Investigating academic nurse researchers' knowledge, experience, and attitude toward predatory journals.

Autor: Hashish EAA; College of Nursing - Jeddah, King Saud Bin Abdul-Aziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Saudi Arabia; Faculty of Nursing, Nursing Administration Department, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt. Electronic address: abouhashishe@ksau-hs.edu.sa., Alsenany SA; Department of Community Health Nursing, College of Nursing, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: saalsenany@pnu.edu.sa., Abdelaliem SMF; Department of Nursing Management and Education, College of Nursing, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: sally.farghaly@alexu.edu.eg.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of professional nursing : official journal of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing [J Prof Nurs] 2024 Mar-Apr; Vol. 51, pp. 1-8. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jan 23.
DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2024.01.003
Abstrakt: Background: Selecting a journal with an appropriate scope and breadth, well-respected by other scholars in the field, and widely indexed and accessible to readers is an integral part of publishing. Academic publishing has recently seen a significant shift away from traditional print publications and toward open access journals and online publications.
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate academic nurse researchers' knowledge, experience, and attitudes regarding predatory journals.
Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional quantitative study design was conducted using Predatory Journals Questionnaire to collect the data from academic nurse educators working at X and XX University.
Results: Almost two-thirds (68.6 %) of participants had previous knowledge of the term "predatory journal." As well as, the majority of academic educators had previous experience as they had used predatory journals before, as by being asked to publish in their journal (84.3 %) or serve on its editorial board (24.3 %), participants were more likely to receive requests to submit an article to a predatory journal (52.9 %) via email, mail, or phone. In addition, academic nurse researchers had a moderate perspective (mean = 3.87 ± 1.06; mean % score = 71.71) toward predatory journals.
Conclusion: Publishing in a predatory journal, whether done knowingly or unknowingly, can harm authors' reputations as academics, their capacity to submit to other journals, and the quality of their work. According to the results of our study, many researchers still lacked a thorough understanding of the predatory journal publishing model, which is a phenomenon that demands an increasing amount of research, despite hearing about the phenomenon of a predatory journal and having previously attended training.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors have no conflicts of interest to report.
(Copyright © 2024. Published by Elsevier Inc.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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