Keeler Adrianna, ElHawary Hassan, Tuen Young Ji, Courtemanche Rebecca, Gilardino Mirko S, Arneja Jugpal S
Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Division of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Plast Surg (Oakv). 2024 Dec 9:22925503241300336. doi: 10.1177/22925503241300336.
As scientific publishing has transitioned online, open access and predatory publishers have surged. This study describes the frequency of publications in potentially predatory and open access journals among applicants to a Canadian plastic surgery residency program, and explores applicant characteristics associated with open access and predatory publishing. A retrospective review of plastic surgery resident applicants' curriculum vitae (CVs) from 2015 to 2018 was performed. Published articles listed in CVs were reviewed by 2 authors to identify publication availability, publication year, and publisher. Open access publications were identified using the Directory of Open Access Journals. Predatory publications were identified using Beall's list of potentially predatory publishers. Published applicants' characteristics were summarized. Applicant characteristics associated with open access and predatory publishing were explored using logistic regression. Of the 186 applicants, 117 published 388 articles and were included in the final analysis. 156 (40.2%) articles were published in open access journals by 76 (40.8%) applicants. 14 (3.6%) articles were published in predatory journals by 14 (7.5%) applicants. Applicant characteristics associated with open access publishing included total number of publications (OR: 1.56, 1.18-1.93, < .001) and presence of at least one post-baccalaureate degree (OR: 0.36, 0.13-0.95, = .038). Only an applicant's total number of publications (OR: 1.25, 1.06-1.48, = .010) was significantly associated with publishing in a predatory journal. These findings stress the importance of raising awareness within the plastic surgery community, including medical students, about the deceptive nature of predatory journals.
随着科学出版向在线模式转变，开放获取和掠夺性出版商数量激增。本研究描述了加拿大整形外科住院医师项目申请者在潜在掠夺性和开放获取期刊上发表文章的频率，并探讨了与开放获取和掠夺性出版相关的申请者特征。对2015年至2018年整形外科住院医师申请者的简历进行了回顾性审查。简历中列出的已发表文章由两位作者进行审查，以确定文章的可获取性、发表年份和出版商。使用开放获取期刊目录识别开放获取出版物。使用Beall列出的潜在掠夺性出版商名单识别掠夺性出版物。总结已发表申请者的特征。使用逻辑回归探讨与开放获取和掠夺性出版相关的申请者特征。在186名申请者中，117人发表了388篇文章并纳入最终分析。76名（40.8%）申请者在开放获取期刊上发表了156篇（40.2%）文章。1十四名（7.5%）申请者在掠夺性期刊上发表了14篇（3.6%）文章。与开放获取出版相关的申请者特征包括出版物总数（比值比：1.56，1.18 - 1.93，P < 0.001）和至少拥有一个学士学位后学位（比值比：0.36，0.13 - 0.95，P = = 0.038）。只有申请者的出版物总数（比值比：1.25，1.06 - 1.48，P = 0.010）与在掠夺性期刊上发表文章显著相关。这些发现强调了提高整形外科界（包括医学生）对掠夺性期刊欺骗性本质认识的重要性。
