Publication guideline check! What do the academician, clinician and post-graduate student think? A cross-sectional study

Abstract

Introduction: Several journals are launched every month. The authors need to stay updated regarding selecting and publishing their research work in the right journal, considering the number of predatory journals present now. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted amongst academicians, clinicians and post-graduate students from the speciality of periodontology in India by using a valid questionnaire to understand the knowledge regarding the choice, publisher details, peer review system, indexing, archiving and publication fee guidelines. Inferential statistics and descriptive statistics were performed for the analysis. Results: The survey included academicians (n = 1832), clinicians (n = 370) and post-graduate students (n = 969) who consented to take part in the survey. Overall, the results showed that the post-graduate students had better knowledge regarding the selection and publication of articles in journals. Conclusion: The present findings suggest that the participants have an understanding of publication in niche speciality journals with a little ambiguity in the names of the journals.

Keywords

• article publishing fee
• peer review
• predatory journals
• publishing ethics