Identifying Predatory Journals in Plastic Surgery: A Prospective Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 229255032110024
Author(s):  
Matteo Gallo ◽  
Lucas Gallo ◽  
Sadek Mowakket ◽  
Jessica Murphy ◽  
Eric Duku ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Plastic Surgery ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Comparison Group ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Predatory Journals ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Acceptance Rates ◽  
A Prospective Study ◽  
Surgery Journals

Background: Predatory journals promise high acceptance rates and quick publication in exchange for a processing fee. As these journals aim to maximize profits, they neglect traditional mechanisms used to ensure a high-quality publication. Unsolicited email invitations are a characteristic of predatory journals that often inundate the inboxes of surgeons. The objective of this study is to use these emails to identify potentially predatory journals in the area of surgery and plastic surgery. Methods: Unsolicited email requests from surgery-related journals were collected over a 3-month period. Journals were evaluated using a modified version of the Rohrich and Weinstein checklist. The average number of “predatory” criteria met by these potentially predatory journals (PPJs) was compared to that of the top open-access plastic surgery journals which were assumed to be non-predatory for the purposes of this study. Results: In total, 437 unsolicited email requests were received. Of these, 92 emails, representing 57 PPJs, were eligible for inclusion. On average, the PPJs met 5 of the 12 “predatory” criteria, compared to less than 1 in the comparison group. Approximately 96% of these emails, or the respective websites, contained obvious spelling or grammatical mistakes; 98% of these emails came from journals not listed on Scopus, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), and/or Web of Science. Conclusions: Of the journals that sent unsolicited emails, 98% met 2 or more criteria and were deemed to be predatory. If a journal contains grammatical mistakes and is not listed on Scopus, DOAJ, and/or Web of Science, authors should be cautious.

scholarly journals Awareness of predatory journals and open access publishing among orthopaedic and trauma surgeons – results from an online survey in Germany

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elke Maurer ◽  
Nike Walter ◽  
Tina Histing ◽  
Lydia Anastasopoulou ◽  
Thaqif El Khassawna ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Peer Review Process ◽  
Trauma Surgery ◽  
Open Access Publishing ◽  
Predatory Journals ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Trauma Surgeons

Abstract Background Along with emerging open access journals (OAJ) predatory journals increasingly appear. As they harm accurate and good scientific research, we aimed to examine the awareness of predatory journals and open access publishing among orthopaedic and trauma surgeons. Methods In an online survey between August and December 2019 the knowledge on predatory journals and OAJ was tested with a hyperlink made available to the participants via the German Society for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery (DGOU) email distributor. Results Three hundred fifty orthopaedic and trauma surgeons participated, of which 291 complete responses (231 males (79.4%), 54 females (18.6%) and 5 N/A (2.0%)) were obtained. 39.9% were aware of predatory journals. However, 21.0% knew about the “Directory of Open Access Journals” (DOAJ) as a register for non-predatory open access journals. The level of profession (e.g. clinic director, consultant) (p = 0.018) influenced the awareness of predatory journals. Interestingly, participants aware of predatory journals had more often been listed as corresponding authors (p < 0.001) and were well published as first or last author (p < 0.001). Awareness of OAJ was masked when journal selection options did not to provide any information on the editorial board, the peer review process or the publication costs. Conclusion The impending hazard of predatory journals is unknown to many orthopaedic and trauma surgeons. Early stage clinical researchers must be trained to differentiate between predatory and scientifically accurate journals.

scholarly journals Latin American triple-A journals 1

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 436-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan D. Machin-Mastromatteo ◽  
Javier Tarango ◽  
Eduardo Medina-Yllescas
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Quality Requirements ◽  
Open Access Journals

The current presence of Latin American journals in Web of Science and Scopus is analyzed, as the first part of a quality roadmap intended to strengthen regional publications, especially those that have started as institutional publications. The next issue will study the quality requirements and journals’ presence in other recognized indexes and platforms such as Scimago Journal and Country Rank, the Directory of Open Access Journals, Latindex, SciELO, and RedALyC.

