Is there any simple way of knowing journal is authentic or not i.e any site where putting name of journal and result comes regarding its authenticity?
Dear Shoukat Memon ,
Unfortunately, it is not always simple. One step is rather simple: if you encounter an (at least to you) unknown journal (or publisher) check the Beall’s list.
The journal “European Journal of Clinical Medicine” (https://www.ej-clinicmed.org/index.php/clinicmed) is published by “EUROPA Publishing” (also called European Open Science Publishing), a publisher mentioned in the updated version list of predatory publishers: https://beallslist.net/#update This is an indication that you might be dealing with a predatory publisher (and consequently journal). There are more red flags:
-The contact info of this ‘publisher’ is vague and the physical address looks fake
-For an ‘European’ journal the APC is suspiciously low (39 euro)
-The logo shows a misleadingly resemblance to the well-reputed PubMed one
-Editorial board looks suspiciously short and lacks too much detail
-Looking at the publisher (https://europapub.org/ ) they started more than 20 journals which is way too much
I would say better to avoid this one.
Best regards.
PS. When it comes to the Beall's list: If the journal has no publisher 'behind' it you check the stand-alone journal list otherwise you check the publisher list on this site https://beallslist.net/
Well, it has been removed from SCOPUS. Red flag for me. There are numerous other decent journals. Go for them.
Dear Noman Mohammad Which journal did you had in mind? The journal in this question “European Journal of Clinical Medicine” (https://www.ej-clinicmed.org/index.php/clinicmed) has never been in Scopus.
Best regards.
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