OPEN ACCESS, RESEARCH COMMUNITIES, AND A DEFENSE AGAINST PREDATORY JOURNALS

Central Asian Journal of Medical Hypotheses and Ethics

Jeffrey Beall¹ 

[1] Auraria Library, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA (retired);

关键词: open access publishing;    periodicals as topic;    medicine;    predatory publishers;    research;    community networks;   

DOI  :  10.47316/cajmhe.2021.2.1.02

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

In this opinion article, the author describes his experiences of naming, listing, and analyzing predatory journals. The gold open-access model has led to the creation of many predatory journals that exist only to exploit researchers. Medical research is the most valuable research for humans, so we must guard against the publishing of medical research in predatory journals. Community-based journals that combine a geographical and a disciplinary focus may be seen as a defense against the pathological nature of predatory publishers.

【 授权许可】

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