Publication ethics: science versus commerce

Do we need the criminalization of medical fake news?

“…He has also discussed the issue of publishers’ responsibility for such content and has concluded that if the fake news does not harm or defame identifiable individuals, the law is not breached (Mazur 1999 ). Part of the problem is also predatory journals, in which scientific standards are not met (ten Have and Gordijn 2017 ). Due to a lack of a high standard of review, they allow the publishing of articles that could be classified as medical fake news.…”