Predatory Open Access Publishing is the name given to a problem that has recently developed in academic publishing.  Some journals now allow authors to pay fees that cover publication costs. These articles can be made freely available to everyone on the internet.  This is known as "Open Access" publishing. There are many legitimate Open Access publishers and this process is well established.  The problem is that there are also many "predatory" publishers that will charge authors these publication fees and not provide any of the services that legitimate publishers provide, like editing and peer review management.  Predatory publishers primarily want to collect the publication fees. Once predatory publishers have collected  an author's money and article manuscript, little can be done to retrieve manuscripts and author fees from these non-scholarly publishers.

• AMA Manual of Style

• Author ID - Maximize your publication impact

• Center for Global Communication+Design

• Citing Medicine: The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers (2nd edition)

• Common Errors in English – Source: Paul Brians (Washington State University)

• Preparing a Poster Presentations – Source: American College of Surgery

• Ten Principles to Improve the Likelihood of Publication – Source: AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2007 May;188(5):1179-82.

• World Association of Medical Editors (WAME)

• Guide to Preparing for the Abstract – Source: American College of Physicians

• Writing Tips for PhD Students – Source: John H.Cochran (University of Chicago)

• How to Get Published - Short video tutorials on preparing your manuscript provided by Elsevier

• Preparing Your Manuscript - Ten tips from the American Chemical Society on how to prepare a manuscript for publication

• Copyright and Fair Use - Link to Mayo Clinic Libraries' subject guide

• Plagiarism - Link to Mayo Clinic Libraries' subject guide

• Avoiding Plagiarism - A guide to ethical publishing from the Heath and Human Services' Office of Research Integrity 

• ​ICJME Recommendations - Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals

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