roles imposed on some journals by a dynamic between center and peripheries. Our approach could help to criticize this system without discriminating against peripheral scholars or journals
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |