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McGhee S, Watson R. Publish and perish: The dangers of predatory publishing. Appl Nurs Res 2024; 77:151798. [PMID: 38796254 DOI: 10.1016/j.apnr.2024.151798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2024] [Accepted: 04/24/2024] [Indexed: 05/28/2024]
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- Stephen McGhee
- Assistant Dean, International Educational Initiatives, College of Nursing, The Ohio State University, United States of America.
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- School of Nursing, Southwest Medical University, China
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Oermann MH, Waldrop J, Nicoll LH, Peterson GM, Drabish KS, Carter-Templeton H, Owens JK, Moorman T, Webb B, Wrigley J. Research on Predatory Publishing in Health Care: A Scoping Review. Can J Nurs Res 2023; 55:415-424. [PMID: 37138512 DOI: 10.1177/08445621231172621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Predatory publishers and their associated journals have been identified as a threat to the integrity of the scientific literature. Research on the phenomenon of predatory publishing in health care remains unquantified. PURPOSE To identify the characteristics of empirical studies on predatory publishing in the health care literature. METHODS A scoping review was done using PubMed/MEDLINE, CINAHL, and Scopus databases. A total of 4967 articles were initially screened; 77 articles reporting empirical findings were ultimately reviewed. RESULTS The 77 articles were predominantly bibliometric analyses/document analyses (n = 56). The majority were in medicine (n = 31, 40%) or were multidisciplinary (n = 26, 34%); 11 studies were in nursing. Most studies reported that articles published in predatory journals were of lower quality than those published in more reputable journals. In nursing, the research confirmed that articles in predatory journals were being cited in legitimate nursing journals, thereby spreading information that may not be credible through the literature. CONCLUSION The purposes of the evaluated studies were similar: to understand the characteristics and extent of the problem of predatory publishing. Although literature about predatory publishing is abundant, empirical studies in health care are limited. The findings suggest that individual vigilance alone will not be enough to address this problem in the scholarly literature. Institutional policy and technical protections are also necessary to mitigate erosion of the scientific literature in health care.
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- School of Library and Information Sciences, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Dwight Schar College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Ashland University, Ashland, OH, USA
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- Dwight Schar College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Ashland University, Ashland, OH, USA
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Hulsey T, Carpenter R, Carter-Templeton H, Oermann MH, Keener TA, Maramba P. Best practices in scholarly publishing for promotion or tenure: Avoiding predatory journals. J Prof Nurs 2023; 45:60-63. [PMID: 36889894 DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2023.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2022] [Revised: 01/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/13/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND Predatory publishing has adverse impacts on scientific literature including nursing literature. These publishers have been described as having questionable publication standards. Many faculty have expressed challenges associated with assessing publisher and journal quality. PURPOSE The purpose of this article is to describe the development and implementation of faculty retention, promotion, and tenure guidelines offering explicit instructions and guidance for faculty on assessing the quality of publishers and journals. METHOD An appointed committee representing research, teaching, and practice scholarship performed a literature review on the topics of journal quality, scholarship for promotion and tenure, and best practices for evaluating scholarship in academic institutions. RESULTS The committee developed additional guidance to support and assist faculty assessing journal quality. Based on these guidelines, the faculty retention, promotion, and tenure guidelines for each of the research, teaching, and practice tracks were edited to reflect these practices. CONCLUSIONS The guidelines provided clarity for our promotion and tenure review committee and faculty.
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- Tara Hulsey
- School of Nursing, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States of America.
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- School of Nursing, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States of America.
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- Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, NC, United States of America.
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- School of Nursing, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States of America.
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- School of Nursing, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States of America.
