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  • Life Sciences
  • Scholarly Communication
  • Scientific Publishing

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  • Scholarly peer-reviewed journals are the standard for life sciences communication.
  • The digital age has introduced issues like reviewer fatigue, fraud, paper mills, AI risks, predatory journals, impact factor misuse, and salami-slicing.
  • These problems debase the quality and integrity of scientific publications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To provide a comprehensive overview of the impurities affecting scholarly publishing in the digital age.
  • To discuss proposed and implemented solutions to mitigate these issues.
  • To identify the root cause in the 'publish or perish' culture and researcher evaluation.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review and analysis of current issues in scientific publishing.
  • Examination of ethical concerns and their impact on research integrity.
  • Discussion of systemic problems within academic evaluation.

Main Results:

  • Identified key challenges including reviewer fatigue, fraud, predatory publishing, and misuse of journal metrics.
  • Highlighted the role of artificial intelligence and unethical practices like salami-slicing.
  • Recognized the 'publish or perish' culture and flawed researcher evaluation as underlying systemic issues.

Conclusions:

  • Current issues in scientific publishing are symptomatic of a broader cultural problem.
  • Reforming researcher evaluation and shifting the focus from quantity to quality of publication is essential.
  • A global change in the perception of scientific publication's purpose is needed to restore integrity.