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4. 9/7/2018 Predatory Publishers: How to Stop Them from Hurting Us! - EnagoAcademy PredatoryPublishers:HowtoStopThemfrom HurtingUs! LastupdatedMay21,2018 There is a constant rise in the numberof articles published in predatory journals. Young, inexperienced researchersarethemaintargetofagrowinggroupofdubiouspublishersthatiswillingtoacceptalmostany manuscript(regardlessofthequalityorauthenticity)forafee.Thesesupposedlyacademiccompaniesdonot offeranyservices,suchaspeerrevieworarchiving,andhavenoprobleminpublishinglow-qualitypapersifthe authorspayforthesame.Theirwebsitesareusuallyunstable/poorlydesignedandthearticlestheypublishare notindexedbyMedlineorsimilardatabases. WhoPublishesinPredatoryJournals? According to a survey that was carried out at the beginning of theyear, researchers working in developing countries(thosewithinsufkcientfunds,poorresearchinfrastructure,andlimitedtraining)aremoresusceptibleto submitting their work to predatory journals. The idea of getting something published quickly can be quite appealingtosomeresearchers,andreceivinginvitationsfromjournalsorhavingtheirpapersacceptedeasilycan givethema(false)feelingofsuccess.  https://www.enago.com/academy/predatory-publishers-stop-hurting-us/

5. Predatory Publishers: How to Stop Them from Hurting Us! - EnagoAcademy inNatureshowsthatresearchersfromwealthynationsalsofallpreytopredatory anepidemiologistattheOttawaHospitalResearchInstituteinOntario,Canada,and 9/7/2018 publishing. severalcolleaguesspent12monthsanalyzingalmost2,000articlesfromabout200suspectedpredatoryjournals. They found that more than half of the corresponding authors came from high- and upper-middle-income countriesandthatmanyarticleshadbeensubmittedfrominstitutionsintheUnitedStates.Interestingly,theUS NationalInstitutesofHealth(NIH)wasfrequentlynamedasoneofthefundingagencies. AnUrgentProblem Theauthorspointoutthat“theproblemofpredatoryjournalsismoreurgentthanmanyrealize.”Intheirstudy, theyalsoassessedthequalityofpaperspublishedinthosejournalsandfoundthatmostexperimentscouldnotbe reproducedorevaluatedproperlybecauseofmissinginformation.Additionally,only40%ofthestudiescarried outonhumansandanimalsmentionedsomethingaboutseekingapprovalfromanethicscommittee,whereasin regularjournals,suchapprovalisreportedformorethan90%oftheanimaland70%ofthehumaninvestigations. Basedontheirresults,Moherandcolleaguesestimatethatatleast18,000fundedbiomedicalresearchstudies endupindubious,obscure,andpoorlyindexedjournals.Thesepublicationsdonotadvancescienceatallasthey areusuallyoflowqualityandarealsodifkculttolocate. GlobalPredation Anevaluationofover1,900paperspublishedinpotentiallypredatoryjournals(basedonBeall’slist,whichwas takenofflineatthebeginningofthisyear)showedthatthecorrespondingauthorsofallsuchpublicationsmainly originated from India (27%), the United States (15%), Nigeria (5%), Iran (4%), and Japan (4%). However, to understandthesenumbers,itisimportanttoconsiderthetotalscientikcoutputpernation(lastyear,theUnited StatesproducedaboutkvetimesmorebiomedicalarticlesthanIndiaand80timesmorethanNigeria). StopthePlague! KellyCobey,apublicationsofkcerattheOttawaHospitalResearchInstituteinCanada(andoneoftheauthorsof theNaturestudy),isinchargeofeducatingresearchersandguidingthemintheirjournalsubmission.Shealso helps them identify and avoid predatory journals. Unfortunately, many research institutions do not have staff members with similar roles, so what else can we do to stop the plague of predatory publishers in academic publishing? Onethingisclear:wemustactimmediately!Tostartwith,itisimportanttotellthepublicwhatthesedubious publishers are doing and warn authors (especially the inexperienced researchers) about the consequences of publishing their work in shady journals. Funding agencies, research institutions, and reputed publishers should worktogethertoissueclearwarningsagainstillegitimatejournalsandintroducerecommendationsonpublication integrity. moneyavailableforopen-accesspublishing,ensurethatresearchersareabletoidentifyquestionablejournals and Moher,Cobey,andcolleaguesalsosuggestthatfundersandresearchinstitutionsshouldincreasetheamountof prohibittheuseoffundsforsubmittingpaperstopredatoryjournals.Theyshouldalsomonitorwhereexactlyall https://www.enago.com/academy/predatory-publishers-stop-hurting-us/

6. 9/7/2018 Predatory Publishers: How to Stop Them from Hurting Us! - EnagoAcademy thegranteesandstaffmemberspublishtheirfundedwork(developingautomatedtoolstoachievethiswouldbe immenselyvaluable). Manuscriptspublishedinpredatoryjournalsshouldnotbeconsideredforgrantingpromotions,appraisals,tenure, orsubsequentfunding.Moheretal.evensuggestthatscientistswantingtoadvanceintheircareersorlookingfor researchfundingshouldbeaskedtoincludeadeclarationthattheyhaveneverpublishedinpredatoryjournals (and that they do not intend to do so). Publication lists could then be checked against the Directory of Open AccessJournals(DOAJ)ortheJournalCitationReports,theresearcherssay. Wereyouawareoftheconceptofpredatorypublishing?Whatmeasuresneedtobeadoptedtocreateawareness aboutpredatorypublishing?Pleaseshareyouropinionbycommentinginthesectionbelow. This article was originally published at Enago Academy by EnagoManuscript Editing services which provides scientific editing to researchers authors and Phd students. For more information contact - - orders@enago.com.   PredatoryPublishers https://www.enago.com/academy/predatory-publishers-stop-hurting-us/

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