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Accdon, a US-based academic editing firm examines changes in and international sentiments regarding scholarly publishing.

Review the history of scholarly publishing to understand its current state and how to move forward.

The executive overview summarizes the current state of the scientific publishing industry and how authors can protect themselves.

To understand the consequences of paper retractions, we discuss bibliometrics, academic fraud, and systematic quality control.

Highlights include a look at the cost authors pay and a discussion of international website use and author sentiment.

The introduction of JIFs has shaped bibliometrics as we know them today, despite this not being its intended use.

The special issue model leveraged JIFs to boost journal notoriety and increase author submissions under the open access model.

A field expert may struggle with the responsibilities of an editor-in-chief, just one possible pitfall of special issues.

Megajournals have also become an acceptable publication model, alongside open access and OA hybrids.

The rise in paper mills is driven by unsupported authors and varying quality control across thousands of journals.

Paper mills may sell co-authorship slots for as low as €180 depending on factors such as name placement.

Journal retractions negatively impact authors whose publications are left in “limbo” without any option for recourse.

Governments deal with academic fraud through prescribed publication lists or funding limitations.

Publishers deal with academic fraud by adopting stricter guidelines, developing new tools, and increasing overall transparency.

Each publisher should be evaluated upon their own editorial guidelines and peer review processes.

Each publisher should be evaluated upon their own editorial guidelines and peer review processes.

International LetPub authors indicate that journal scope determines where they submit, not a journal’s OA status.

We outline steps authors can take to investigate scholarly journals prior to manuscript submission to reduce their risk

It is important to analyze a journal’s peer review process and quality control standards prior to manuscript submission.

Think.Check.Submit! provides a useful toolkit for authors who are uncertain about which journal to publish with.

We implore both journals and authors to increase their vigilance to promote a healthier publishing ecosystem.

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