Volume 26, Issue 2 (Summer 2020)                   IJPCP 2020, 26(2): 260-263 | Back to browse issues page

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Iranian Mental Health Researchers & Predatory Journals
Seyed Mohammad Hossein Mahmoodi1 , Amir Hossein Jalali Nadoushan 2
1- Mental Health Research Center, Tehran Institute of Psychiatry, School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
2- Mental Health Research Center, Tehran Institute of Psychiatry, School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. , jalali.ah@iums.ac.ir
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Predatory journals exploit open access publication method; they do not carry out the peer review process and editorial assessment properly and publish unassessed articles for financial gain. According to a recent investigation published in the Lancet Psychiatry Journal, about 20% of authors or co-authors of articles published in predatory psychiatric journals have been Iranian. This substantial contribution needs attention and seems to be compatible with previous studies inspecting involvement of other academics from Iran in predatory publications.
Keywords: Predatory journals, Iranian mental health researchers, Open access journals
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Type of Study: Letter to the editor | Subject: Psychiatry and Psychology
Received: 2019/11/10 | Accepted: 2020/08/1 | Published: 2020/07/1
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