J Med Libr Assoc. 2022 Apr 1;110(2):233-239. doi: 10.5195/jmla.2022.1441.
The moral panic over the impact of so-called predatory publishers continues unabated. It is important, however, to resist the urge to simply join in this crusade without pausing to examine the assumptions upon which such concerns are based. It is often assumed that established journals are almost sacrosanct, and that their quality, secured by peer review, is established. It is also routinely presumed that such journals are immune to the lure of easy money in return for publication. Rather than looking at the deficits that may be apparent in the practices and products of predatory publishers, this commentary invites you to explore the weaknesses that have been exposed in traditional academic journals but are seldom discussed in the context of predatory publishing. The inherent message for health and medical services staff, researchers, academics, and students is, as always, to critically evaluate all sources of information, whatever their provenance.
对所谓掠夺性出版商影响的道德恐慌仍在继续。然而，重要的是，在不暂停检查此类担忧所基于的假设的情况下，抵制简单加入这场讨伐的冲动。人们通常认为，既定期刊几乎是神圣不可侵犯的，其质量由同行评审来保证。也通常认为，这些期刊不会受到为了发表而获得轻松赚钱的诱惑。本评论不是着眼于掠夺性出版商的做法和产品中可能明显存在的缺陷，而是邀请您探讨传统学术期刊中暴露出来的弱点，但在讨论掠夺性出版时很少讨论这些弱点。对于卫生和医疗服务人员、研究人员、学者和学生来说，始终如一的信息是，无论信息来源如何，都要批判性地评估所有信息。
