ABSTRACT
In recent years, there are an avalanche of debates and worries expressed in extant literature regarding the quality of published researches emanating from African and Asian countries due to the prevalence of predatory publications. The above situation stimulated the researchers to investigate the prevalence of predatory publishing among academics in Nigerian universities. The study adopted a documentary method where secondary data were obtained from reputable peer-reviewed journals. The findings of the study revealed that Nigerian academics patronize predatory journals. However, the patronage is mostly by greenhorn academics who know little or nothing about publishing. The study also found that the desire of impatient young academics to publish coupled with the pressure to provide published papers for promotion are some of the core factors that foster the patronage of predatory publishing among university academics in Nigeria. The study concludes that there is a need to swiftly curb the ill practice of predatory publishing due to its effect on the academic ambience and Nigerian society at large. Therefore, the study recommends among other things the need for university managements in Nigeria to put a strict mechanism for assessing academic publications where publications should be assessed based on quality, not quantity.
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