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Godskesen T, Eriksson S, Oermann MH, Gabrielsson S. Predatory conferences: a systematic scoping review. BMJ Open 2022; 12:e062425. [PMID: 36450423 PMCID: PMC9716922 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2022] [Accepted: 09/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To systematically map the scholarly literature on predatory conferences and describe the present state of research and the prevalent attitudes about these conferences. METHODS This scoping review follows Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. Four databases were searched (PubMed/Medline, Web of Science, Scopus and ProQuest Social Sciences Premium Collection). In addition, the included studies' reference lists were scanned for additional papers not found in the searches. Peer-reviewed publications were included irrespective of study design. Letters and commentary were included if they were peer reviewed. Editorials and literature reviews were excluded. RESULTS From 809 initial publications, 20 papers were included in the review, from 12 countries and covered a wide range of science disciplines, from nursing/medicine to energy/technology and computer science. More than half were empirical and published after 2017. In most papers, a definition of the term predatory conferences was put forward. Spam email invitations with flattering language were the most common characteristics, and the conferences were often hosted by unknown organisations that used copied pictures without permission. High fees, lack of peer review, and a multidisciplinary scope were signal features. All papers explicitly or implicitly suggested possible reasons for participating in predatory conferences. Some reasons were related to the overall context of academic work, the nature of predatory conferences (eg, researchers falling prey to misleading information about a conference or choosing a conference based on an attractive location) and the personal characteristics of researchers. Only one paper reported empirically identified reasons for participating in predatory conferences. The three countermeasures proposed most frequently to deal with predatory conferences were increasing education, emphasising responsibilities of universities and funders, and publishing lists of predatory publishers associated with conferences. CONCLUSIONS This review identified a scarcity of research concerning predatory conferences. Future empirical as well as fully analytical research should be encouraged by funders, journals and research institutions.
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- Tove Godskesen
- Department of Health Care Sciences, Marie Cederschiöld University, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Centre for Research Ethics & Bioethics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Centre for Research Ethics & Bioethics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Health, Education and Technology, Luleå University of Technology, Lulea, Sweden
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Chen M, Wang L. An Altmetrics and citation analysis of selected predatory journals in library and information science field. JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIANSHIP 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2022.102618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Brandts-Longtin O, Lalu MM, Adie EA, Albert MA, Almoli E, Almoli F, Bryson GL, Dony C, Dunleavy D, Grudniewicz A, Lehmann C, Lhoest R, Moher D, Montroy J, Pitts M, Ricketts A, Thirion P, Cobey KD. Assessing the impact of predatory journals on policy and guidance documents: a cross-sectional study protocol. BMJ Open 2022; 12:e059445. [PMID: 35379645 PMCID: PMC8981276 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Many predatory journals fail to follow best publication practices. Studies assessing the impact of predatory journals have focused on how these articles are cited in reputable academic journals. However, it is possible that research from predatory journals is cited beyond the academic literature in policy documents and guidelines. Given that research used to inform public policy or government guidelines has the potential for widespread impact, we will examine whether predatory journals have penetrated public policy. METHODS AND ANALYSIS This is a descriptive study with no hypothesis testing. Policy documents that cite work from the known predatory publisher OMICS will be downloaded from the Overton database. Overton collects policy documents from over 1200 sources worldwide. Policy documents will be evaluated to determine how the predatory journal article is used. We will also extract epidemiological details of the policy documents, including: who funded their development, the discipline the work is relevant to and the name of the organisations producing the policy. The record of scholarly citations of the identified predatory articles will also be examined. Findings will be reported with descriptive statistics using counts and percentages. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION No ethical approval was required for this study since it does not involve human or animal research. Study findings will be discussed at workshops on journalology and predatory publishing and will be disseminated through preprint, peer-reviewed literature and conference presentations.
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- Olivier Brandts-Longtin
- Centre for Journalology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Blueprint Translational Research Group, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Centre for Journalology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Blueprint Translational Research Group, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Regenerative Medicine Program, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Centre for Journalology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- School of Interdisciplinary Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Centre for Journalology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- School of Interdisciplinary Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Centre for Journalology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Center for Translational Behavioural Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
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- Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Anesthesia, Pain Management and Perioperative Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- ULiège Library, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium
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- Centre for Journalology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Blueprint Translational Research Group, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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- Centre for Journalology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- ULiège Library, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium
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- School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Houghton F. Keep calm and carry on: moral panic, predatory publishers, peer review, and the emperor's new clothes. J Med Libr Assoc 2022; 110:233-239. [PMID: 35440900 PMCID: PMC9014923 DOI: 10.5195/jmla.2022.1441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The moral panic over the impact of so-called predatory publishers continues unabated. It is important, however, to resist the urge to simply join in this crusade without pausing to examine the assumptions upon which such concerns are based. It is often assumed that established journals are almost sacrosanct, and that their quality, secured by peer review, is established. It is also routinely presumed that such journals are immune to the lure of easy money in return for publication. Rather than looking at the deficits that may be apparent in the practices and products of predatory publishers, this commentary invites you to explore the weaknesses that have been exposed in traditional academic journals but are seldom discussed in the context of predatory publishing. The inherent message for health and medical services staff, researchers, academics, and students is, as always, to critically evaluate all sources of information, whatever their provenance.
