| Autor: |
Christoph Zielinski, Georg Richtig, Erika Richtig, Alexandra Böhm, Christoph Oing, Farastuk Bozorgmehr, Stephan Kruger |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2019 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
ESMO Open, Vol 4, Iss 6 (2019) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2059-7029 |
| DOI: |
10.1136/esmoopen-2019-000580 |
| Popis: |
Introduction Predatory journals harm the integrity of science as principles of ‘good scientific practice’ are bypassed by omitting a proper peer-review process. Therefore, we aimed to explore the awareness of predatory journals among oncologists.Methods An online survey among oncologists working in Germany or Austria of various professional surroundings was conducted between October 2018 and April 2019.Results One hundred and eighty-eight participants (55 women (29.2%), 128 men (68.1%)) completed the questionnaire. 41 (21.8%) participants indicated to work in a hospital, 24 (12.8%) in private practice and 112 (59.6%) in a university hospital. 98.9% of participants indicated to actively read scientific articles and consider them in clinical decision-making (96.3%). 90.4% of participants indicated to have scientific experience by publishing papers in journals with peer-review system. The open-access system was known by 170 (90.4%), predatory journals by 131 (69.7%) and Beall’s list by 52 participants (27.7%). Predatory journals were more likely to be known by participants with a higher number of publications (p |
| Databáze: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
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