I don't know if RG has an up-to-date list of world wide fake impact factor journals and conferences. I mean when an author tries to add some articles to his RG profile, does RG check if these articles were published in fake impact factor journals (or even fake journals).
Please if you have information regarding to this issue provide as much details as possible.
Thank you in advance
Hi Basim,
No - RG does not provide that information - and it is not it's purpose. Beall's list started the process of identifying pirate (fake) journals - but has been closed down. DOAJ are the current gatekeepers in terms of identifying open access journals that are regulated annually as being relevant.
No Doctor, RG don't hold such list and even the data related to it, if any researcher holds such data.. there may be a chance of including in any of the RG questionnaire threads.. you may see, when you search among the related queries
Dear Dr. Basim Mahmood,
The author is fully responsible of any content that he uploads to ResearchGate. In my opinion, I find that fair enough because there is no continuously updated unified list of fake journals. I won't feel annoyed if I read good paper even if it was published in a fake journal! but I will be very upset if I read a weak paper published in a highly reputable journal!
Best Regards,
Mohammed O. Al-Amr
Thank you Mr. Mohammed, I strongly agree with you.
However,
I was wondering if there is any technique that RG uses to distinguish articles that have been published in indexed journals or conferences since I have seen many articles on RG published in fake journals. (You can see the way that Google Scholar follows when adding and uploading your contributions).
Regarding to this issue, there should be a technique involved in RG that helps authors and RG network insofar as it contributes in making RG as one of the best destination platforms for researchers (beside Google scholar).
Regards
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