Reducing the quality of our evidence base by publishing at any cost | European Journal of Orthodontics | Oxford Academic

"Recently, for-profit academic publishing has emerged and proliferated in dentistry. Now, an abundance of periodicals with little or no relevance to dentistry host dental research in an effort to increase the width of their scope and attract readership. These journals may rise in prominence and publication output rapidly. They include an open access fee, which is tempting for researchers looking to publish their work as this feature promotes greater chances for dissemination of information, thereby attracting citations; open access articles are more likely to be read and therefore cited [1] in comparison to articles with open access content limited to an abstract or open access after an embargo time in the relevant databases...."