開放取用巨型期刊的發展、同儕審查制度與學術界的因應作法

開放取用巨型期刊的興起為當代學術出版帶來重要變革。巨型期刊採用低選擇性的同儕審查標準，即審查階段僅評估研究的合理性與倫理，不再重視新穎性、重要性與應用性。學術界因此憂心這種低門檻的刊登作法，將使得出版著作的品質良莠不齊，甚至成為低品質研究的「傾倒場」。鑒於關於巨型期刊的中文文獻甚少，本研究以文獻探討的方式，剖析巨型期刊對學術界所帶來的影響。本文首先回顧巨型期刊的起源，及其與一般同儕審查期刊間的主要差異；文中也呈現國際學術界面對巨型期刊時的多元觀點與討論議題。最後，本文以研究誠信的角度，提出學術界各利益關係人得因應巨型期刊盛行的實務作法。希冀本研究成果能作為高等教育界之參考。

關鍵字

高等教育；巨型期刊；開放取用；同儕審查；學術出版

並列摘要

The rise of open access mega journals has significantly changed the modern academic publishing industry. Mega journals adopt low-selective peer review standards, whereby peer reviewers only evaluate the soundness and ethics of research and no longer pay much attention to novelty, importance, and applicability. The academic community is concerned that this will make the quality of published works vary excessively and even make mega journals become a "dumping ground" for low-quality research. Given the lack of Chinese-language literature on mega journals, this study applies a literature review method to analyze the impact of mega journals on academia. This article first reviews the origins of mega journals and the main differences between them and traditional peer-reviewed journals; the paper also explicates the diverse viewpoints and discussions on mega journals in the international scientific communities. Finally, from the perspective of research integrity, this paper proposes practical guidance that research stakeholders might follow to respond to the prevalence of mega journals. It is hoped that the results of this research can serve as a reference for the higher education community in Taiwan.

並列關鍵字

Higher education ； Mega journals ； Open access ； Peer review ； Scholarly publication

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