scholarly journals Síndrome de Burnout en docentes de Latinoamérica: Una revisión sistemática

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 265-279
Author(s):  
Yuranny Alejandra Tabares-Díaz ◽  
Viviana Alexandra Martínez-Daza ◽  
Sonia Maritza Matabanchoy-Tulcán
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Revisión Sistemática

Introducción: El Síndrome de Burnout (SB) se entiende como un fenómeno que incluye cansancio emocional, despersonalización y reducida realización personal, generando consecuencias multivariadas a nivel físico, psicológico, social y laboral. Objetivo: Identificar la producción bibliográfica en Latinoamérica sobre el SB en docentes en el período comprendido entre los años 2008 a 2018. Materiales y métodos: Revisión sistemática de literatura basada en las directrices PRISMA-P. Se realizó un rastreo bibliográfico de publicaciones en las bases de datos Web of Science, Scopus, Directory of Open Access Journals y EBSCOhost, utilizando las palabras clave: Burnout AND docentes y sus expresiones equivalentes en inglés. Resultados: Se seleccionaron un total de 53 artículos, evidenciando una mayor proporción de publicaciones en Brasil, en los años 2017, 2014 y 2018, en muestras mayoritariamente de docentes de instituciones de educación básica, con predominio de estudios cuantitativos centrados en el análisis de variables relacionadas al SB. Conclusiones: Las investigaciones sobre SB se focalizan sólo en algunos países latinoamericanos, con alcances paradigmáticos y metodológicos específicos, señalando la necesidad de realizar estudios primarios sobre dicho fenómeno.

scholarly journals How Frequently Are Articles in Predatory Open Access Journals Cited

Publications ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo-Christer Björk ◽  
Sari Kanto-Karvonen ◽  
J. Tuomas Harviainen
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Random Sample ◽  
Academic Publishing ◽  
Scientific Quality ◽  
Scientific Impact ◽  
Predatory Journals ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Citation Statistics

Predatory journals are Open Access journals of highly questionable scientific quality. Such journals pretend to use peer review for quality assurance, and spam academics with requests for submissions, in order to collect author payments. In recent years predatory journals have received a lot of negative media. While much has been said about the harm that such journals cause to academic publishing in general, an overlooked aspect is how much articles in such journals are actually read and in particular cited, that is if they have any significant impact on the research in their fields. Other studies have already demonstrated that only some of the articles in predatory journals contain faulty and directly harmful results, while a lot of the articles present mediocre and poorly reported studies. We studied citation statistics over a five-year period in Google Scholar for 250 random articles published in such journals in 2014 and found an average of 2.6 citations per article, and that 56% of the articles had no citations at all. For comparison, a random sample of articles published in the approximately 25,000 peer reviewed journals included in the Scopus index had an average of 18, 1 citations in the same period with only 9% receiving no citations. We conclude that articles published in predatory journals have little scientific impact.

scholarly journals  Sulfonamides in the environment: a review and a case report

2012 ◽  
Vol 57 (No. 1) ◽  
pp. 1-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Hruska ◽  
M. Franek
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Environmental Pollutants ◽  
Review Article ◽  
Knowledge Dissemination ◽  
Pig Slurry ◽  
Open Access Journals

Sulfonamides are widely used in treatment of animals and humans but pose a risk as environmental pollutants. An analysis of 1588 publications focused on sulfonamides is presented here. The review deals with environmental pollution with sulfonamides, described in papers indexed in the database Web of Science from 1938 to 2011. More in depth details are presented regarding publication activity during the last ten years in which 1255 papers have been published by authors from 1100 institutions. Papers, published during the last three years and mainly in 2011, are listed in comprehensive tables, sorted according to five criteria: reviews, contaminated niches, risk of contamination, sulfonamide transformation and methods of analysis. Key words and shortened abstracts direct the reader to the topics of interest. Hyperlinks to full papers, published in open access journals, are another aid in knowledge dissemination. This design of the review article allows easy navigation through vast amounts of information. Finally, a case report illustrates experiences from the author&rsquo;s laboratory with sulfamethazine determination in pig slurry by ELISA. The reported results highlight the need for updating the legal directives for environmental protection. &nbsp;

scholarly journals Changing the publishing landscape towards openness – supporting hybrid Open Access at the University of Bergen

