-The Hindu ‘16% publishers agree to attach names to a paper without any research work’ For as much as Rs. 20,000, any “researcher” can become a published author in Predatory journals. Pravin Bolshete, a medical researcher from Mumbai, decided to delve into the world of “Predatory journals” — those that charge authors for publications in journals without due scientific process — and if the name of an author could be attached to a...

-The Telegraph New Delhi: Faculty and scholars from some of India's leading science and engineering institutions have published academic papers in so-called "Predatory journals" - online publications that accept poor-quality papers without adequate peer review, an analysis has found. The finding reflects what some scientists say is a lack of institutional initiatives to curb poor-quality or junk research. The analysis of 3,300 academic papers from India in Predatory journals has found that while...