ArticleBMC musculoskeletal disorders2021
Awareness of predatory journals and open access publishing among orthopaedic and trauma surgeons - results from an online survey in Germany.
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- Predatory medical journals' awareness among clinical and non-clinical researchers in Saudi Arabia: a survey.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- Research literacy and its predictors among university students and graduates identified by machine learning and spatial analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Predatory Publishing Awareness Among Dental Interns in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Advances in medical education and practice · 2025Article
- Decoding Correlations in Predatory Business Practices and Physicians' Strategies Against Daily Predatory Emails.Cureus · 2024Article
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- Do orthopaedics surgeons have any idea what predatory journals are?:(cross-sectional study).Heliyon · 2024Article
- Predatory publishing in medical education: a rapid scoping review.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Development and validation of an instrument to assess the knowledge and perceptions of predatory journals.Heliyon · 2023Article
- Effect of an educational intervention on the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of healthcare workers at King Hussein Cancer Center towards predatory publishers.BMC medical education · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundAlong with emerging open access journals (OAJ) predatory journals increasingly appear. As they harm accurate and good scientific research, we aimed to examine the awareness of predatory journals and open access publishing among orthopaedic and trauma surgeons.
methodsIn an online survey between August and December 2019 the knowledge on predatory journals and OAJ was tested with a hyperlink made available to the participants via the German Society for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery (DGOU) email distributor.
resultsThree hundred fifty orthopaedic and trauma surgeons participated, of which 291 complete responses (231 males (79.4%), 54 females (18.6%) and 5 N/A (2.0%)) were obtained. 39.9% were aware of predatory journals. However, 21.0% knew about the "Directory of Open Access Journals" (DOAJ) as a register for non-predatory open access journals. The level of profession (e.g. clinic director, consultant) (p = 0.018) influenced the awareness of predatory journals. Interestingly, participants aware of predatory journals had more often been listed as corresponding authors (p < 0.001) and were well published as first or last author (p < 0.001). Awareness of OAJ was masked when journal selection options did not to provide any information on the editorial board, the peer review process or the publication costs.
conclusionThe impending hazard of predatory journals is unknown to many orthopaedic and trauma surgeons. Early stage clinical researchers must be trained to differentiate between predatory and scientifically accurate journals.
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