Predatory Journals, papermills, plagiarism and good scientific practice
How can I identify fraud?
AI generated articles - papermills - fake journals - fake conferences? Fraud and good scientific practice
Publication misconduct: check out the MPG Leitplancken publication (2021) Guidelines for responsible conduct
Predatory Journals are: “deceptive or bogus publications, commonly known as predatory journals, which provide little or no editorial or publishing services in return for the money they charge.” J. Schmitz, ZB med, Publisso
Paper mills are companies that generate fake publications for a fee and submit them to journals on behalf of their clients.
Want to check if you can trust a certain journal/publisher/conferences provider:
Checklists for journals and books a campaign to help researchers identify trusted publishers for their research.
Do you or your colleagues know the journal? Can you easily identify and contact the publisher? Is the journal clear about the type of peer review it uses? Are articles indexed in services that you use? Is it clear what fees will be charged? Do you recognize the editorial board? Is the publisher a member of a recognized industry initiative? Can you find the journal at the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) or the Web of Science?
Literature:
Retraction watch: Top Ten most highly cited retracted papers
Paper Trail: In the latest twist of the publishing arms race, frims churning out fake papers have taken to bribing jounrnl editors. Joelving, Frederik (2024). Science doi: 10.1126/science.zrjehzt
Avoiding predatory publishers. Committee on Publication Ethics, 2022
Predatory publishers’ latest scam: bootlegged and rebranded papers. Kyle Siler, Philippe Vincent-Lamarre , Cassidy R. Sugimoto & Vincent Larivière, Nature 598, 563-565 (2021) doi:10.1038/d41586-021-02906-8