Quality of articles published in predatory nursing journals.
Nurs Outlook
; 66(1): 4-10, 2018.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Predatory journals exist in nursing and lack the safeguards of traditional publishing practices.PURPOSE:
To examine the quality of articles published in predatory nursing journals.METHOD:
Randomly selected articles (n = 358) were reviewed for structural content and eight quality indicators.FINDINGS:
Two-thirds (67.4%) of the articles were published between 2014 and 2016, demonstrating the acceleration of publications in predatory nursing journals. The majority (75.9%) of the articles were research reports. Most followed the IMRAD presentation of a research report but contained errors, or the study was not pertinent to the nursing discipline.CONCLUSIONS:
Nursing research published in predatory journals may appear legitimate by conforming to an expected structure. However, a lack of quality is apparent, representing inadequate peer review and editorial processes. Poor quality research erodes the scholarly nursing literature.Palavras-chave
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
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Publicações Periódicas como Assunto
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Editoração
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Pesquisa em Enfermagem
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Revisão da Pesquisa por Pares
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Nurs Outlook
Ano de publicação:
2018
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Article