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrid Cutler ◽  
Tormod Strømme ◽  
Irene Eikefjord
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Hybrid Model ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Open Access Publishing ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Quality Issue ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
The University ◽  
Level 2

See video of the presentation.In 2013 The University of Bergen established a publication fund to cover the costs for publishing Open Access. The fund covers Article Processing Charges (APC) in both Open Access journals and hybrid Open Access in subscription journals. The publication fund at The University of Bergen is one of few in Norway that includes support for hybrid Open Access. The hybrid model is controversial because the publisher receives income twice for the same article, first through APC and then through subscriptions.The arguments for including hybrid were: (1) there are more journals to choose from, hence giving more researchers the opportunity and initiative to publish Open Access. (2) the quality issue of Open Access journals. The University believed that by including hybrid more articles would be published Open Access in renowned journals. This because a larger percentage of hybrid journals are registered on level 2 in the Norwegian System for defining quality of publication channels.The fund has been a success in so far that it has led to an increase in Open Access articles in high quality journals, also within research fields that traditionally do not publish Open Access. The fund has granted applications for almost 9 million NOK. Of a total of 437 granted applications, 278 (64 %) are articles in hybrid journals. 103 articles (24 %) have been published on level 2; 11 in Open Access-journals and 92 hybrid.When it comes to research field, the results show that about 90 % of granted applications come from researchers within medicine, psychology and the natural sciences, including many fields that already have a tradition for publishing their research Open Access. The fund has only led to a slight increase in Open Access publishing with APC within the humanities, social sciences and law.Researchers are happy with hybrid publishing because they are able to continue publishing in the same journals as before. It is also the case that support of hybrid publishing results in more Open Access articles in high quality journals according to the Norwegian system. Yet, support for hybrid publishing has so far not altered which research fields that publish Open Access, although there has been an increase of Open Access publications within all faculties.Our presentation will form a basis for discussing a number of questions pertaining to the hybrid model: What have the academic and economic consequences of the hybrid model been? Do all researchers at the University have the same opportunity to publish their research Open Access? Has support of hybrid lead to more Open Access in renowned publication channels?The University has appointed a group to evaluate the publication fund and recommend if and how it shall continue. Will the fund continue to support hybrid after the trial period ends in 2015?

scholarly journals Concentrações séricas de zinco e transtornos mentais comuns: Uma revisão integrativa

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. e3410615441
Author(s):  
Sarah de Melo Rocha Cabral ◽  
Layonne de Sousa Carvalho ◽  
Alana Paulina de Moura Sousa ◽  
Marize Melo dos Santos
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Open Access Journals

Objetivou-se analisar a produção científica acerca das evidências atuais sobre a relação entre as concentrações séricas de zinco e transtornos mentais comuns. Trata-se de uma revisão integrativa da literatura, realizada entre março e julho de 2020, utilizando a estratégia PICOS para selecão dos artigos. As bases de dados foram acessadas por meio da Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde e Portal de Periódicos da Capes, correspondendo às: Science Direct, Springer Science, Medline/Pubmed, ProQuest LLC, AGRIS, Bentham Science Publishers, Cengage Learning, Web of Science, John Wiley & Sons, Scopus, Directory of Open Access Journals, Maney Publishing, e SAGE Publications. Foram analisadas sete publicações que avaliaram indivíduos de ambos os sexos, em diferentes faixas etárias, baseando-se em estudos observacionais analíticos. Os estudos elencados para análise, conduzidos em grupos de diferentes faixas etárias e número amostral, apresentaram resultados semelhantes, demonstrando prevalências de concentrações reduzidas de zinco no sangue de pacientes com depressão e/ou ansiedade. A correlação entre concentrações séricas de zinco e transtornos mentais comuns, na maioria dos resultados, converge para evidências de que a deficiência de zinco sérico está significativamente associada à sintomatologia depressiva e de ansiedade. Baseando-se nos delineamentos das investigações elencadas, os mesmos não podem determinar uma relação de causalidade entre o zinco e os sintomas depressivos e de ansiedade. Porém, é plausível afirmar, com bases nos resultados e mecanismos fisiológicos do zinco, que a baixa concentração periférica deste elemento pode desempenhar um papel na fisiopatologia de algum domínio da função mental.

