# Predatory journals: no definition, no defence

“Predatory journals: no definition, no defence” (2019), by Agnes Grudniewicz et al. Arts and Humanities research paper. Original abstract below, unchanged. A free PDF is available.

- Authors: Agnes Grudniewicz, David Moher, Kelly Denise Cobey, Gregory L. Bryson, Samantha N. Cukier, Kristiann Allen, Clare L. Ardern, Lesley Balcom, Tiago F. Barros, Monica Berger et al.
- Published: December 11, 2019
- Field: Arts and Humanities
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-03759-y
- Free PDF: https://media.nature.com/original/magazine-assets/d41586-019-03759-y/d41586-019-03759-y.pdf

## Abstract

Leading scholars and publishers from ten countries have agreed a definition of predatory publishing that can protect scholarship. It took 12 hours of discussion, 18 questions and 3 rounds to reach. Leading scholars and publishers from ten countries have agreed a definition of predatory publishing that can protect scholarship. It took 12 hours of discussion, 18 questions and 3 rounds to reach.

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