The Rapid Growth of Mega-Journals: Threats and Opportunities

John P A Ioannidis; Angelo Maria Pezzullo; Stefania Boccia

doi:10.1001/jama.2023.3212

The Rapid Growth of Mega-Journals: Threats and Opportunities

JAMA. 2023 Apr 18;329(15):1253-1254. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.3212.

Authors

John P A Ioannidis^{1

2}, Angelo Maria Pezzullo³, Stefania Boccia^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS), Stanford University, Stanford, California.
² Departments of Medicine, Epidemiology and Population Health, Biomedical Data Science, and Statistics, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
³ Section of Hygiene, Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Departments of Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 36939740
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2023.3212

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Plain language summary

This Viewpoint examines the increase in “mega-journals” (prolific publishers of medical articles) and both the opportunities and threats to scientific research they present.

MeSH terms

Periodicals as Topic* / standards
Publishing* / standards