Acknowledgements Foreword Part 1. Background Chapter 1. Introduction The Philosopher and the Scientist My Story Definition How Is Predatory Publishing Damaging? The Fraught Language of "Predatory Publishing" A Mutable, Wicked Problem Book Overview Notes Chapter 2. Predatory Publishing''s History and Open Access Section A: Early Awareness of Predatory Publishing and the Rise of Beall''s List Section B: Open Access: A Brief History and Overview Section C: Article Processing Charges (APCs) Notes Chapter 3. Shortcuts and Shortcomings: Neoliberalism and Its Effects Section A: Neoliberalism and the Commons Section B: Scholarly Evaluation Section C: Overview of Research Misconduct and Unethical Scholarship Notes Part 2. Characteristics and Research Chapter 4. Predatory Publishing Characteristics in Detail Section A: OMICS Case Study Section B: Detailed Characteristics of Predatory Journals Section C: Books and Conferences Section D: Hijacked Journals Conclusional Caveats Notes Chapter 5. The Research on Publishers and Authors Challenges and Lacunae in the Research Section A: Research on Predatory Publishers and Journals Section B: Research on Authors Notes Chapter 6.

The Research on Editors, Evaluators, Spam, Indexing, Citation, and Bibliometrics Section A: Research on Editors Section B: Institutional Evaluation and External Funders Section C: Spam Messages and Rhetorical Style Section D: Indexing, Citation Rates, and Bibliometrics Notes Part 3. The Geopolitics of Scholarly Publishing Chapter 7. The Global South, the Bohannon Sting, and Predatory Publishing Section A: Introduction to the Global South and Epistemic Injustice Section B: English as the Lingua Franca of Academic Publishing Section C: The Bohannon Sting Section D: Predatory Publishing and the Global South Notes Chapter 8. India, Sub-Saharan Africa, and China Section A: India Section B: Sub-Saharan Africa Section C: China Conclusion Notes Chapter 9. Other Countries, the Geopolitics of Predatory Publishing, and Solutions from the South Section A: Other Countries Section B: The Politics of the Global South and Predatory Publishing Section C: Solutions to Predatory Publishing in the South Notes Part 4. Responses and Solutions Chapter 10. Responses and Solutions to Predatory Publishing from the Scholarly Community Introduction Section A: More about Journal Lists Section B: Guidelines from Publisher- and Editor-Focused Organizations Section C: Open Peer Review (OPR) and Open Science Section D: Other Solutions Notes Chapter 11. Librarians and Pedagogical Solutions to Predatory Publishing: Scholarly Information Literacy and Publication Quality Section A: Scholarly Information Literacy and Publication Quality Section B: Self-Teaching Tools Section C: Dispelling Misconceptions and Opening Conversations Notes Chapter 12.

Librarians and Pedagogical Solutions to Predatory Publishing: Teaching Scholars from Undergraduates to Faculty Section A: Language and Models Section B: Intersections: Teaching Undergraduates Section C: Graduate Students: The Scholars of Tomorrow and Today Section D: Workshops for Faculty Section E: Consultations Conclusion Appendix: Additional Resources Notes List of Abbreviations Index About the Author.