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  • Comment: Concerns raised in the deletion discussion that this article does not represent the widespread viewpoint that IGI engages in "vampire press" practices do not appear to be addressed. Indeed the "controversies" section goes out of its way to discredit this mainstream viewpoint and push a minority POV. Devonian Wombat (talk) 07:59, 1 November 2023 (UTC)
IGI Global
PredecessorIdea Group Inc.
Founded1988
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationHershey, Pennsylvania
Key peopleMehdi Khosrow-Pour (CEO)[1]
Publication typesBooks, journals, ebooks
ImprintsInformation Science Reference, Business Science Reference, Medical Information Science Reference, Engineering Science Reference, and IGI Publishing[2]
Official websiteigi-global.com

IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.) is a U.S.-based international academic publishing company headquartered in Hershey, Pennsylvania that publishes books and academic journals across 11 subject areas including: Business and Management; Computer Science and Information Technology; Education; Engineering; Environment and Agriculture; Government and Law; Library and Information Science; Media and Communications; Medicine and Healthcare; Security and Forensics; and Social Sciences and Humanities.[1][3]

In 2019, IGI Global was assessed in a Springer Nature white paper as the 7th largest scientific, medical, and technical (STM) publisher in a top ten list of publishers, with a total of 116 books, 2,286 chapters, 2,339 citations, and an average of 20 citations per book.[4] IGI Global and its activities have been covered in professional publications covering different fields such as biology[5] and economics.[6] IGI Global sponsors conferences such as the Charleston Conference.[7]

Imprints

IGI Global publishes English language content under the following imprints:[8]

  • Information Science Reference
  • Medical Information Science Reference
  • Business Science Reference
  • Engineering Science Reference
  • IGI Publishing

Journals

IGI Global publishes a number of academic journals including:[9]

History

IGI Global (originally Idea Group Inc.) was founded in 1988 by a former professor at the Pennsylvania State University (USA).[2] The organization started as a publisher of research content in the field of information science and technology as it is applied to multiple disciplines, such as education, library science, healthcare, public administration, and computer science.[10]

In 2002, IGI Global began offering content in electronic formats.[1] Until 2009, IGI Global publications were manually typeset. After this date, it built an in-house workflow management system to produce its publications.[11]

IGI Global is listed as a full member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).[9] It is also listed as a SHERPA/RoMEO blue publisher and employs a hybrid model of Open Access for its journals.[12][13]

Controversy

In 2007 and 2008, two blog posts noted that IGI Global may be characterized being involved with "write-only publishing" of its books,[14] as recorded in a later journal article.[15] It has been claimed that IGI Global's small-run monographs are aimed at promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) for its authors.[16]

IGI Global was not listed in Beall's List of potential, possible, or probable predatory scholarly open-access publishers when it closed in 2016 on Jeffrey Beall's retirement.[17] A new anonymously authored website called "beallslist.net" has since been established, again with IGI Global not listed in the main list or updates.[18] However, a new list on this website lists IGI Global as a "vanity press", with a note that the publisher is a member of COPE.[19] In 2021, an editorial piece in a competing journal criticized IGI Global's handling of plagiarism.[20]

References

  1. ^ a b c Gilson, Tom; Strauch, Katina (April 2012). "ATG Interviews Dr. Mehdi Khosrow-Pour". Against the Grain. 24 (2): 43–45. doi:10.7771/2380-176X.6136.
  2. ^ a b "About IGI Global", igi-global.com/about, IGI Global
  3. ^ Waltman, Ludo (2019). "The Development and Future of Book Citations White Paper" (PDF). Springer Nature. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  4. ^ "IGI Global Premier Reference Source". Journal of Biological Systems. 17 (4): 865–866. December 2009.
  5. ^ "IGI Global USA publishes Dr. Muhammad Wasim's research work in its latest edition". Pakistan & Gulf Economist. 8 June 2017.
  6. ^ Free, David (September 2012). "IGI Global sponsors Charleston Conference stipend". College & Research Libraries News. 73 (8): 456.
  7. ^ Leah Hinds (21 August 2017). "ATGthePodcast 035 – Dr. Mehdi Khosrow-Pour Interview". ATGthePodcast.com (Podcast). Against the Grain. Event occurs at 02:18. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  8. ^ a b "IGI Global". Committee on Publication Ethics. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  9. ^ Sue Polanka (4 November 2010). "Interview with Dr. Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, CEO and President, IGI Global". CORE Scholar (Podcast). Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Customer case study: IGI Global". Typefi. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  11. ^ "IGI Global". SHERPA/RoMEO. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  12. ^ Costello, Eamon; Farrelly, Tom; Murphy, Tony (January 2020). "Open and Shut: Open Access in Hybrid Educational Technology Journals 2010-2017". International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning. 21 (1): 112–133. doi:10.19173/irrodl.v20i5.4383.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  13. ^ Bogost, Ian (24 November 2008). "Write-only publication: IGI Global and other vampire presses". Bogost.com. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  14. ^ Eriksson, Stefan; Helgesson, Gert (2017). "The false academy: Predatory publishing in science and bioethics". Medicine, Health Care, and Philosophy. 20 (2): 163–170. doi:10.1007/s11019-016-9740-3. PMC 5487745. PMID 27718131.
  15. ^ Newcomer, Nick (31 August 2021). "Malicious mislabeling at the expense of embracing DEI". Research Information. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  16. ^ "List of publishers". Scholarly Open Access – Beall's List. Archive.org. 31 December 2016. Archived from the original on 12 January 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  17. ^ "Beall's List of potential predatory scholarly open‑access publishers". beallslist.net. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  18. ^ "What is vanity press?". Beall's List. beallslist.net. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  19. ^ Pöchhacker, Franz; Liu, Minhua (2021). "Interpreting research in print: A quarter-century update". Interpreting. 23 (1). John Benjamins Publishing Company: 1–17. doi:10.1075/intp.00060.edi.

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