Medical publishing: a flawed model in dire need of reform

N Gupta; S Kapur

doi:10.1016/j.ejpsy.2020.12.001

Medical publishing: a flawed model in dire need of reform

Eur J Psychiatry. 2023 Apr-Jun;37(2):136-138. doi: 10.1016/j.ejpsy.2020.12.001. Epub 2021 Sep 6.

Authors

N Gupta¹, S Kapur²

Affiliations

¹ Speciality Trainee ST6, General Adult Community Mental Health Team, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
² Pain Management & Anaesthesia, University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.

Abstract

Recently, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, high-profile retractions of some papers published in prestigious medical journals have highlighted the necessity for structural reform to the current model of medical publishing. We discuss what ails the current system and what can be done to remedy it.

Keywords: Misconduct publishing open access fraud research.