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01-10-2014 | Editorial

Should We be More “Open” About Publishing Research?

Author: Gautam N. Allahbadia

Published in: The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India | Issue 5/2014

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Dr Spock is a brilliant young vascular surgeon who is up for promotion next year. The chair of surgery has warned him that he needs to increase his list of publications to assure passage. He has recently had a paper reviewed by one of the top journals in his specialty, Journal X-special, with several suggestions for revision. He received an e-mail request for manuscript submission from a newly minted, open access, Journal of Vascular Disease Therapy, which promises a quick and likely favorable response for a fee. What should be done? A. Send the paper to another peer-reviewed journal with the suggested revisions. B. Resubmit the paper to Journal X-special. C. Submit to the online journal as is to save time. D. Submit to the online journal and another regular journal. E. Look for another job. These were the questions posed by Jones & McCullough in their excellent recent publication that discussed corruption in publication research [1]. Is open-access publishing the wave of the future in science? …

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Title: Should We be More “Open” About Publishing Research?
Author: Gautam N. Allahbadia
Publication date: 01-10-2014
Publisher: Springer India
Published in: The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India / Issue 5/2014
Print ISSN: 0971-9202
Electronic ISSN: 0975-6434
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13224-014-0624-2

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