{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "e8634c2b-1982-48e4-8a27-ad24d8a95d40", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "# Predatory Journals\n", "\n", "Gets top cited articles from potential predatory journals\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "id": "082bd3ef-0a90-4df9-a5b5-16df2d5d8834", "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "!pip install pandas\n", "!pip install orjson" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 23, "id": "dcc70e34-7218-4e55-a772-543b2bc59478", "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "import orjson\n", "import pandas as pd\n", "from banal import ensure_dict\n", "import requests\n", "import os" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "547aa40a-7973-4029-afa0-25be3ab9f6f8", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Define helper functions" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 24, "id": "30573d5c-ba0e-4399-a03b-32c99ccdb145", "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "# Get OpenAlex json\n", "def get_json(*args, **kwargs):\n", " res = requests.get(*args, **kwargs)\n", " assert res.ok\n", " return res.json()" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 25, "id": "930b3540-7adb-4a10-8334-edfb51ab8bca", "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "# Extract properties from Openalex API objects with nested dictionaries\n", "def extract(obj, *paths):\n", " paths = list(paths)\n", " for p in paths[:-1]:\n", " obj = ensure_dict(obj.get(p))\n", " return obj.get(paths[-1])" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "cc4064fb-c35b-4924-823a-0aa15f2fee83", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Load journal list\n", "\n", "It's difficult to categorize a journal as predatory journal as there are different critiera and the actual publication process can vary from the peer review process which is promised on the journal website.\n", "\n", "Lists of potential predatory journals exists, but are also critized. Therefore, before any accusation or publication, validate the list of analyzed journals.\n", "\n", "For more detail, have a look at the following resources:\n", "\n", " - [Predatory Journals](https://predatoryjournals.org/)\n", " - [Beall's List](https://beallslist.net/)\n", " - [Chinese Early Warning List](https://earlywarning.fenqubiao.com/)\n", "\n", "For the purpose of this Jupyter notebook we use a small sample of journals of the first list to show the general steps for investigation.\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 49, "id": "6076d862-7681-47a0-ab5c-cf2c90491aea", "metadata": {}, "outputs": [ { "data": { "text/html": [ "
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