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- Frank Houghton
- , Director of Social Sciences ConneXions, Technological University of the Shannon, Limerick, Ireland
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Moed HF, Lopez‐Illescas C, Guerrero‐Bote VP, Moya‐Anegon F. Journals in Beall's list perform as a group less well than other open access journals indexed in Scopus but reveal large differences among publishers. LEARNED PUBLISHING 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/leap.1428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Departamento de Biblioteconomía y Documentación, Facultad de Ciencias de la Documentación Universidad Complutense de Madrid Madrid Spain
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- SCImago Research Group, Departamento de Información y Comunicación, Facultad de Ciencias de la Documentación y la Comunicación Universidad de Extremadura Badajoz Spain
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AbstractOne of the most fundamental issues in academia today is understanding the differences between legitimate and questionable publishing. While decision-makers and managers consider journals indexed in popular citation indexes such as Web of Science or Scopus as legitimate, they use two lists of questionable journals (Beall’s and Cabell’s), one of which has not been updated for a few years, to identify the so-called predatory journals. The main aim of our study is to reveal the contribution of the journals accepted as legitimate by the authorities to the visibility of questionable journals. For this purpose, 65 questionable journals from social sciences and 2338 Web-of-Science-indexed journals that cited these questionable journals were examined in-depth in terms of index coverages, subject categories, impact factors and self-citation patterns. We have analysed 3234 unique cited papers from questionable journals and 5964 unique citing papers (6750 citations of cited papers) from Web of Science journals. We found that 13% of the questionable papers were cited by WoS journals and 37% of the citations were from impact-factor journals. The findings show that neither the impact factor of citing journals nor the size of cited journals is a good predictor of the number of citations to the questionable journals.
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Broome ME, Oermann MH, Nicoll LH, Waldrop JB, Carter-Templeton H, Chinn PL. Publishing in Predatory Journals: Guidelines for Nursing Faculty in Promotion and Tenure Policies. J Nurs Scholarsh 2021; 53:746-752. [PMID: 34402166 DOI: 10.1111/jnu.12696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2021] [Accepted: 07/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to assess the extent to which academic promotion and tenure (APT) criteria and guidelines in schools of nursing recognize predatory publishing. This assessment included an analysis of APT documents looking specifically for guidance about predatory publications by faculty in schools of nursing. DESIGN This study used a cross-sectional, descriptive design and was conducted in 2020. METHODS A mixed methods approach was used to collect data from two sources. Data were extracted from APT documents for 92 research-intensive universities found online and specifically focused on documents for universities and for schools of nursing in the United States. Interviews were conducted with a subsample of academic administrators (n = 10) from selected schools. FINDINGS The majority (57%; n = 50) of APT documents reviewed addressed quality of the journals in which faculty publish. However, very nonspecific terms, such as "high quality" or "peer reviewed" were used. None of the documents reviewed (n = 88) included any reference to predatory journals. Deans who were interviewed validated the analysis of the APT documents. While most deans reported faculty were aware of predatory journals and the risks of publishing in them, formal guidelines for consequences for publishing in predatory journals were not developed or available. CONCLUSION This study examined how schools of nursing in research-intensive universities address the issue of predatory journals. APT criteria do not provide guidance to faculty and promotion and tenure committees about issues related to predatory publications as low-quality publication outlets. Recommendations for APT committees, mentors, and faculty are provided. CLINICAL RELEVANCE Clinicians rely on researchers, many of whom are faculty, to publish rigorous studies that produce evidence they can translate into practice. One measure of the quality of a study's findings is where the paper is published and reflects the level of peer review it has been through. Faculty who publish in predatory journals may not have had their work reviewed by experts; evidence produced may or may not be adequate for translation to guide nursing practice.
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- Marion E Broome
- Ruby F. Wilson Professor of Nursing, Duke University School of Nursing, and Editor-in-Chief, Nursing Outlook, Durham, NC, USA
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- Thelma M. Ingles Professor of Nursing, Duke University School of Nursing, and Editor-in-Chief, Nurse Educator and Journal of Nursing Care Quality, Durham, NC, USA
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- Editor-in-Chief, CIN: Computers, Informatics Nursing and Nurse Author & Editor, and President and Owner, Maine Desk LLC, Portland, ME, USA
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- Faculty, Duke University School of Nursing, and Editor-in-Chief, The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, Durham, NC, USA
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- Editor, ANI Connection for CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing, and Chairperson and Associate Professor, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA
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- Editor-in-Chief, Advances in Nursing Science, and Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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Are predatory journals contaminating science? An analysis on the Cabells' Predatory Report. JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIANSHIP 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2021.102366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Oermann MH, Wrigley J, Nicoll LH, Ledbetter LS, Carter-Templeton H, Edie AH. Integrity of Databases for Literature Searches in Nursing: Avoiding Predatory Journals. ANS Adv Nurs Sci 2021; 44:102-110. [PMID: 33315590 PMCID: PMC8115732 DOI: 10.1097/ans.0000000000000349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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The quality of literature used as the foundation to any research or scholarly project is critical. The purpose of this study was to analyze the extent to which predatory nursing journals were included in credible databases, MEDLINE, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), and Scopus, commonly used by nurse scholars when searching for information. Findings indicated that no predatory nursing journals were currently indexed in MEDLINE or CINAHL, and only one journal was in Scopus. Citations to articles published in predatory nursing journals are not likely found in a search using these curated databases but rather through Google or Google Scholar search engines.
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- Marilyn H. Oermann
- Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, North Carolina (Drs Oermann and Edie); Center for Research Data and Digital Scholarship, University Libraries, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder (Ms Wrigley); Maine Desk LLC, Portland, Maine (Dr Nicoll); Duke University Medical Center Library, Durham, North Carolina (Ms Ledbetter); and Capstone College of Nursing, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (Dr Carter-Templeton)
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- Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, North Carolina (Drs Oermann and Edie); Center for Research Data and Digital Scholarship, University Libraries, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder (Ms Wrigley); Maine Desk LLC, Portland, Maine (Dr Nicoll); Duke University Medical Center Library, Durham, North Carolina (Ms Ledbetter); and Capstone College of Nursing, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (Dr Carter-Templeton)
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- Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, North Carolina (Drs Oermann and Edie); Center for Research Data and Digital Scholarship, University Libraries, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder (Ms Wrigley); Maine Desk LLC, Portland, Maine (Dr Nicoll); Duke University Medical Center Library, Durham, North Carolina (Ms Ledbetter); and Capstone College of Nursing, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (Dr Carter-Templeton)
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- Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, North Carolina (Drs Oermann and Edie); Center for Research Data and Digital Scholarship, University Libraries, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder (Ms Wrigley); Maine Desk LLC, Portland, Maine (Dr Nicoll); Duke University Medical Center Library, Durham, North Carolina (Ms Ledbetter); and Capstone College of Nursing, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (Dr Carter-Templeton)
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- Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, North Carolina (Drs Oermann and Edie); Center for Research Data and Digital Scholarship, University Libraries, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder (Ms Wrigley); Maine Desk LLC, Portland, Maine (Dr Nicoll); Duke University Medical Center Library, Durham, North Carolina (Ms Ledbetter); and Capstone College of Nursing, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (Dr Carter-Templeton)
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- Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, North Carolina (Drs Oermann and Edie); Center for Research Data and Digital Scholarship, University Libraries, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder (Ms Wrigley); Maine Desk LLC, Portland, Maine (Dr Nicoll); Duke University Medical Center Library, Durham, North Carolina (Ms Ledbetter); and Capstone College of Nursing, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (Dr Carter-Templeton)
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Rathore FA, Farooq F. Letter to the editor: Citations from predatory journals must be discouraged and how to identify predatory journals and publishers. Ir J Med Sci 2021; 190:1645-1646. [PMID: 33449324 DOI: 10.1007/s11845-020-02463-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2020] [Accepted: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Farooq Azam Rathore
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, PNS Shifa Hospital, DHA II, Karachi, Pakistan.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Sir Syed Medical College for Girls, Karachi, Pakistan
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Gabrielsson S, Eriksson S, Godskesen T. Predatory nursing journals: A case study of author prevalence and characteristics. Nurs Ethics 2020; 28:823-833. [PMID: 33267732 PMCID: PMC8366180 DOI: 10.1177/0969733020968215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Predatory publishing poses a fundamental threat to the development of nursing knowledge. Previous research has suggested that authors of papers published in predatory journals are mainly inexperienced researchers from low- and middle-income countries. Less attention has been paid to contributors from high-income countries. AIM To describe the prevalence and characteristics of Swedish authors publishing in predatory nursing journals. DESIGN Quantitative descriptive case study. PARTICIPANTS AND RESEARCH CONTEXT Descriptive statistics were used to analyse the academic positions and academic affiliations of the authors of 39 papers published in predatory nursing journals during 2018 and 2019. Predatory nursing journals with Swedish contributors were identified by searching public listings of papers and applying a set of criteria. Journal site archives were used to identify additional papers with Swedish authors. ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS This study was conducted in accordance with national regulations and ethical principles of research. RESULTS Almost two-thirds of Swedish authors publishing in predatory nursing journals hold senior academic positions. A small group of higher education institutions account for a majority of academic affiliations. Findings suggest that higher education institutions and experienced nursing researchers from Sweden make substantial contributions to predatory nursing journals, but that predatory publication habits might be concentrated in a limited number of academics and research milieus. A year-to-year comparison indicates that the prevalence of publishing in predatory journals might be diminishing. DISCUSSION Swedish nurse researchers help legitimize predatory journals, thus jeopardizing the trustworthiness of academic nursing knowledge. Substandard papers in predatory journals may pass as legitimate and be used to further academic careers. Experienced researchers are misleading junior colleagues, as joint publications might become embarrassments and liabilities. CONCLUSION While the academic nursing community needs to address the problem of predatory publishing, there is some hope that educational efforts might have an effect on combating predatory publishing in nursing.
