Negative Effects of “Predatory” Journals on Global Health Research

Predatory journals (PJ) exploit the open-access model promising high acceptance rate and fast track publishing without proper peer review. At minimum, PJ are eroding the credibility of the scientific literature in the health sciences as they actually boost the propagation of errors. In this article,...

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Main Authors: Diego A. Forero, Marilyn H. Oermann, Andrea Manca, Franca Deriu, Hugo Mendieta-Zerón, Mehdi Dadkhah, Roshan Bhad, Smita N. Deshpande, Wei Wang, Myriam Patricia Cifuentes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Levy Library Press 2018-11-01
Series:Annals of Global Health
Online Access:https://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/2389