title: Manuscript Submission Invitations from 'Predatory Journals': What Should Authors Do?
abstract: Press freedom and worldwide internet access have opened ample opportunity for a staggering number of poor open access journals and junk publishers to emerge. Dubious publishers are abusing and camouflaging the golden open access model. In 2012, Jeffery Beall shed light on the predatory journals (as he preferred to call them) and the threat to open access scientific publication. Publishing in predatory journals is continuing to be a major threat for the development of science in developing countries. The authors of this article proposed solutions and outline a fresh perspective to help authors avoid publishing in predatory journals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Informatics, Institute of Public Health, University of Gondar, Ethiopia. mihiretaabush@gmail.com.|Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS GmbH, Bremen, Germany.
authors.forename: Mihiretu
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5599-2823
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kebede
authors.affiliation: Telemedicine and eHealth Department, University of Deggendorf, Deggendorf, Germany.
authors.forename: Anna E
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8144-6228
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Schmaus-Klughammer
authors.affiliation: Policy and Planning Directorate, Federal Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
authors.forename: Brook Tesfaye
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8178-1969
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Tekle
mesh_terms: D017712:Peer Review, Research; D011643:Publishing
keywords: Predatory Journals; Predatory Publishers; Scholarly Open Access