Review Article
A narrative review of the phenomenon of predatory journals to create awareness among researchers in veterinary medicine
Charbel Fadel,
Aneliya Milanova,
Jelena Suran, Andrejs Sitovs,
Tae Won Kim,
Abubakar Bello,
Solomon Mequanente Abay,
Stefanie Horst,
Rositsa Mileva,
Michela Amadori,
Ena Oster,
Giovanni Re,
Arifah Abdul Kadir,
Graziana Gambino,
Cristina Vercelli,
Charbel Fadel
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorAneliya Milanova
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Trakia University, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
Search for more papers by this authorAndrejs Sitovs
Department of Pharmacology, Rīga Stradiņš University, Riga, Latvia
Laboratory of Finished Dosage Forms, Rīga Stradiņš University, Riga, Latvia
Search for more papers by this authorTae Won Kim
College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea
Search for more papers by this authorAbubakar Bello
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland
Search for more papers by this authorSolomon Mequanente Abay
Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Search for more papers by this authorStefanie Horst
Department of Population Health Sciences, Institute of Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS), One Health Pharmacology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Search for more papers by this authorRositsa Mileva
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Trakia University, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
Search for more papers by this authorMichela Amadori
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorEna Oster
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
Search for more papers by this authorGiovanni Re
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorArifah Abdul Kadir
Department of Veterinary Preclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Search for more papers by this authorGraziana Gambino
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Cristina Vercelli
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
Correspondence
Cristina Vercelli, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorCharbel Fadel,
Aneliya Milanova,
Jelena Suran, Andrejs Sitovs,
Tae Won Kim,
Abubakar Bello,
Solomon Mequanente Abay,
Stefanie Horst,
Rositsa Mileva,
Michela Amadori,
Ena Oster,
Giovanni Re,
Arifah Abdul Kadir,
Graziana Gambino,
Cristina Vercelli,
Charbel Fadel
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorAneliya Milanova
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Trakia University, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
Search for more papers by this authorAndrejs Sitovs
Department of Pharmacology, Rīga Stradiņš University, Riga, Latvia
Laboratory of Finished Dosage Forms, Rīga Stradiņš University, Riga, Latvia
Search for more papers by this authorTae Won Kim
College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea
Search for more papers by this authorAbubakar Bello
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland
Search for more papers by this authorSolomon Mequanente Abay
Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Search for more papers by this authorStefanie Horst
Department of Population Health Sciences, Institute of Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS), One Health Pharmacology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Search for more papers by this authorRositsa Mileva
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Trakia University, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
Search for more papers by this authorMichela Amadori
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorEna Oster
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
Search for more papers by this authorGiovanni Re
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorArifah Abdul Kadir
Department of Veterinary Preclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Search for more papers by this authorGraziana Gambino
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Cristina Vercelli
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
Correspondence
Cristina Vercelli, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
In recent years, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of predatory journals has increased significantly. Predatory journals exploit the “open-access model” by engaging in deceptive practices such as charging high publication fees without providing the expected quality and performing insufficient or no peer review. Such behaviors undermine the integrity of scientific research and can result in researchers having trouble identifying reputable publication opportunities, particularly early-career researchers who struggle to understand and establish the correct criteria for publication in reputable journals. Publishing in journals that do not fully cover the criteria for scientific publication is also an ethical issue. This review aimed to describe the characteristics of predatory journals, differentiate between reliable and predatory journals, investigate the reasons that lead researchers to publish in predatory journals, evaluate the negative impact of predatory publications on the scientific community, and explore future perspectives. The authors also provide some considerations for researchers (particularly early-career researchers) when selecting journals for publication, explaining the role of metrics, databases, and artificial intelligence in manuscript preparation, with a specific focus on and relevance to publication in veterinary medicine.
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