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Quality of articles published in predatory nursing journals.

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Oermann, MH; Nicoll, LH; Chinn, PL; Ashton, KS; Conklin, JL; Edie, AH; Amarasekara, S; Williams, BL
Published in: Nurs Outlook
2018
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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.

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Marilyn Haag Oermann
Author Marilyn Haag Oermann School of Nursing
Kathleen Ashton
Author Kathleen Ashton School of Nursing
Alison Hester Edie
Author Alison Hester Edie School of Nursing
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Published In

Nurs Outlook

DOI

10.1016/j.outlook.2017.05.005

EISSN

1528-3968

Publication Date

2018

Volume

66

Issue

1

Start / End Page

4 / 10

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Publishing
  • Periodicals as Topic
  • Peer Review, Research
  • Nursing Research
  • Nursing
  • Humans
  • 4205 Nursing
  • 1110 Nursing
 

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Oermann, M. H., Nicoll, L. H., Chinn, P. L., Ashton, K. S., Conklin, J. L., Edie, A. H., … Williams, B. L. (2018). Quality of articles published in predatory nursing journals. Nurs Outlook, 66(1), 4–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2017.05.005
Oermann, Marilyn H., Leslie H. Nicoll, Peggy L. Chinn, Kathleen S. Ashton, Jamie L. Conklin, Alison H. Edie, Sathya Amarasekara, and Brittany L. Williams. “Quality of articles published in predatory nursing journals.” Nurs Outlook 66, no. 1 (2018): 4–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2017.05.005.
Oermann MH, Nicoll LH, Chinn PL, Ashton KS, Conklin JL, Edie AH, et al. Quality of articles published in predatory nursing journals. Nurs Outlook. 2018;66(1):4–10.
Oermann, Marilyn H., et al. “Quality of articles published in predatory nursing journals.” Nurs Outlook, vol. 66, no. 1, 2018, pp. 4–10. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.outlook.2017.05.005.
Oermann MH, Nicoll LH, Chinn PL, Ashton KS, Conklin JL, Edie AH, Amarasekara S, Williams BL. Quality of articles published in predatory nursing journals. Nurs Outlook. 2018;66(1):4–10.
Journal cover image

Published In

Nurs Outlook

DOI

10.1016/j.outlook.2017.05.005

EISSN

1528-3968

Publication Date

2018

Volume

66

Issue

1

Start / End Page

4 / 10

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Publishing
  • Periodicals as Topic
  • Peer Review, Research
  • Nursing Research
  • Nursing
  • Humans
  • 4205 Nursing
  • 1110 Nursing