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Predatory journals enter biomedical databases through public funding

Franca DeriuLucia CugusiDavid MoherDavid MoherGiulia IngogliaAndrea MancaAndrea Cortegiani

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Biomedical Researchbusiness.industryfundingGeneral Medicine030204 cardiovascular system & hematologyPublic relationsPublic Expendituresopen acce03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicinePredatory publishingWork (electrical)Open Access PublishingResearch Support as TopicPolitical scienceHumanspredatory publishing030212 general & internal medicinePeriodicals as TopicbusinessGeneralLiterature_REFERENCE(e.g.dictionariesencyclopediasglossaries)Public fundingPublication

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Predatory publishing is an international, cross disciplinary threat to the integrity of the scientific system • A worrying number of articles published in predatory journals are indexed in biomedical databases such as PubMed, the free access biomedical database maintained by the National Library of Medicine • Public funding, under open access policies, seems to be the mechanism by which articles are displayed in PubMed. • Providing guidance to publicly funded authors on how to publish their work in legitimate open-access venues will likely stop the wasteful use of public money to cover the fees of predatory journals.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2020-12-09
10.1136/bmj.m4265http://hdl.handle.net/10447/450360