The practices that these entities employ include aggressive solicitation of manuscript submissions, the promise of extremely rapid turnaround times, and a lack of transparency about article submission ...

The letters began arriving at medical journals around the country over the last few weeks. "It has been brought to my attention that more and more journals and publications … are conceding that they ...

Federal officials are raising long-standing concerns with research journals and the academic incentive structures propping them up. But experts say the government alone can’t overhaul the industry.