Procedia is an open access journal series published by Elsevier.
The purpose of Procedia is to publish, for a fee, "proposed conference proceedings" in a "dedicated online issue". Elsevier advertises this product as having a focus on delivering high quality content and maintains "Peer-review is under the responsibility of the conference organizers."[1][2][3][4]
Controversy
editElsevier formerly published Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences in which authors were permitted to directly self-publish. The only requirements for publishing in this journal were to grant Elsevier exclusive publishing rights, to promise the paper would be peer-reviewed at some point in the future and to promise the paper was their own original work and of course, pay the publishing fee.[5]
In 2011, Iranian political prisoner and mystic, Mohammad Ali Taheri, was sentenced to a five-year prison sentence. Among his charges were "interfering in medical science" and "illegitimate use of academic titles". Many of his claims of medical research were published in Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences.[6]
In 2017, it was discovered that a fake example reference listed on Elsevier's citation guide had been cited over 400 times in published articles. Over 90% of these citations occurred in Procedia journals.[7][8]
In 2018, Albania was hit with a scandal in which high-ranking politicians had faked their academic credentials by publishing fraudulent articles in Procedia.[9][10]
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Guide for Authors". Elsevier. 2019.
- ↑ "Procedia Iutam". Elsevier. 2019.
- ↑ "Procedia CIRP". Elsevier. 2019.
- ↑ "Procedia Manufacturing". Elsevier. 2019.
- ↑ "Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences". myhuiban. 2019.
- ↑ "After Years in Solitary Confinement, Mohammad Ali Taheri Faces New Trial on Corruption on Earth Charges". International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- ↑ "The "phantom reference:" How a made-up article got almost 400 citations, same thing happened in Procedia Engineering-Published low quality papers that get hundreds of citations in 2-3 years, unfortunately these conference papers have no real scientific value". Retraction Watch. November 14, 2017.
- ↑ Harzing, Anne-Wil; Kroonenberg, Pieter (October 26, 2017). "The mystery of the phantom reference".
- ↑ Van Gerven Oei, Vincent W.J. (December 25, 2018). "Massive Plagiarism Scandal Hits Albanian Officials without Consequences". Exit. Archived from the original on December 30, 2018. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ↑ Van Gerven Oei, Vincent W.J. (December 27, 2018). "Publishers Respond: Articles Plagiarised by Politicians Will Be Retracted". Exit.
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