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how to avoid predatory/blacklisted journal

  • According to Grand Valley State University Libraries, indicators of predatory/blacklisted journals publishers are as follow:
  • Publisher “About” information is absent on the journal’s web site
  • Publisher direct marketing (i.e., spamming) or other advertising is obtrusive
  • Instructions to authors information is not available
  • Information on peer review and copyright is absent or unclear on the journal web site
  • Journal scope statement is absent or extremely vague
  • No information is provided about the publisher, or the information provided does not clearly indicate a relationship to a mission to disseminate research content
  • Repeat lead authors in same issue
  • Publisher has a negative reputation (e.g., documented examples in Chronicle of Higher Education, list-servs, etc.)
  • Journal web site is difficult to locate or identify
  • Tips on how to avoid predatory journals:

a) Many predatory journals are claiming they are indexed by SCOPUS & WOS/JCR with impact factors. You can check the truth by searching these resources:

i) Web of Science (WOS by Clarivate Analytics)

ii) SCOPUS (by Elsevier)

iii) MyJurnal

iv) MyCite

b) Check out Open Access Journal Quality Indicators

c) Retraction Watch – A blog that reports on retractions of scientific papers

d) Tips and tools to spot predatory journal publishers

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