Stop Predatory Publishers Now
Authors: Margaret A. Winker
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2016)

Letters6 December 2016Stop Predatory Publishers NowMargaret A. Winker, MD, for the World Association of Medical Editors Executive Board*Margaret A. Winker, MDFrom World Association of Medical Editors, Winnetka, Illinois., for the World Association of Medical Editors Executive Board*Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/L16-0416 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:Moher and Moher (1) decry their problem of predatory journals, discuss their characteristics and possible reasons for existence, and propose potential ways to eliminate them or promote them to legitimate publications. They make some potentially useful suggestions but also protest the lack of action to address the existence of such journals on the part of publishers and editorial organizations, including the World Association of Medical Editors. However, efforts to address the problem of predatory journals already include a collaborative effort of the sort that they recommend.Among their sources (2) are 2 documents that they indicate were ...References1. Moher D, Moher E. Stop predatory publishers now: act collaboratively. Ann Intern Med. 2016;164:616-7. [PMID: 26830517]. doi:10.7326/M15-3015 LinkGoogle Scholar2. Beall J. Criteria for determining predatory open-access publishers. Scholarly Open Access. 3rd ed. 1 January 2015. Accessed at https://scholarlyoa.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/criteria-2015.pdf on 3 February 2016. Google Scholar3. Committee on Publication Ethics; Directory of Open Access Journals; Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association; World Association of Medical Editors. Principles of transparency and best practice in scholarly publishing. 22 June 2015. Accessed at www.wame.org/about/principles-of-transparency-and-best-practice on 3 February 2016. Google Scholar4. Anderson R. Should we retire the term "predatory publishing"? The Scholarly Kitchen. 11 May 2015. Accessed at http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2015/05/11/should-we-retire-the-term-predatory-publishing on 3 February 2016. Google Scholar5. Clark J. How to avoid predatory journals—a five point plan. BMJ Blog. 19 January 2015. Accessed at http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2015/01/19/jocalyn-clark-how-to-avoid-predatory-journals-a-five-point-plan on 3 February 2016. Google Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From World Association of Medical Editors, Winnetka, Illinois.Disclosures: Authors have disclosed no conflicts of interest. Forms can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=L16-0416.This article was published at www.annals.org on 1 November 2016.*Members of the World Association of Medical Editors Executive Board who contributed to this work but did not author it: Rod Rohrich, MD (president); Lorraine Ferris, PhD, LLM (past president); and Tom Lang, MA (treasurer). Dr. Winker serves as secretary. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoStop Predatory Publishers Now: Act Collaboratively David Moher and Ester Moher Stop Predatory Publishers Now David Moher and Ester Moher Metrics Cited byDifferentiating between questionable and legitimate trauma journals: A systematic review and evaluation of two sets of criteriaPredatory Journals Spamming for Publications: What Should Researchers Do?End of 2016: Can We Save Research from Predators in 2017? 6 December 2016Volume 165, Issue 11Page: 826KeywordsConflicts of interestDisclosureMotivation ePublished: 6 December 2016 Issue Published: 6 December 2016 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2016 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...