Anna M. Koroleva

TL;DR: This article overviews unethical publishing practices in connection with the pressure to publish more, and several measures are proposed to tackle the issue of predatory publishing.

TL;DR: This article overviews the essential components of the comprehensive approach, increasing transparency, adherence to ethical standards, and diversification of evaluation metrics needed for a comprehensive approach to Open Access.

TL;DR: The issue of wasteful publishing practices that primarily affect non-mainstream science countries and rapidly growing academic disciplines are highlighted, and it is suggested to regularly monitor the quality of already indexed journals and upgrade criteria of covering new sources by the Emerging Sources Citation Index, Scopus, and specialist bibliographic databases.

TL;DR: The aim of this Statement is to increase awareness of all stakeholders of science communication of the emerging ethical issues in journal editing and publishing and initiate a campaign of upgrading and enforcing related journal instructions.

TL;DR: This article overviews some of the recent editorial policy statements of global editorial associations and reflects on the role of the regional counterparts in advancing scholarly publishing.