Predatory publishers charge fees to authors for open access publishing but have limited peer review or other quality controls. In this paper, we use data from five of the most widely used predatory journals used by South African academics in Economic and Management sciences to show that predatory publications are widespread in Economics departments in South African universities. We also critique the Department of Higher Education and Training’s research publication subsidy system and highlight that several journals on the DHET accredited journal list, that South African academic economists publish in, are probable predatory journals. In improving the data on predatory publications in South African Economic and Management Sciences used by de Jager et al (2017), we show that approximately 50% of predatory publications by South African academic economists are authored by professors or associate professors, a finding which corroborates international evidence on predatory publications in Economics. Our paper is also a source of information on the quality of research produced by South African economics departments.

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南非经济系掠夺性出版的描述

掠夺性出版商向作者收取开放获取出版费用，但同行评审或其他质量控制有限。在本文中，我们使用南非经济和管理科学学者使用的五种最广泛使用的掠夺性期刊的数据来表明掠夺性出版物在南非大学的经济学系中很普遍。我们还批评了高等教育和培训部的研究出版补贴制度，并强调南非学术经济学家发表的 DHET 认可期刊列表中的一些期刊很可能是掠夺性期刊。在改进 de Jager 等人（2017 年）使用的南非经济和管理科学中掠夺性出版物的数据时，我们表明，南非学术经济学家大约 50% 的掠夺性出版物是由教授或副教授撰写的，这一发现证实了经济学掠夺性出版物的国际证据。我们的论文也是有关南非经济部门研究质量的信息来源。