Saudi Medical Research Articles Published in Pseudo Journals: An Urgent Call for Action

Abstract

Research is needed if we want to carry out the demands of a rapidly changing world. In fact, research and education are closely linked to deliver the functions of a university. In recent decades, almost all universities expect their faculty members to maintain scholarly activities, including conducting research and publishing scholarly works. This pressure continues today with a paradigm shift among institutions from their previous emphasis on effective faculty contact with students as a criterion for success, to developing cultures of research and increase faculty research production. the researchers deemed it necessary to determine the frequency of medical research articles in Saudi Arabia published in pseudo journals. Likewise, researchers must be knowledgeable enough to discriminate between legitimate and predatory open access journal. It is in this context that this study is being undertaken.