Publishers that flout sound peer review practices encourage bogus reports with widespread ramifications

Researchers should try to make their literature reviews as reliable as possible and adhere to strict standards

The combination of knowledge and communication leads to social, cultural and technological development

Academics in the developing world have become a favourite target for these journals, and many seem to be falling into the trap

Subscriptions to international journals run into the millions and the plummeting rand is "crippling" libraries and holding academics back.

Nothing significant seems to have been done to stop the practice of academics publishing in open-access, online scam journals and reaping the rewards.

E-commerce tax, to be introduced on April 1, will mean education institutions will struggle to purchase academic journals.

The mounting pressure on graduating MScs and PhDs to write journal articles is causing anxiety.

South Africa’s Academy of Science is helping to usher in the new by joining global open access.

The criteria of ‘accredited’ academic publications sideline other kinds of knowledge production, writes <b>Charlotte Mbali</b>.

University is the first in Africa to sign the Berlin Declaration and post its research online.