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Review
. 2017 Jun 15;27(2):279-284.
doi: 10.11613/BM.2017.030.

Ethical issues in publishing in predatory journals

Lorraine E Ferris  1 , Margaret A Winker  2
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Ethical issues in publishing in predatory journals

Lorraine E Ferris et al. Biochem Med (Zagreb). .

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Abstract

Predatory journals, or journals that charge an article processing charge (APC) to authors, yet do not have the hallmarks of legitimate scholarly journals such as peer review and editing, Editorial Boards, editorial offices, and other editorial standards, pose a number of new ethical issues in journal publishing. This paper discusses ethical issues around predatory journals and publishing in them. These issues include misrepresentation; lack of editorial and publishing standards and practices; academic deception; research and funding wasted; lack of archived content; and undermining confidence in research literature. It is important that the scholarly community, including authors, institutions, editors, and publishers, support the legitimate scholarly research enterprise, and avoid supporting predatory journals by not publishing in them, serving as their editors or on the Editorial Boards, or permitting faculty to knowingly publish in them without consequences.

Keywords: medical publishing; predatory journals; publication ethics.

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Potential conflict of interest: None declared.

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