WHO Bulletin: Predatory journals: what can we do to protect their prey? (2)

13 January, 2025

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Hello Neil,

Thank you for sharing the WHO Bulletin: Predatory journals: what can we do to protect their prey? I can confirm that this issue engages the time and energies of researchers, authors, and publishers, worldwide.

At the National Editorial Workshop (convened by @ Journalgurus.org) and LAJEN, 15-18 December 2024Conference, Abuja, Nigeria, we covered several topics in the 4-Day event, including Responsible Conduct of Publication & Publication Misconduct looked at :   • Some Ethical Issues - Plagiarism; • Responding to Publication Misconduct(COPE)• Authorship & Conflicts of Interest;   • EthicalPractice for The Publisher.

It is helpful to share resources listed in the article, that stakeholders can access to get information of how to avoid predatory journals. (‘The World Association of Medical Editors’; ‘The ThinkCheckSubmit.org website’; ‘the United States National Institutes of Health’; and others)

Considering the Institutions’ role, participants were concerned that the traditional ‘publish or perish’ policy of academia, across the globe, enhances the practice of publication misconduct, because the policy places emphasis on quantity, rather than quality of publications.

Joseph Ana

HIFA Profile: Joseph Ana is the Lead Senior Fellow/Medical Consultant at the Centre for Clinical Governance Research and Patient Safety (CCGR&PS) with Headquarters in Calabar, Nigeria, established by HRI Global (former HRIWA). He is the Country Coordinator for PACK Nigeria (Practical Approach to Care Kit) which is specifically designed to improve clinical competence (improving accuracy of diagnosis and treatment) in primary health care. He is also a Member of the World Health Organisation’s Technical Advisory Group on Integrated Care in primary, emergency, operative, and critical care (TAG-IC2). As the Cross River State Commissioner for Health (2004-2008), Joseph Ana led the introduction of the evidence based, homegrown quality tool, the 12-Pillar Clinical Governance Programme (12-PCGP) in Nigeria, which also suitable for lower-, low-, and middle income countries (LLMIC) with similar weak health sector and system. To ensure sustainability of 12-PCGP, the ‘Department of Clinical Governance, Servicom & e-health’ was established in Cross River State Ministry of Health in 2007. His main interest is in ‘Whole health sector and system strengthening in LLMICs’. He has written six books on the 12-Pillar Clinical Governance Programme, including the TOOLS manual for its Implementation, currently in its 2nd Edition. He served as Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association’s Standing Committee on Clinical Governance (2012-2022), and he won the Association’s ‘Award of Excellence’ on three consecutive occasions for the innovation of 12-PCGP in Nigeria. He served as Chairman, Quality & Performance subcommittee of the Technical Working Group for the implementation of the Nigeria Health Act 2014. He was Member, National Tertiary Health Institutions Standards Committee (NTISC) of the Federal Ministry of Health, 2017-2022. He is the pioneer Secretary General/Trustee-Director of the Charity, NMF (Nigerian Medical Forum UK) which took the BMJ to West Africa in 1995. Joseph is a member of the HIFA Steering Group; the HIFA working group on Community Health Workers, and the Working Group on HIFA-WHO Collaboration (http://www.hifa.org/support/members/joseph-0 http://www.hifa.org/people/steering-group). Email: info AT hri-global.org and jneana AT yahoo.co.uk