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Vol. 29. Issue 1.
Pages 39-43 (January - February 2018)
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Vol. 29. Issue 1.
Pages 39-43 (January - February 2018)
Artículo de opinión
Predatory journals: una amenaza emergente para autores y editores de publicaciones biomédicas
Predatory journals: An emerging threat to authors and editors of biomedical publications
Pedro David Delgado-Lópeza,
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pedrodl@yahoo.com

Autor para correspondencia.
, Eva María Corrales-Garcíab
a Servicio de Neurocirugía, Hospital Universitario de Burgos, Burgos, España
b Servicio de Oncología Radioterápica, Hospital Universitario de Burgos, Burgos, España
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El denominado predatory publishing es un fenómeno reciente y en alza que supone un fraude intelectual, pues pone en peligro la calidad de la contribución científica, compromete a autores, revisores y editores de revistas legítimas, deteriora la imagen de la publicación tipo open access y supone un negocio muy lucrativo para algunos. En este artículo revisamos el concepto y relevancia de las predatory journals y las características que las diferencian de las publicaciones legítimas. Las revistas neuroquirúrgicas y de neurociencia en general no están al margen de este problema. Las instituciones académicas y los comités éticos deberían dar a conocer este fenómeno y proporcionar información y apoyo a los autores y a la comunidad científica en general para evitar su propagación y eventual control del ámbito de la publicación biomédica.

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Predatory journal
Predatory publishing
Publicación de acceso libre
Ética
Lista Beall
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So-called predatory publishing is a new and rising phenomenon presenting as an intellectual fraud that jeopardises the quality of scientific contribution, compromises the activity of authors, reviewers and editors of legitimate journals, damages the image of open access publications and is a very profitable business. In this paper, we review the concept and relevance of predatory journals and the characteristics that differentiate them from legitimate publications. Neurosurgical and general neuroscience journals are not immune to this problem. Academic institutions and ethics committees have a duty to raise awareness of this phenomenon and provide information and support to authors and the whole scientific community to avoid its propagation and potential control of biomedical publishing.

Keywords:
Predatory journal
Predatory publishing
Open access publishing
Ethics
Beall's List
Impact factor

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