"Predatory" journals threatening the scientific medical press

O Laccourreye; F Rubin; H Maisonneuve

doi:10.1016/j.anorl.2017.08.003

"Predatory" journals threatening the scientific medical press

Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis. 2018 Feb;135(1):37-39. doi: 10.1016/j.anorl.2017.08.003. Epub 2017 Sep 12.

Authors

O Laccourreye¹, F Rubin², H Maisonneuve³

Affiliations

¹ HEGP, service d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervicofaciale, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, université Paris-Descartes Sorbonne Paris Cité, AP-HP, 20-40, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris cedex 15, France. Electronic address: ollivier.laccourreye@aphp.fr.
² HEGP, service d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervicofaciale, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, université Paris-Descartes Sorbonne Paris Cité, AP-HP, 20-40, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris cedex 15, France.
³ 30, rue Faidherbe, 75011, Paris, France.

PMID: 28916412
DOI: 10.1016/j.anorl.2017.08.003

Abstract

In this report, the authors analyze the revolutions (journal indexing, structuring of medical writing and reviewing, impact of information technology and transformation of the medical press's business model) that, in a very short space of time, have profoundly affected the world of medical writing, which has now come under the fire of "predatory" journals.

Keywords: Medical writing.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

France
Humans
Internet*
Journal Impact Factor
Journalism, Medical / standards
Open Access Publishing / standards
Periodicals as Topic / standards
Plagiarism*
Publishing*