Hinari Access to Research for Health programme WHO

Hinari Access to Research for Health programme: WHO • Set up by WHO together with major publishers • Enables low- and middle- income countries to gain access to biomedical and health literature • 13, 500 journals (in 45 different languages) • 60, 000 e-books, • Available to health institutions in more than 115 countries • http: //www. who. int/hinari/en/

Predatory Publisher Project • Compile a listing of questionable journals that can be published on one or more websites accessible to addiction researchers and addiction professional society members, including ICARA, SALIS, and ISAJE. • The listing would contain quality ratings of journal characteristics according to Farmington Consensus 2 and other criteria (e. g. , Ward’s 12 steps, etc. ) • Conduct a marketing campaign to educate addiction scientists about responsible and ethical journal publishing issues.

Aims of project • Educate addiction science workforce about the damage done by Predatory Publishers. • Discourage financial support for these journals. • Motivate journal editors to establish a submission check-off that requires authors to use the listing Evaluate whether articles published by Predatory Publishers are being cited by authors publishing in their journals. • Collect information to be used as the basis for a more formal process of certifying the authenticity of addiction journals

Methods • Compile a full list of addiction journals, including ISAJE member journals, non-ISAJE journals listed in Pub. Med, Scopus, Web of Science, etc. , and those with addiction titles with questionable marketing practices and/or affiliated with known or suspected Predatory Publishers. • Conduct an internet review to evaluate all journals using publically available sources. • Send web survey based on Farming Consensus 2 and other criteria for responsible publishing to journal editors and publishers, informing them of the listing, and asking them to respond. • Collaborators: Judit Ward, Deb Talamini, Tom Babor

Initial findings • Archives of Addiction and Rehabilitation: Scholarly Pages, N=7 since 2016 • Drugs and Alcohol Addiction: Sciacon Publisher, N=4 since 2018 • International Archives of Addiction Research & Medicine: Clin. Med International Library, N=37 since 2015 • Jacobs Journal of Addiction & Therapy: Jacobs Publishers, 27 since 2014

• Journal of Addiction and Dependence: Ommega Publishers, N=41 since 2015 • Journal of Addiction & Prevention: Avens Publishing Group, N=44 since 2013 • Journal of Addiction and Addictive Disorders: Herald Scholarly Open Access, N=9 since 2014 • Journal of Addiction and Recovery: Med. Docs Publisher, N=6 since 2017

• Journal of Addiction Medicine & Therapeutic Science: Peer Techz Publications, N=24 since 2015 • Journal of Addiction Research: OPAST Group LLC, N=7 since 2017 • Journal of Addiction Research and Therapy: OMICS International, N-29 sinc 2010 • Journal of Addiction and Therapies: Gavin Publishers, N=21 since 2016 • Journal of Alcoholism & Drug Dependence: Omics International, N=253 since 2013

• Journal of Alcoholism, Drug Abuse & Substance Dependance: Herald Scholarly Open Access, N=6 since 2015 • Journal of Drugs and Addiction Sciences: Vivid Openaccess LLC, N=? • Journal of Reward Deficiencey Syndrome & Adduction Science: United Scientific Group, N=39 since 2013 • OA Alcohol: Gold Open Access Publishing, 18 since 2013

Characteristics No editor or one with questional credentials Aggressive marketing Editor gets commission for accepted articles Listed in Beall’s PP list updated No JIF or fake JIF No serious I & E services: Pub. Med, Psych. Info, Scopus • Rapid acceptance to publication dates • Price range: $525 -$2560 USD; 6 – No info • • •

ISAJE ACTIVITIES • Quality control of its member journals with an updated listing showing member journal’s characteristics, publisher, mission, peer review process, policies, abstracting/indexing services, JIF, etc. • Eventually, the ISAJE and ICARA lists could be merged. • Possible “certification” of ISAJE journals by ISAJE, or at least the reporting of quality indicators • Check-off on member journals’ submissions requiring consultation of ICARA/CAS/SALIS listings to prevent citations to non-peer reviewed journals • Editorials and other features to educate scientific community

ICARA Activities • Compile list of marginal journals with fatal flaws • Feed information to member societies • Maintain listing • Continue surveillance