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Zvi Weizman1, Yehuda Shoenfeld2
1Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Introduction:
Predatory journals are illegitimate scientific publications, and their methods of handling manuscripts and publications deviate from accepted standards, often involving fraud and deception. Irregular practices include: lack of peer review, charging excessive publication fees, and various violations of copyright and academic ethics. This phenomenon severely damages the credibility and ethics of medical sciences. In this review, we describe this phenomenon and its scope, examine its characteristics and the dangers it poses, and present methods for identifying these journals and avoiding their use.
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