Current Issue (Volume 4, Issue 1), 2026

The Original Article was published on March 19, 2025

“Renaming the problem: Why ‘non-recommended journals’ is preferable to ‘predatory’ in academic publishing” Barw Medical Journal. 2025;3(5):33-41.

Following correspondence received by the editorial office regarding authorship confirmation and reference accuracy, the journal conducted an editorial review in accordance with the guidance of the Committee on Publication Ethics.

Authorship correction

During this process, two individuals listed as authors informed the journal that they had not approved the final version of the manuscript prior to submission. After communication with the corresponding author and available co-authors, the authorship list has been revised accordingly. The corrected author list is provided below.

Corrected author list:

Frederick M. Tiesenga, Daniel Rodger, Benjamin Saracco, Baichang Zhong,  Andrea Cortegiani, Sjaak Pouwels, Rawezh Qadir M. Salih, Ayman M. Mustafa, Michele Meoli, Svitlana Fiialka, Khritish Swargiary, Purvi Raj Bhagat, Suad Kunosic, Rosa Rodriguez-Sánchez, Kaushik Bhattacharya, Marco Cascella, Mohmedhanif Nashipudi, Bharat Gurnani, Kirandeep Kaur, P. Paramashivaiah, B.T Sampath Kuma, Givheart Dano, Mallikarjun Dora, Bolaji David Oladokun, Manzoor V. Babu, AR. Saravanakumar, Usman Muhammed Song, Vemma Mae R. Guinto, Karthik N. Rao, Alireza Akbari, Arslan Sheikh, Punnya Angadi, Johnkennedy Nnodim, Jafaru Aliyu Shinkafi, Sanjeev Rastogi, Kunle Oparinde, Klimis Ntalianis, Saeeda Abdullah, Atanu Chandra, Collence Chisita, Mohd Amzari Tumiran,  Haneen Ali Haleem, Harsh Deora

Reference correction

Reference number 28 cited an article that has since been deleted as it was a duplicate (not retracted). This reference has been replaced by its original one:  Kakamad F. H., Mohammed S. H., Najar K. A., Qadr G. A., Ahmed J. O., Mohammed K. K., et al. Kscien's list; a new strategy to discourage predatory journals and publishers. International Journal of Surgery Open. 2019, 23, 54-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijso.2019.11.001

These corrections do not affect the scientific content or conclusions of the article. The original article remains unchanged, and readers are advised to consult this notice for the corrected information.