Cargando…

Predatory Publishing Is a Threat to Non-Mainstream Science

This article highlights the issue of wasteful publishing practices that primarily affect non-mainstream science countries and rapidly growing academic disciplines. Numerous start-up open access publishers with soft or nonexistent quality checks and huge commercial interests have created a global cri...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Gasparyan, Armen Yuri, Nurmashev, Bekaidar, Udovik, Elena E., Koroleva, Anna M., Kitas, George D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2017
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5383601/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28378542
http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2017.32.5.713
_version_ 1782520305751687168
author Gasparyan, Armen Yuri
Nurmashev, Bekaidar
Udovik, Elena E.
Koroleva, Anna M.
Kitas, George D.
author_facet Gasparyan, Armen Yuri
Nurmashev, Bekaidar
Udovik, Elena E.
Koroleva, Anna M.
Kitas, George D.
author_sort Gasparyan, Armen Yuri
collection PubMed
description This article highlights the issue of wasteful publishing practices that primarily affect non-mainstream science countries and rapidly growing academic disciplines. Numerous start-up open access publishers with soft or nonexistent quality checks and huge commercial interests have created a global crisis in the publishing market. Their publishing practices have been thoroughly examined, leading to the blacklisting of many journals by Jeffrey Beall. However, it appears that some subscription journals are also falling short of adhering to the international recommendations of global editorial associations. Unethical editing agencies that promote their services in non-mainstream science countries create more problems for inexperienced authors. It is suggested to regularly monitor the quality of already indexed journals and upgrade criteria of covering new sources by the Emerging Sources Citation Index (Web of Science), Scopus, and specialist bibliographic databases. Regional awareness campaigns to inform stakeholders of science communication about the importance of ethical writing, transparency of editing services, and permanent archiving can be also helpful for eradicating unethical publishing practices.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-5383601
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2017
publisher The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-53836012017-05-01 Predatory Publishing Is a Threat to Non-Mainstream Science Gasparyan, Armen Yuri Nurmashev, Bekaidar Udovik, Elena E. Koroleva, Anna M. Kitas, George D. J Korean Med Sci Special Article This article highlights the issue of wasteful publishing practices that primarily affect non-mainstream science countries and rapidly growing academic disciplines. Numerous start-up open access publishers with soft or nonexistent quality checks and huge commercial interests have created a global crisis in the publishing market. Their publishing practices have been thoroughly examined, leading to the blacklisting of many journals by Jeffrey Beall. However, it appears that some subscription journals are also falling short of adhering to the international recommendations of global editorial associations. Unethical editing agencies that promote their services in non-mainstream science countries create more problems for inexperienced authors. It is suggested to regularly monitor the quality of already indexed journals and upgrade criteria of covering new sources by the Emerging Sources Citation Index (Web of Science), Scopus, and specialist bibliographic databases. Regional awareness campaigns to inform stakeholders of science communication about the importance of ethical writing, transparency of editing services, and permanent archiving can be also helpful for eradicating unethical publishing practices. The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2017-05 2017-03-17 /pmc/articles/PMC5383601/ /pubmed/28378542 http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2017.32.5.713 Text en © 2017 The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Special Article
Gasparyan, Armen Yuri
Nurmashev, Bekaidar
Udovik, Elena E.
Koroleva, Anna M.
Kitas, George D.
Predatory Publishing Is a Threat to Non-Mainstream Science
title Predatory Publishing Is a Threat to Non-Mainstream Science
title_full Predatory Publishing Is a Threat to Non-Mainstream Science
title_fullStr Predatory Publishing Is a Threat to Non-Mainstream Science
title_full_unstemmed Predatory Publishing Is a Threat to Non-Mainstream Science
title_short Predatory Publishing Is a Threat to Non-Mainstream Science
title_sort predatory publishing is a threat to non-mainstream science
topic Special Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5383601/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28378542
http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2017.32.5.713
work_keys_str_mv AT gasparyanarmenyuri predatorypublishingisathreattononmainstreamscience
AT nurmashevbekaidar predatorypublishingisathreattononmainstreamscience
AT udovikelenae predatorypublishingisathreattononmainstreamscience
AT korolevaannam predatorypublishingisathreattononmainstreamscience
AT kitasgeorged predatorypublishingisathreattononmainstreamscience