Beware of scientific scams! Hints to avoid predatory publishing in biological journals

Autores
Pereira, Cássio Cardoso; Mello, Marco A. R.; Negreiros, Daniel; Figueiredo, João Carlos Gomes; Kenedy-Siqueira, Walisson; Maia, Lara Ribeiro; Fernandes, Stephannie; Fernandes, Gabriela França Carneiro; Ponce de Leon, Amanda; Ashworth, Lorena; Oki, Yumi; de Castro, Gislene Carvalho; Aguilar, Ramiro; Fearnside, Philip M.; Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson Afonso
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2023
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Our motivation for writing this editorial is to alert the academic community about the risks of predatory publishing in Biology. By piggy-backing on the open access (OA) movement and taking advantage of the “publish or perish” culture in a system that prioritises quantity over quality, predatory publishing has grown exponentially in recent years and spread across all areas of knowledge. Thousands of predatory journals and books have emerged and (provided a fee is paid) they publish scientific papers and chapters without submitting them to rigorous peer review. Now there are even predatory meetings, which promise to accept talks and publish complete works for a fee, also without reviewing them properly. These profit-making machines can damage both academia and society, putting at risk the quality of science and public trust in it, the well-being of the population, the conservation of biodiversity and the mitigation of climate change. We show the modus operandi behind invitations to contribute to predatory journals, books and meetings and suggest ways to separate the wheat from the chaff. Finally, we discuss the need to create regulatory agencies that perform a careful and systematic evaluation of the activities carried out by publishers.
Fil: Pereira, Cássio Cardoso. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Brasil
Fil: Mello, Marco A. R.. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Brasil
Fil: Negreiros, Daniel. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Brasil
Fil: Figueiredo, João Carlos Gomes. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Brasil
Fil: Kenedy-Siqueira, Walisson. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Brasil
Fil: Maia, Lara Ribeiro. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Brasil
Fil: Fernandes, Stephannie. Florida International University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Fernandes, Gabriela França Carneiro. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Brasil
Fil: Ponce de Leon, Amanda. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Brasil
Fil: Ashworth, Lorena. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; Argentina
Fil: Oki, Yumi. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Brasil
Fil: de Castro, Gislene Carvalho. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Brasil
Fil: Aguilar, Ramiro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; Argentina
Fil: Fearnside, Philip M.. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Brasil
Fil: Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson Afonso. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Brasil
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BIODIVERSITY
CLIMATE CHANGE
ECOLOGY
FAKE NEWS
MISINFORMATION
OPEN ACCESS
PREDATORY JOURNALS
SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING
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spelling Beware of scientific scams! Hints to avoid predatory publishing in biological journalsPereira, Cássio CardosoMello, Marco A. R.Negreiros, DanielFigueiredo, João Carlos GomesKenedy-Siqueira, WalissonMaia, Lara RibeiroFernandes, StephannieFernandes, Gabriela França CarneiroPonce de Leon, AmandaAshworth, LorenaOki, Yumide Castro, Gislene CarvalhoAguilar, RamiroFearnside, Philip M.Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson AfonsoBIODIVERSITYCLIMATE CHANGEECOLOGYFAKE NEWSMISINFORMATIONOPEN ACCESSPREDATORY JOURNALSSCIENTIFIC PUBLISHINGhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Our motivation for writing this editorial is to alert the academic community about the risks of predatory publishing in Biology. By piggy-backing on the open access (OA) movement and taking advantage of the “publish or perish” culture in a system that prioritises quantity over quality, predatory publishing has grown exponentially in recent years and spread across all areas of knowledge. Thousands of predatory journals and books have emerged and (provided a fee is paid) they publish scientific papers and chapters without submitting them to rigorous peer review. Now there are even predatory meetings, which promise to accept talks and publish complete works for a fee, also without reviewing them properly. These profit-making machines can damage both academia and society, putting at risk the quality of science and public trust in it, the well-being of the population, the conservation of biodiversity and the mitigation of climate change. We show the modus operandi behind invitations to contribute to predatory journals, books and meetings and suggest ways to separate the wheat from the chaff. Finally, we discuss the need to create regulatory agencies that perform a careful and systematic evaluation of the activities carried out by publishers.Fil: Pereira, Cássio Cardoso. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; BrasilFil: Mello, Marco A. R.. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; BrasilFil: Negreiros, Daniel. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; BrasilFil: Figueiredo, João Carlos Gomes. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; BrasilFil: Kenedy-Siqueira, Walisson. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; BrasilFil: Maia, Lara Ribeiro. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; BrasilFil: Fernandes, Stephannie. Florida International University; Estados UnidosFil: Fernandes, Gabriela França Carneiro. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; BrasilFil: Ponce de Leon, Amanda. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; BrasilFil: Ashworth, Lorena. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; ArgentinaFil: Oki, Yumi. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; BrasilFil: de Castro, Gislene Carvalho. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; BrasilFil: Aguilar, Ramiro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; ArgentinaFil: Fearnside, Philip M.. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; BrasilFil: Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson Afonso. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; BrasilPensoft Publishers2023-08info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/216648Pereira, Cássio Cardoso; Mello, Marco A. R.; Negreiros, Daniel; Figueiredo, João Carlos Gomes; Kenedy-Siqueira, Walisson; et al.; Beware of scientific scams! Hints to avoid predatory publishing in biological journals; Pensoft Publishers; Neotropical Biology and Conservation; 18; 2; 8-2023; 97-1052236-3777CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://neotropical.pensoft.net/article/108887/info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3897/neotropical.18.e108887info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:44:08Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/216648instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 10:44:08.851CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Beware of scientific scams! Hints to avoid predatory publishing in biological journals
title Beware of scientific scams! Hints to avoid predatory publishing in biological journals
spellingShingle Beware of scientific scams! Hints to avoid predatory publishing in biological journals
Pereira, Cássio Cardoso
BIODIVERSITY
CLIMATE CHANGE
ECOLOGY
FAKE NEWS
MISINFORMATION
OPEN ACCESS
PREDATORY JOURNALS
SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING
title_short Beware of scientific scams! Hints to avoid predatory publishing in biological journals
title_full Beware of scientific scams! Hints to avoid predatory publishing in biological journals
title_fullStr Beware of scientific scams! Hints to avoid predatory publishing in biological journals
title_full_unstemmed Beware of scientific scams! Hints to avoid predatory publishing in biological journals
title_sort Beware of scientific scams! Hints to avoid predatory publishing in biological journals
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Pereira, Cássio Cardoso
Mello, Marco A. R.
