How to Spot a Cloned Journal? Why Its Very Relevant for Us to Know about It Today More than Before?

Abstract

Publication of various clinical studies or trials is very important to researchers, colleges and countries due to various reasons. Medical teachers get promotion on the basis of their teaching experience as well as their research profile and publications. Time to time MCI/NMC issue guidelines for faculty qualification for various post and their future promotions. There was lack of clarity and several temporary indexed journals published articles with higher Article processing charge without any peer review processed. Cloned/predatory journal is harmful not only for students or faculties but also for medical science. Medical science can get harmed by two ways either under reporting data or over reporting/wrong data. To avoid the wrong information and getting real prevalence, cloned/predatory journal should be identified Publication in those journal is always harmful for authors as well as complete society, country and medical world too.