The academic publishing industry has experienced several upheavals in the past year, including Clarivate journal delistings, updated journal ‘blacklists’, and an overhaul of the journal impact factor (JIF). All of these changes undoubtedly cause some uncertainty in authors, as it is they who will ultimately pay the price if a journal in which they publish is later stripped of its JIF or, even worse, closed down.

To provide more clarity to authors and guide them in making publication decisions, Accdon has published a white paper: Hesitant to Publish: Growing Academic Misconduct in Scholarly Publishing Drives Author Uncertainty. With more choices than ever, authors already struggled to find the perfect fit for their manuscript without having to worry about the potential of academic misconduct.


Though this is a growing concern, our authors indicated that they still wish to publish in open access journals and are more concerned with journal scope when we queried them in the spring. We have over 3 million active users and receive over 12 million visits monthly. Committed to representing our users’ sentiments and behaviors, we describe trends we have observed amongst our international userbase while providing steps authors can take to limit their risk while publishing. Download the white paper here

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