Predatory journals: Perception, impact and use of Beall’s list by the scientific community–A bibliometric big data study

• Georg Richtig ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: georg.richtig@medunigraz.at (GR); frank.siebenhaar@charite.de (FS); marcus.maurer@charite.de (MM)

  Current address: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

  Affiliations Otto Loewi Research Center, Pharmacology Section, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, Division of Oncology, Division of Oncology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, Institute of Allergology, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Allergology and Immunology, Berlin, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4437-4413

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• Marina Berger,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

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• Max Koeller,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Diagnostic and Research Institute of Pathology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria

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• Markus Richtig,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

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• Erika Richtig,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5505-6103

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• Jörg Scheffel,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Allergology, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Allergology and Immunology, Berlin, Germany

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• Marcus Maurer ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: georg.richtig@medunigraz.at (GR); frank.siebenhaar@charite.de (FS); marcus.maurer@charite.de (MM)

  Affiliations Institute of Allergology, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Allergology and Immunology, Berlin, Germany

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• Frank Siebenhaar

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: georg.richtig@medunigraz.at (GR); frank.siebenhaar@charite.de (FS); marcus.maurer@charite.de (MM)

  Affiliations Institute of Allergology, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Allergology and Immunology, Berlin, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4532-1644

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