The Growing Challenge of Predatory Publishing
A Call for Action
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21432811 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lisa Cranley (0000-0002-3308-7558, University of Toronto, Lawrence S, Canada), Maher El-Masri (0000-0001-9631-7683, Toronto Metropolitan University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Texto & Contexto - Enfermagem (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0104-0707 • E-ISSN: 1980-265X |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/1980-265x-tce-2023-e004en |
| OpenAlex | W4389222850 |
| SciELO | S0104-07072023000100104 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 17 |
Predatory publishing (PP) is a growing challenge since the emergence of an online and openaccess publishing model 1 .The term PP was first coined in 2010 by Jeffrey Beall who explained that the mission of predatory publishers was "to exploit the author-pays, open-access model for their own profit" 1:15 .Publishing in predatory journals is becoming an industry that threatens the integrity of scientific discovery and scholarship 2 .PP not only wastes funding and other resources 3 , but it is also detrimental to authors' reputation and careers.It impedes meaningful knowledge dissemination due to the fact that information published in predatory journals may not be credible or reliable 4 .This is a cause for concern to nursing and the biomedical sciences when PP is cited in legitimate journals [5][6] or when they are included in evidence syntheses published in legitimate journals 7 .Such citations have the potential of altering results 7 and/or impacting patient care 8 .Of concern, the number of predatory journals continues to increase across disciplines 9 with 'no signs of slowing' -Cabells Scholarly Analytics list of suspected predatory journals includes 17,000 journal titles! 10 Although much has been written about PP, there continues to be a notable lack of empirical studies on PP across all disciplines 9 including nursing 4,9 .In this editorial, we highlight best practices for scholarly publishing, discuss current perspectives on PP, and identify strategies to halt submissions to predatory journals
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Construção E Validação De Usabilidade De Protótipo De Aplicativo Para Disseminação De Conhecimento Da Revista Texto & Contexto Enfermagem
Construction and Validity of Usability of Application Prototype for Knowledge Dissemination of Texto & Contexto Enfermagem Journal
Revista Texto & Contexto Enfermagem
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| Citations per year | 2 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |