摘要:The aim of this paper is to report on a study undertaken by CREST (Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science andTechnology) to estimate the extent of predatory publishing amongst South African academics. A few South Africanstudies and reports have appeared in recent years which have suggested that predatory publishing is not onlypresent but is in fact becoming more pervasive – at least in some disciplines. 1,2 However, no study has been donethat presents a systematic assessment of how many articles, authored by South African academics, have beenpublished in predatory journals.