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- 211737Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College, Sweden; Uppsala University, Sweden
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Moussa S. Citation contagion: a citation analysis of selected predatory marketing journals. Scientometrics 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s11192-020-03729-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Oermann MH, Nicoll LH, Ashton KS, Edie AH, Amarasekara S, Chinn PL, Carter-Templeton H, Ledbetter LS. Analysis of Citation Patterns and Impact of Predatory Sources in the Nursing Literature. J Nurs Scholarsh 2020; 52:311-319. [PMID: 32346979 DOI: 10.1111/jnu.12557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE This study was undertaken to learn how predatory journal articles were cited in articles published in legitimate (nonpredatory) nursing journals. The extent of citation and citation patterns were studied. DESIGN A two-phase approach was used. METHODS In Phase 1, 204 articles published in legitimate nursing journals that cited a predatory publication were randomly selected for analysis from a list of 814 articles with predatory journal citations. In Phase 2, the four predatory journal articles that were cited most frequently were analyzed further to examine their citation patterns. FINDINGS The majority (n = 148, 72.55%) of the articles that cited a predatory publication were research reports. Most commonly, the predatory article was only cited once (n = 117, 61.58%). Most (n = 158, 82.72%) of the predatory articles, though, were used substantively, that is, to provide a basis for the study or methods, describe the results, or explain the findings. The four articles in Phase 2 generated 38 citations in legitimate journals, published from 2011 to 2019, demonstrating persistence in citation. An evaluation of the quality of these articles was mixed. CONCLUSIONS The results of this study provide an understanding of the use and patterns of citations to predatory articles in legitimate nursing journals. Authors who choose predatory journals as the channel to disseminate their publications devalue the work that publishers, editors, and peer reviewers play in scholarly dissemination. Likewise, those who cite these works are also contributing to the problem of predatory publishing in nursing. CLINICAL RELEVANCE Nurse authors should not publish their work in predatory journals and should avoid citing articles from these journals, which disseminates the content through the scholarly nursing literature.
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- Marilyn H Oermann
- Editor-in-Chief, Nurse Educator and Journal of Nursing Care Quality, Thelma M. Ingles Professor of Nursing, Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, North Carolina
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- Editor-in-Chief, CIN: Computers, Informatics Nursing and Nurse Author & Editor, President and Owner, Maine Desk LLC, Portland, Maine
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- Consulting Associate, Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, North Carolina
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- Assistant Professor, Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, North Carolina
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- Statistician III, Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, North Carolina
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- Editor-in-Chief, Advances in Nursing Science, Professor Emerita, University of Connecticut School of Nursing, Storrs, Connecticut
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- Associate Professor, Capstone College of Nursing, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
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- Research and Education Librarian, Liaison to the School of Nursing, Duke University Medical Center Library, Durham, North Carolina
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Thomas SP. No Laughing Matter: Proliferation of Predatory Journals. Issues Ment Health Nurs 2020; 41:269-270. [PMID: 32223664 DOI: 10.1080/01612840.2020.1720448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Sandra P Thomas
- College of Nursing, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
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Siler K. Demarcating spectrums of predatory publishing: Economic and institutional sources of academic legitimacy. J Assoc Inf Sci Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/asi.24339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Kyle Siler
- Science Policy Research Unit University of Sussex Brighton UK
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