Academic publishing is rolling in profits1 but universities and governments are fighting back against access fees adding to threats to the business that include Plan S and Sci-Hub. Clinical scientific journals were the practitioner’s link to research findings with peer review providing quality assurance. The rise of predatory journals makes it even harder for busy clinicians to sift and appraise the ever-increasing sea of available evidence in these journals. In an effort to uncover what actually influences practice in 2020 we surveyed over 2000 sports and musculoskeletal physiotherapists on the source of the most recent change in their clinical practice. Specifically, we asked the simple question: ‘Think about the most recent aspect of your clinical practice that you changed. How did you learn about this?’ Scientific publications are not commonly used as primary sources of information to make changes to clinical practice—about 90% of respondents cited other sources (figure 1). The largest categories of responses were ‘interactions with colleagues’ and ‘attending private education short courses’ which comprised about half of all responses (the interested reader is invited to investigate these findings further …

Wildlife Society BulletinVolume 35, Issue 2 p. fmii-fmii ContentsFree Access Online Contents: Volume 35, Number 2 First published: 24 June 2011 https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.44AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume35, Issue2June 2011Pages fmii-fmii RelatedInformation