Predatory Open Access Journals and Attainment of Educational Sustainable Development Goals in Africa

2021 ◽  
pp. 64-77
Author(s):  
Wole Michael Olatokun ◽  
Ojinga Gideon Omuinu
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Education System ◽  
Scientific Communication ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Quality Education ◽  
Predatory Journals ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Predatory Publishing

Putting into consideration the objective of the SDG 4, it would be important to note that the provision, access, and use of information resources such as open access (OA) journals is a sine qua non for quality education in Africa. Despite its importance to the education system, open access journals have been proliferated by predatory journals. Stakeholders in the OA movement and academia claim that predatory publishing is a big problem for scientific communication and could undermine development efforts. Hence, the increasing use of predatory open access journals could affect the attainment of SDGs in Africa; hence, there is the need to raise awareness to enhance the possibility of attaining the SDGs in Africa. This chapter will among others enumerate the possible havocs predatory open access journals can create and the setbacks on the attainment of SDGs in Africa. It will also spell out the necessary prospects of curtailing these havocs and setbacks towards providing quality-based information resources such as open access journals to the education societies in Africa.

scholarly journals A Survey of Scholarly Journals Using Open Journal Systems

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian D Edgar ◽  
John Willinsky
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Peer Reviewing ◽  
Limited Degree ◽  
Source Journal ◽  
Acceptance Rates ◽  
Traditional Norms ◽  
Open Journal Systems

A survey of 998 scholarly journals that use Open Journal Systems (OJS), an open source journal software platform, captures the characteristics of an emerging class of scholar-publisher open access journals. The journals in the sample follow traditional norms for peer-reviewing, acceptance rates, and disciplinary focus, but as a group are distinguished by the number that offer open access to their content, growth rates in new titles, participation rates from developing countries, and extremely low operating budgets. The survey also documents the limited degree to which open source software can alter a field of communication, for OJS appears to have created a third path, dedicated to maximizing access to research and scholarship, as an alternative to traditional scholarly society and commercial publishing routes.

scholarly journals Dealing with predatory journal articles captured in systematic reviews

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Danielle B. Rice ◽  
Becky Skidmore ◽  
Kelly D. Cobey
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Inclusion Criteria ◽  
Predatory Journals ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Predatory Journal

Abstract Background Systematic reviews appraise and synthesize the results from a body of literature. In healthcare, systematic reviews are also used to develop clinical practice guidelines. An increasingly common concern among systematic reviews is that they may unknowingly capture studies published in “predatory” journals and that these studies will be included in summary estimates and impact results, guidelines, and ultimately, clinical care. Findings There is currently no agreed-upon guidance that exists for how best to manage articles from predatory journals that meet the inclusion criteria for a systematic review. We describe a set of actions that authors of systematic reviews can consider when handling articles published in predatory journals: (1) detail methods for addressing predatory journal articles a priori in a study protocol, (2) determine whether included studies are published in open access journals and if they are listed in the directory of open access journals, and (3) conduct a sensitivity analysis with predatory papers excluded from the synthesis. Conclusion Encountering eligible articles published in presumed predatory journals when conducting a review is an increasingly common threat. Developing appropriate methods to account for eligible research published in predatory journals is needed to decrease the potential negative impact of predatory journals on healthcare.

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