Negreiros, Daniel
Figueiredo, João Carlos Gomes
Kenedy-Siqueira, Walisson
Maia, Lara Ribeiro
Fernandes, Stephannie
Fernandes, Gabriela França Carneiro
Ponce de Leon, Amanda
Ashworth, Lorena
Oki, Yumi
de Castro, Gislene Carvalho
Aguilar, Ramiro
Fearnside, Philip M.
Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson Afonso
author Pereira, Cássio Cardoso
author_facet Pereira, Cássio Cardoso
Mello, Marco A. R.
Negreiros, Daniel
Figueiredo, João Carlos Gomes
Kenedy-Siqueira, Walisson
Maia, Lara Ribeiro
Fernandes, Stephannie
Fernandes, Gabriela França Carneiro
Ponce de Leon, Amanda
Ashworth, Lorena
Oki, Yumi
de Castro, Gislene Carvalho
Aguilar, Ramiro
Fearnside, Philip M.
Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson Afonso
author_role author
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Negreiros, Daniel
Figueiredo, João Carlos Gomes
Kenedy-Siqueira, Walisson
Maia, Lara Ribeiro
Fernandes, Stephannie
Fernandes, Gabriela França Carneiro
Ponce de Leon, Amanda
Ashworth, Lorena
Oki, Yumi
de Castro, Gislene Carvalho
Aguilar, Ramiro
Fearnside, Philip M.
Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson Afonso
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author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv BIODIVERSITY
CLIMATE CHANGE
ECOLOGY
FAKE NEWS
MISINFORMATION
OPEN ACCESS
PREDATORY JOURNALS
SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING
topic BIODIVERSITY
CLIMATE CHANGE
ECOLOGY
FAKE NEWS
MISINFORMATION
OPEN ACCESS
PREDATORY JOURNALS
SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Our motivation for writing this editorial is to alert the academic community about the risks of predatory publishing in Biology. By piggy-backing on the open access (OA) movement and taking advantage of the “publish or perish” culture in a system that prioritises quantity over quality, predatory publishing has grown exponentially in recent years and spread across all areas of knowledge. Thousands of predatory journals and books have emerged and (provided a fee is paid) they publish scientific papers and chapters without submitting them to rigorous peer review. Now there are even predatory meetings, which promise to accept talks and publish complete works for a fee, also without reviewing them properly. These profit-making machines can damage both academia and society, putting at risk the quality of science and public trust in it, the well-being of the population, the conservation of biodiversity and the mitigation of climate change. We show the modus operandi behind invitations to contribute to predatory journals, books and meetings and suggest ways to separate the wheat from the chaff. Finally, we discuss the need to create regulatory agencies that perform a careful and systematic evaluation of the activities carried out by publishers.
Fil: Pereira, Cássio Cardoso. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Brasil
Fil: Mello, Marco A. R.. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Brasil
Fil: Negreiros, Daniel. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Brasil
Fil: Figueiredo, João Carlos Gomes. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Brasil
Fil: Kenedy-Siqueira, Walisson. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Brasil
Fil: Maia, Lara Ribeiro. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Brasil
Fil: Fernandes, Stephannie. Florida International University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Fernandes, Gabriela França Carneiro. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Brasil
Fil: Ponce de Leon, Amanda. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Brasil
Fil: Ashworth, Lorena. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; Argentina
Fil: Oki, Yumi. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Brasil
Fil: de Castro, Gislene Carvalho. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Brasil
Fil: Aguilar, Ramiro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; Argentina
Fil: Fearnside, Philip M.. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Brasil
Fil: Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson Afonso. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Brasil
description Our motivation for writing this editorial is to alert the academic community about the risks of predatory publishing in Biology. By piggy-backing on the open access (OA) movement and taking advantage of the “publish or perish” culture in a system that prioritises quantity over quality, predatory publishing has grown exponentially in recent years and spread across all areas of knowledge. Thousands of predatory journals and books have emerged and (provided a fee is paid) they publish scientific papers and chapters without submitting them to rigorous peer review. Now there are even predatory meetings, which promise to accept talks and publish complete works for a fee, also without reviewing them properly. These profit-making machines can damage both academia and society, putting at risk the quality of science and public trust in it, the well-being of the population, the conservation of biodiversity and the mitigation of climate change. We show the modus operandi behind invitations to contribute to predatory journals, books and meetings and suggest ways to separate the wheat from the chaff. Finally, we discuss the need to create regulatory agencies that perform a careful and systematic evaluation of the activities carried out by publishers.
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