A “Trojan Horse” in the peer-review process of fee-charging economic journals

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Highlights：

• How trustworthy is the editorial process in fee-charging journals?

• Our study reveals the poor quality standards applied by some Open Access Journals, which require Article Processing Charges.

• Not all Article Processing Charges Journals are predatory.

• There is a (too) large presence of predatory journals among Article Processing Charges Journals.

摘要

•How trustworthy is the editorial process in fee-charging journals?•Our study reveals the poor quality standards applied by some Open Access Journals, which require Article Processing Charges.•Not all Article Processing Charges Journals are predatory.•There is a (too) large presence of predatory journals among Article Processing Charges Journals.

论文关键词：I20,A10,Predatory journal,Publication fees,Article processing charges,Peer-review

论文评审过程：Received 8 January 2020, Revised 2 May 2020, Accepted 5 May 2020, Available online 3 July 2020, Version of Record 3 July 2020.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2020.101052