Publishing is indeed one of the most respectable activities usually embarked upon by the academicians and researchers in different fields of study. This activity makes these professionals well-known beyond the four corners of their institutions for what they believe in their area of interest. Globally, publishing and citations of University Scholars is also one of the criteria for measuring the competitive advantage of one institution over another in the world University ranking. Hence, young Academicians and researchers are often eager to contribute to the existing body of Knowledge in their areas of specialization. However, One of the greatest challenges faced by these research beginners is identification of predator journals so as to avoid them as much as possible. Thus, what characteristics can such researchers watch out for while on a mission to publish research articles in reputable journals.
See these discussions with a lot of hints how to identify:
https://www.researchgate.net/post/How_to_Identify_Predatory_Journals
https://www.researchgate.net/post/How_can_i_recognise_a_predatory_journal
https://www.researchgate.net/post/How_to_recognise_predatory_journals
https://www.researchgate.net/post/How_can_I_check_for_predatory_journals
https://www.researchgate.net/post/How_to_know_about_predatory_journals
https://www.researchgate.net/post/How_to_spot_the_predatory_journal
https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_are_predatory_journals_How_to_find_them_Are_the_articles_published_in_them_considered
https://www.researchgate.net/post/How_to_identify_a_predatory_journal
https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_are_predatory_journals_and_how_can_they_be_detected_How_do_you_detect_citations_from_previous_journals
https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_is_a_predatory_journal2
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Avoiding_Predatory_Journals_How_do_you_identify_one
Dear Victor Tubosun Babalola
Consider the following:
1. Always double-check the webpage.
2. Determine whether the journal is a member of DOAJ, COPE, OASPA, or STM.
3. Verify the journal's contact details.
4. Investigate the editorial board.
5. Examine their peer review procedure and publishing schedules.
6. Go through previous issues of the magazine.
Best Regards
Dr. Fatemeh Khozaei
Borrowing from researcher César Jiménez-Yanez:
Regularly predatory journals have the following characteristics:
- Send emails regularly inviting to publish
- They offer impact factor and show medals and high indicators
- Offer to publish in a very short time (days or weeks)
- They are multidisciplinary, that is, they accept jobs from all areas and disciplines.
- Charge to be published (high costs)
- They do not detail the arbitration process (sometimes they do not even mention it)
- Present the DOI or Crossref logo as something "important"
- The name of the magazine regularly looks like a serious academic journal
- They are not affiliated with COPE (https://publicationethics.org/)
- You can check the ISSN of the magazine in the MIAR database http://miar.ub.edu/
- You can check the ISSN of the magazine in the SCIMAGO database https://www.scimagojr.com/
- You can check the ISSN of the magazine in the Clarivate Analytics database http://mjl.clarivate.com/
Predatory publishers put expedience over scholarship. They are marked by poor quality and fake information. They also deviate from proper academic publishing practices. To shun predatory journals, you could visit the following.
Think. Check. Submit. (2021). Choose the right journal or publisher for your research. https://thinkchecksubmit.org/
Good luck,
Hi Dr Victor Tubosun Babalola . Predatory journals and publishers are entities that prioritize self-interest at the expense of scholarship and are characterized by false or misleading. See the RG link: Article Checklists to detect potential predatory biomedical journals...
Kindly see the following useful link: https://ahs.pdn.ac.lk/FRCGuidelines_predatory.pdf
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