Nature: Publishing in predatory journals is a huge waste

The open access (OA) model is conducive to the exchange of academic resources and the promotion of scientific progress At the same time, OA mode has also spawned many new online publishers The business opportunities inside led some people to set up fake and orthodox academic journals, not to publish academic research, but to make profits as the primary goal This kind of periodical is called "predatory periodical" "Predatory Publishers of periodicals often design an incomplete clause to let authors have the intention to contribute After paying the advance payment, they claim various fees from users in various names There may be problems in the deliberation, proofreading process and ownership of copyright The victims are often those researchers who urgently need to publish articles for various reasons "Predatory journal" has become a global problem (source: nature) The publishers of "predatory journal" refuse to admit the behavior of charging researchers and accepting papers without quality review David moher and 29 co authors from Ottawa Hospital and University of Ottawa, Canada, spent 12 months analyzing nearly 2000 papers collected from more than 200 suspected "predatory" biomedical journals to see if they contained the key information required by the accepted guidelines Although some journals classified as predatory have indicated that they will conduct quality review, the analysis of this paper provides the most perfect data so far to prove that the quality of reports of such papers is poor, the index is poor, and the accessibility is reduced In contrast to earlier studies, this analysis shows that 57% of correspondents are from middle-income and rich countries or regions, and they are distributed in hundreds of scientific research institutions, including 27% from India and 15% from the United States The team said the findings showed that more resolute measures were needed to deal with "predatory journals." They suggest that research institutions and funders provide better integrity training for researchers in publishing papers and give clear warnings to publishers and conference organizers of suspected "predatory journals" Moher concluded that publishing papers in "predatory journals" was unethical because such research was not conducive to advancing knowledge They also criticized the use of human and animal experiments to publish papers in predatory journals, because whether the authors were misled or spontaneously wanted to increase the number of papers published represents a huge waste Jeffrey beall (source: nature) extends the blacklist of predatory journals Since 2000, associate professor Jeffrey beall, a librarian at the University of Colorado, Denver, has been tracking so-called "potential or potential predatory academic Open Access publishers" and journals on blogs In January 2012, beall launched the first edition of the "predatory journal" blacklist, and continuously updated the list, which attracted great attention, but also attracted criticism and threats from shortlisted publishers In January, beall's "predatory journal" blacklist went offline In June, Cabell's international, Texas, launched a new list of predatory journals, including about 3900, and more It will be offered as an add-on to the company's white list subscribers The company has provided a "white list" of trusted journals to about 800 subscribers.