Five (bad) reasons to publish your research in predatory journals

Clark, Alexander M.; Thompson, David R.

doi:10.1111/jan.13090

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“…A publication in a predatory journal might not be neutral on a CV and might even be an active demerit that harms the reputation of everyone, especially young scientists, listed on the article 40, 41…”

Section: The Problem Of Predatory Journals For Scientistsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Problems and challenges of predatory journals

Richtig

Berger

Lange‐Asschenfeldt

et al. 2018

Acad Dermatol Venereol

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The companies publishing predatory journals are an emerging problem in the area of scientific literature as they only seek to drain money from authors without providing any customer service for the authors or their readership. These predatory journals try to attract new submissions by aggressive email advertising and high acceptance rates. But in turn, they do not provide proper peer review, and therefore, the scientific quality of submitted articles is questionable. This is important because more and more people, including patients, are reading such journals and rely on the information they provide. Consequently, predatory journals are a serious threat to the integrity of medical science, and it is crucial for scientists, physicians and even patients to be aware of this problem. In this review, we briefly summarize the history of the open access movement, as well as the rise of and roles played by predatory journals. In conclusion, young and inexperienced authors publishing in a predatory journal must be aware of the damage of their reputation, of inadequate peer review processes and that unprofitable journals might get closed and all published articles in that journal might be lost.

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Section: The Problem Of Predatory Journals For Scientistsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Problems and challenges of predatory journals

Richtig

Berger

Lange‐Asschenfeldt

et al. 2018

Acad Dermatol Venereol

155

112

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“…Moreover, in some developing countries, admission of students to Ph.D. programs relies on the number of published papers (Dadkhah et al ., ). When the researchers' frequent attempts at manuscript submission to influential journals are doomed to fail, predatory journals catch their attention (Clark & Thompson, ).…”

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Publishing in predatory open access journals: Authors' perspectives

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The proliferation of predatory or bogus journals has been recognized as a threat to academic research, and this study was conducted to discover the experiences of authors published in these journals. Eighty authors who had published in journals identified as predatory were surveyed. We asked how the authors learnt about these journals, what they thought about the reputation of the journals, their experiences of peer review and the quality of feedback provided, and whether publication was driven by PhD or job requirements. Our results showed that a third of authors discovered the journals by web searches or responding to email invitations. Over half said the reputation and name of the journal were important in selecting a journal, although a third admitted that the journal they published in did not have a good reputation. The main reason for selecting the journals was the promise of fast publication (31.2% respondents). Only half of the respondents said that publication was driven by PhD or job requirements. Just over a third reported that peer review was good or excellent, and only 17.5% said that peer review was poor or non‐existent – over 70% thought they had received good feedback from the journals. Although the research was somewhat limited, it does indicate general satisfaction with the journals in which the authors published. Fast publication coupled with good feedback and encouragement to submit can make publishing in predatory journals so tempting that few authors can resist.

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“…The risks posed by predatory publishers to the Gold OA process raise serious concerns for the quality of nursing and midwifery publications, as nurses and midwives are expected to contribute to and practice in a way that reflects current evidence-based research (Clark & Thompson, 2012;Oermann et al, 2016). Poor quality papers published without appropriate peer review have the potential to compromise scholarship in these disciplines (Clark & Thompson, 2016;Oermann et al, 2016), while information that is not very accessible (such as papers published in predatory journals) may impede the advancement of scientific evidence (Shamseer et al, 2017;Stone & Rossiter, 2015). Even high quality papers lack intellectual credibility if they are published in journals of dubious quality and reputation (Omobowale et al, 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%