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Health and Medical Researcher Publishing Patterns and How Libraries Support Them

Akeroyd, J; Herman, E; Nicholas, D; Watkinson, A; (2022) Health and Medical Researcher Publishing Patterns and How Libraries Support Them. The Serials Librarian , 83 (2) pp. 115-127. 10.1080/0361526X.2022.2045244. Green open access

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Abstract

Changing business models in scholarly publishing means that researchers have increased choices as to where to submit their articles. Choices are made on the basis of perceived quality of the journal, the speed of publishing, and how close a match there is between the journal scope and the article topic. Additionally, there is an increasing concern as to whether the journals are predatory. This paper reports on a study which sought to understand how health researchers go about selecting where to publish and the support that they receive in this regard from librarians and related staff. The research confirms that knowledge of a specific journal is still the predominant factor for researchers and that they prefer to rely on their own judgment. Librarians are providing the tools such as databases and whitelists by which better choices can be made whilst exploring new roles in advising and training researchers. Predatory journals are being selected by some, chiefly as a consequence of a lack of awareness amongst researchers and the need for some to publish swiftly and at low cost.

Type: Article
Title: Health and Medical Researcher Publishing Patterns and How Libraries Support Them
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1080/0361526X.2022.2045244
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1080/0361526X.2022.2045244
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Authors, scholarly communication, predatory journals, databases, research support librarians
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Dept of Information Studies
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10173659
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