Predatory journals: No definition, no defence

Agnes Grudniewicz; David Moher; Kelly D. Cobey; Gregory L. Bryson; Samantha Cukier; Kristiann Allen; Clare Ardern; Lesley Balcom; Tiago Barros; Monica Berger; Jairo Buitrago Ciro; Lucia Cugusi; Michael R. Donaldson; Matthias Egger; Ian D. Graham; Matt Hodgkinson; Karim M. Khan; Mahlubi Mabizela; Andrea Manca; Katrin Milzow; Johann Mouton; Marvelous Muchenje; Tom Olijhoek; Alexander Ommaya; Bhushan Patwardhan; Deborah Poff; Laurie Proulx; Marc Rodger; Anna Severin; Michaela Strinzel; Mauro Sylos-labini; Robyn Tamblyn; Marthie Van Niekerk; Jelte M. Wicherts; Manoj M. Lalu

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Predatory journals: No definition, no defence

Agnes Grudniewicz^*, David Moher^*, Kelly D. Cobey^*, Gregory L. Bryson, Samantha Cukier, Kristiann Allen, Clare Ardern, Lesley Balcom, Tiago Barros, Monica Berger, Jairo Buitrago Ciro, Lucia Cugusi, Michael R. Donaldson, Matthias Egger, Ian D. Graham, Matt Hodgkinson, Karim M. Khan, Mahlubi Mabizela, Andrea Manca, Katrin MilzowJohann Mouton, Marvelous Muchenje, Tom Olijhoek, Alexander Ommaya, Bhushan Patwardhan, Deborah Poff, Laurie Proulx, Marc Rodger, Anna Severin, Michaela Strinzel, Mauro Sylos-labini, Robyn Tamblyn, Marthie Van Niekerk, Jelte M. Wicherts, Manoj M. Lalu

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Leading scholars and publishers from ten countries have agreed a definition of predatory publishing that can protect scholarship. It took 12 hours of discussion, 18 questions and 3 rounds to reach.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	210-212
Journal	Nature
Volume	576
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-03759-y
Publication status	Published - 2019

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Grudniewicz, A., Moher, D., Cobey, K. D., Bryson, G. L., Cukier, S., Allen, K., Ardern, C., Balcom, L., Barros, T., Berger, M., Ciro, J. B., Cugusi, L., Donaldson, M. R., Egger, M., Graham, I. D., Hodgkinson, M., Khan, K. M., Mabizela, M., Manca, A., ... Lalu, M. M. (2019). Predatory journals: No definition, no defence. Nature, 576, 210-212. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-03759-y

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