Predatory journals: no definition, no defence
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Leading scholars and publishers from ten countries have agreed a definition of predatory publishing that can protect scholarship. It took 12 hours of discussion, 18 questions and 3 rounds to reach. Leading scholars and publishers from ten countries have agreed a definition of predatory publishing that can protect scholarship. It took 12 hours of discussion, 18 questions and 3 rounds to reach.
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Predatory journals accept articles for publication without performing quality checks for issues such as plagiarism or ethical approval.
“The abundance of predatory journals, that accept articles for publication without performing quality checks for issues such as plagiarism or ethical approval, (64)”
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- Authors
- Grudniewicz, A., Moher, D., Cobey, K. D., Bryson, G. L., Cukier, S., Allen, K., Ardern, C., Balcom, L., Barros, T., Berger, M., Ciro, J. B., Cugusi, L., Donaldson, M. R., Egger, M., Graham, I. D., Hodgkinson, M., Khan, K. M., Mabizela, M., Manca, A., Milzow, K., Mouton, J., Muchenje, M., Olijhoek, T., Ommaya, A., Patwardhan, B., Poff, D., Proulx, L., Rodger, M., Severin, A., Strinzel, M., Sylos-Labini, M., Tamblyn, R., van Niekerk, M., Wicherts, J. M., & Lalu, M. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Ottawa (CA)
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (CA)
- University of Auckland (NZ)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- University of New Brunswick (CA)
- City University of New York (US)
- University of Cagliari (IT)
- Canadian Science Publishing (CA)
- Swiss National Science Foundation (CH)
- Hindawi (United Kingdom) (GB)
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- Department of Higher Education and Training (ZA)
- University of Sassari (IT)
- Stellenbosch University (ZA)
- Women's Health In Women's Hands (CA)
- Directory of Open Access Journals (DK)
- Association of American Medical Colleges (US)
- University Grants Commission (IN)
- Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance (CA)
- Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (CA)
- McGill University (CA)
- Tilburg University (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Grudniewicz, Agnes
- Moher, David
- Cobey, Kelly D.
- ORCID
- Grudniewicz, Agnes
- Moher, David
- Cobey, Kelly D.
- Bryson, Gregory L.
- Cukier, Samantha
- Allen, Kristiann
- Ardern, Clare
- Barros, Tiago
- Berger, Monica
- Cugusi, Lucia
- Donaldson, Michael R.
- Egger, Matthias
- Graham, Ian D.
- Hodgkinson, Matt
- Khan, Karim M.
- Mabizela, Mahlubi
- Manca, Andrea
- Milzow, Katrin
- Mouton, Johann
- Olijhoek, Tom
- Patwardhan, Bhushan
- Proulx, Laurie
- Rodger, Marc
- Severin, Anna
- Strinzel, Michaela
- Tamblyn, Robyn
- Wicherts, Jelte M.
- Lalu, Manoj M.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2019-12-11
- Volume
- 576
- Issue
- 7786
- Pages
- 210-212
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W2995110542
- Cited by
- 726
- References
- 11
- Citations by year
- 2026: 65 · 2025: 96 · 2024: 109 · 2023: 135 · 2022: 129 · 2021: 110 · 2020: 78 · 2019: 3 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 375.61
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Nature (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- Research portal (Tilburg University) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- CINECA IRIS Institutial research information system (University of Pisa) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- UNICA IRIS Institutional Research Information System (University of Cagliari) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- UnissResearch (Università degli Studi di Sassari) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Publishing and Scholarly Communication
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Academic Publishing and Open Access
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Academic integrity and plagiarism
- Keywords
- predatory publishing, predatory journals, scholarly publishing, academic integrity, scholarly communication, journal quality
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