Derek Pyne is correct.
If the respective departments can specify list of journals beyond which no in-service facility would be given to the authors then publications in substandard and predatory journals can be checked to a certain extent.
Well informed knowledge about the journal as well as publisher before submission of manuscript will help in avoiding thr predatory publishers. These kind of publishers can only survived as fulfill the needs of many researchers.
There are many predatory journals, just we have to remain well informed about the journals we are going to submit. No one can take advantage of us unless we let others to invade our jurisdiction.
Deborah Poff Pyne’s claim of the existence of financial compensation for Beall's publications is false. The study did not find the university under study to be complicit in rewarding Beall’s journal publications or as a matter of fact any other type of publication. See: http://muse.jhu.edu/article/716980
Deborah, I assume that you are referring to the 6th WCRI where you are a plenary speaker?
http://www.wcri2019.org/index/programme/plenary_speakers
The following study of ours is of direct relevance to this topic and discussion thread:
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There are some "predatory journals" that later became respectable journals- by getting a number of good editorial board members and engaging in true peer review. Getting good editorial board members is not easy- in fact it is quite difficult, since most editorial board members are not paid any amount of money. Editors SOMETIMES are paid- but it is often a pittance.
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