Zakout Yosef Mohammed-Azzam
Department of Histopathology and Cytology, Faculty of Medical Laboratory Sciences, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan.
Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Hail, Hail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
J Gastrointest Cancer. 2020 Sep;51(3):782-787. doi: 10.1007/s12029-020-00418-8.
The phenomenon of predatory publishers and journals is one of the recent issues to affect the scientific field. It has negative impacts upon scientific research and harmful consequences, including the spread of pseudo-medical sciences. This article discusses general outlines regarding the concept of predatory journals to clarify this issue for junior researchers and academic workers.
A brief description of the mechanism of publication within legitimate journals was highlighted. Moreover, the negative impact of this behavior was clarified along with several suggestions that may help authors to avoid predatory journals. Finally, post-predatory publication procedures were discussed, followed by practical steps to eliminate or minimize this phenomenon.
The practice of publishing in the predatory journals needs to be addressed; raising this topic in all academic and research institutions may help minimize the impacts. Moreover, this topic must be part of the curriculum for both undergraduate and graduate courses to draw students' attention to this issue. Furthermore, actions should be taken against those who deliberately publish their work in such journals.
掠夺性出版商和期刊现象是影响科学领域的近期问题之一。它对科学研究产生负面影响并带来有害后果，包括伪医学科学的传播。本文讨论掠夺性期刊概念的大致轮廓，以便为初级研究人员和学术工作者阐明这一问题。
强调了正规期刊出版机制的简要描述。此外，阐明了这种行为的负面影响以及一些可能帮助作者避免掠夺性期刊的建议。最后，讨论了掠夺性出版后的处理程序，随后是消除或尽量减少这一现象的实际步骤。
在掠夺性期刊上发表文章的行为需要得到解决；在所有学术和研究机构中提出这个话题可能有助于尽量减少影响。此外，这个话题必须成为本科和研究生课程的一部分，以引起学生对这个问题的关注。此外，应该对那些故意在这类期刊上发表作品的人采取行动。
