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Predatory Medical Journals: A Threat to Scientific Community
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Adil Rashid, Zahoor Ahmad, Arsheed Iqbal. Predatory Medical Journals: A Threat to Scientific Community. J Int Med Sci Acad. 2023;36(4):377–380.
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The article discusses the primary global databases for medical journal literature, including PubMed, PubMed Central (PMC), MED LINE, SCOPUS, and Web of Science. It highlights that many researchers submit their work to fraudulent or deceptive journals to boost their academic profiles, leading to a loss of validated research that could potentially advance medical science. The article raises c oncerns over the prevalence of poor-quality publications in predatory journals that have been indexed in reputable databases, including PubMed, MEDLINE, Scopus, and Web of Science.
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Predatory journals, Pubmed, Pubmed Central, Medline, SCOPUS, Web of Science. 1, 2Department of Statistics, University of Kashmir
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