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Predatory Open Access Journals and Attainment of Educational Sustainable Development Goals in Africa

Predatory Open Access Journals and Attainment of Educational Sustainable Development Goals in Africa

Wole Michael Olatokun, Ojinga Gideon Omuinu
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 14
ISBN13: 9781668438855|ISBN10: 1668438852|EISBN13: 9781668438862
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-3885-5.ch026
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Olatokun, Wole Michael, and Ojinga Gideon Omuinu. "Predatory Open Access Journals and Attainment of Educational Sustainable Development Goals in Africa." Research Anthology on Measuring and Achieving Sustainable Development Goals, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2022, pp. 506-519. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-3885-5.ch026

APA

Olatokun, W. M. & Omuinu, O. G. (2022). Predatory Open Access Journals and Attainment of Educational Sustainable Development Goals in Africa. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Research Anthology on Measuring and Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (pp. 506-519). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-3885-5.ch026

Chicago

Olatokun, Wole Michael, and Ojinga Gideon Omuinu. "Predatory Open Access Journals and Attainment of Educational Sustainable Development Goals in Africa." In Research Anthology on Measuring and Achieving Sustainable Development Goals, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 506-519. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-3885-5.ch026

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Abstract

Putting into consideration the objective of the SDG 4, it would be important to note that the provision, access, and use of information resources such as open access (OA) journals is a sine qua non for quality education in Africa. Despite its importance to the education system, open access journals have been proliferated by predatory journals. Stakeholders in the OA movement and academia claim that predatory publishing is a big problem for scientific communication and could undermine development efforts. Hence, the increasing use of predatory open access journals could affect the attainment of SDGs in Africa; hence, there is the need to raise awareness to enhance the possibility of attaining the SDGs in Africa. This chapter will among others enumerate the possible havocs predatory open access journals can create and the setbacks on the attainment of SDGs in Africa. It will also spell out the necessary prospects of curtailing these havocs and setbacks towards providing quality-based information resources such as open access journals to the education societies in Africa.

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