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040 _aOCLRC
100 _aMasten, Yondell
245 _aDue diligence in the open-access explosion era: choosing a reputable journal for publication
_cYondell Masten
260 _c2017.
500 _ahttps://doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnx206
520 _aFaculty are required to publish. Na�ve and �in-a-hurry-to-publish� authors seek to publish in journals where manuscripts are rapidly accepted. Others may innocently submit to one of an increasing number of questionable/predatory journals, where predatory is defined as practices of publishing journals for exploitation of author-pays, open-access publication model by charging authors publication fees for publisher profit without provision of expected services (expert peer review, editing, archiving, and indexing published manuscripts) and promising almost instant publication. Authors may intentionally submit manuscripts to predatory journals for rapid publication without concern for journal quality. A brief summary of the open access �movement,� suggestions for selecting reputable open access journals, and suggestion for avoiding predatory publishers/journals are described. The purpose is to alert junior and seasoned faculty about predatory publishers included among available open access journal listings. Brief review of open access publication, predatory/questionable journal characteristics, suggestions for selecting reputable open access journals and avoiding predatory publishers/journals are described. Time is required for intentionally performing due diligence in open access journal selection, based on publisher/journal quality, prior to manuscript submission or authors must be able to successfully withdraw manuscripts when submission to a questionable or predatory journal is discovered.
653 _aopen access,
653 _apredatory journals,
653 _apredatory publishers,
653 _acharacteristics of ethical and unethical publishing practices,
653 _adue dilegence activities for selecting reputable journals
700 _aAshcraft, Alyce
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