Turkey has been making great strides in recent years as a force to be reckoned with on the international research stage. However, it seems to have encountered more problems than other countries with regard to predatory journals. Simon Linacre looks at the problems facing the country and highlights some resources available to help Turkish scholars.
A simple Google search of โpredatory journals Turkeyโ provides quick insight into the concerns academic researchers there have regarding these deceptive publications. Numerous articles fill the first pages of results highlighting the particular issue Turkey seems to share with a few other countries such as India and Nigeria. Alongside, however, are anonymous websites offering unsupported claims about predatory publications. Validated information appears to be thin on the ground.
Luckily, the Turkish government understands there is a problem and in the Spring of 2019 it decided to take action. According to Professor Zafer Koรงak in his article โPredatory Publishing and Turkeyโ, the Turkish Council of Higher Education decreed that โscientific papers published in predatory journals would not be taken into account in academic promotion and assignment. Thus, Turkey has taken the step of becoming one of the first countries to implement this in the worldโ.
According to its website, the Turkish Council of Higher Education believed the phenomenon was increasing, and was doing so internationally. A number of articles have been published recently that back this up โ for example here and here โ and there is the potential for Turkish authors to get caught up in this global swell due to their increasing publication output.
To support Turkish authors and institutions, Cabells has translated its information video on its Journalytics and Predatory Reports products, as well as translating this page, into Turkish. Hopefully, the availability of independently verified information on predatory journals and greater dialogue will improve the conditions for Turkey and its scholars to continue to grow their influence in global research.
Tรผrkiye son yฤฑllarda uluslararasฤฑ araลtฤฑrma sahnesinde yabana atฤฑlamayacak bรผyรผk bir aลama kaydetmektedir. Ancak yaฤmacฤฑ dergilerle diฤer รผlkelerde olduฤundan daha fazla sorunlarla karลฤฑlaลฤฑyor gibi gรถrรผnรผyor. Simon Linacre bu konuda รผlkenin karลฤฑ karลฤฑya olduฤu sorunlara bakฤฑyor ve Tรผrk bilim insanlarฤฑna yardฤฑmcฤฑ olacak mevcut kaynaklarฤฑn altฤฑnฤฑ รงiziyor.
Basit bir โpredatory journals Turkeyโ Google taramasฤฑ akademik araลtฤฑrmacฤฑlarฤฑn bu aldatฤฑcฤฑ yayฤฑnlarla ilgili endiลelere sahip olduklarฤฑ konusunda hฤฑzlฤฑ bir anlayฤฑล saฤlฤฑyor. Taramanฤฑn ilk sayfalarฤฑ, Tรผrkiyeโnin bu sorunu Hindistan ve Nijerya gibi diฤer bir kaรง รผlke ile paylaลtฤฑฤฤฑnฤฑ gรถsteren sonuรงlarla dolu. Fakat bu sonuรงlarฤฑn bir kฤฑsmฤฑ da yaฤmacฤฑ yayฤฑnlar hakkฤฑnda desteklenmeyen iddialar sunan anonim web sayfalarฤฑ. Doฤrulanmฤฑล ve gรผvenilir bilgi nadir gรถrรผlรผyor.
Neyse ki, Tรผrk hรผkรผmeti bir sorun olduฤunun farkฤฑnda ve 2019 Baharฤฑnda รถnlem almaya karar verdi. Profesรถr Zafer Koรงakโฤฑn โPredatory Publishing and Turkeyโ makalesine gรถre, Yรผksekรถฤretim Kurulu tarafฤฑndan alฤฑnan kararla โyaฤmacฤฑ dergilerde yayฤฑmlanan bilimsel makaleler akademik yรผkseltmelerde dikkate alฤฑnmayacak. Bรถylece Tรผrkiye dรผnyada bu kararฤฑ yรผrรผrlรผฤe koyan ilk รผlkelerden biri olma adฤฑmฤฑnฤฑ attฤฑโ.
Yรผksekรถฤretim Kurulu web sitesine gรถre, Kurul hem ulusal hem de uluslararasฤฑ ortamlarda yaฤmacฤฑ yayฤฑncฤฑlฤฑฤฤฑn arttฤฑฤฤฑna inanฤฑyor. Son zamanlarda bunu destekleyen bir รงok makale yayฤฑmlandฤฑ – รถrneklerini burada ve burada gรถrebilirsiniz โ ve yayฤฑn sayฤฑlarฤฑ ile birlikte hฤฑzla artan kรผresel yaฤmacฤฑlฤฑฤa Tรผrk yazarlarฤฑn yakalanma olasฤฑlฤฑฤฤฑ var. Cabells, Tรผrk yazarlarฤฑ ve kurumlarฤฑ desteklemek iรงin Journalytics ve Predatory Reports รผrรผnlerinin bilgilendirici videosu ile birlikte bu sayfayฤฑ da Tรผrkรงeye รงevirdi. Umarฤฑz ki, yaฤmacฤฑ dergiler hakkฤฑnda baฤฤฑmsฤฑz olarak onaylanmฤฑล bilginin ulaลฤฑlabilirliฤi ve daha gรผรงlรผ iletiลim, Tรผrkiyeโnin ve akademisyenlerinin global araลtฤฑrmadaki etkilerini arttฤฑrarak devam ettirmeleri konusunda ลartlarฤฑ iyileลtirecek.
