title: Predatory publishing, questionable peer review, and fraudulent conferences.
abstract: Open-access is a model for publishing scholarly, peer-reviewed journals on the Internet that relies on sources of funding other than subscription fees. Some publishers and editors have exploited the author-pays model of open-access, publishing for their own profit. Submissions are encouraged through widely distributed e-mails on behalf of a growing number of journals that may accept many or all submissions and subject them to little, if any, peer review or editorial oversight. Bogus conference invitations are distributed in a similar fashion. The results of these less than ethical practices might include loss of faculty member time and money, inappropriate article inclusions in curriculum vitae, and costs to the college or funding source.
authors: Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, Kingsville, Texas.
authors: John D
authors: JD
authors: Bowman
mesh_terms: D022126:Access to Information / Q000941:ethics*; D003226:Congresses as Topic / Q000941:ethics / Q000592:standards; D005607:Fraud; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics; D017712:Peer Review, Research / Q000941:ethics / Q000592:standards*; D011643:Publishing / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics / Q000592:standards*
keywords: open access; peer review; scientific conferences; scientific publishing
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