Dear Rizwan Ahmad

Here, you can find a list of hundreds of predatory journals ( https://beallslist.weebly.com ). Paying attention to such fake journals only defame your academic reputation, and lower the quality of your research outcomes. In other cases, you may receive a message in R.G. in which you are invited to participate in the writing of an academic record. In such cases, I highly recommend researchers to get in touch with those people who sent invitation letter through their academic emails to be assure about the correctness of that message or R.G. account. An example of fake invitation letters is attached here.

Regards,

HR

I agree that you should make sure they are not predatory journals. There are three or more websites out there that track predatory journals, so it is not too hard to find out.

If you think you have the time and skills to do it and it's something that you would be interested in then go ahead.

There is no harm in considering, as these journals put your details on their website, ask you to promote the journal and review a few papers based on your wish.

Today we have seen an alarming development in the so-called predatory journals. Most of these journals /publishers are in fact business oriented. They accept as many papers as possible without any genuine concern for content and completely outside their stated scope. The old slogan “Publish or perish” drive some researchers to pay even more than 1000 USD “processing charges” to have their article published. I have received dozens of invitations to become in editorial boards of these journals but I declined. The reason they try to include so many researchers from different countries in attempt that he /she publish in their journal and to encourage their colleague to do so.

I also have been receiving these kind of invitations but I have refused their invitations.

There is nothing wrong in joining the editorial board provided the journal is a reputed one and you can dedicate time from your academic & clinical schedule to do justice to the work assigned

I have also received these kind of invitations but sadly found that they're predatory journals and refused it

Totally agree with Theophilus Lakiang

I Have been getting such invitations but never accepted, should be careful.

Sir you have to google that journal and confirm it that is it exist or not after that you should join it

Please ensure that they are not predatory Journals. Check if the Journals are properly indexed before accepting to serve as one of the editorial board member

Most of the journals that are sending invitation to join the Editorial board are predatory journals.

Dear Rizwan Ahmad

Here, you can find a list of hundreds of predatory journals ( https://beallslist.weebly.com ). Paying attention to such fake journals only defame your academic reputation, and lower the quality of your research outcomes. In other cases, you may receive a message in R.G. in which you are invited to participate in the writing of an academic record. In such cases, I highly recommend researchers to get in touch with those people who sent invitation letter through their academic emails to be assure about the correctness of that message or R.G. account. An example of fake invitation letters is attached here.

Regards,

HR

I have received dozen of invitations to join the editorial boards of dental journals, which I declined. Almost all the journals are predatory. Once one accept the invitation, the journal will ask you to submit any paper with publishing charges range from 300 US dollars to even more than 1000 dollars!!

I think that you should not trust such proposals, since no serious magazine will offer participation in the editorial Board without recommendations and CV. It is better to ignore, or if you have free time, check the correct indexing of the logs and make sure it interests you.

Hi Rizwan,

I recommend to inspect the journal to recognize the journal if it is in the predatory list. In addition, new journals appear from time to time and these journals need a lot of support. Moreover, a position of Editorial Board Member (EBM) is not forever since the list of EBMs need to be updated over time. I hope this answer will help.

i have the same question.@

This is a routine practice from Predatory Journals. Almost 98% of invitations are from Predatory Journals and only 2% are from newly developed journals. However, if you are interested, visit journal website, if they are indexed by some well-reputed databases then you can trust them, otherwise, just ignore or delete such emails.

In my opinion not all of them are predatory journal. Some of them are newly created journal to support local or regional needs. Better check the journal website for sure. I in my case just started with new journal as well, the journal is the "Journal of Fluid and Structural Mechanics", published by Scientific Academic published, registered in Malaysia. https://journal.scientiaca.org/index.php/jfsm/about. Our journal is peer-reviewed, open-access and free from publication fees. Our journal is create mainly to support local and regional need but welcome manuscript from other continents as well.

Our team members were invited based on previously face to face known between each other and have good reputation in their research (academic and industry).

As always, check and verify all information received.

Well it is a honor to join the editorial board , if the journal is of high qualities and fall in your field. How much in depth exposure you have in that area. But before joining you should also know the roles and responsibilities of editorial board , and do you have sufficient time to fulfill the responsibilities of Journals. Some of the common responsibilities of the editorial board of reputed international journals are as follows.

Responsibilities of editors toward Authors.

• Providing guidelines to authors for preparing and submitting manuscripts
• Providing a clear statement of the Journal’s policies on authorship criteria.
• Treating all authors with fairness, courtesy, objectivity, honesty, and transparency.
• Establishing and defining policies on conflicts of interest for all involved in the publication process, including editors, staff (e.g., editorial and sales), authors, and reviewers.
• Protecting the confidentiality of every author’s work
• Establishing a system for effective and rapid peer review
• Making editorial decisions with reasonable speed and communicating them in a clear and constructive manner
• Being vigilant in avoiding the possibility of editors and/or referees delaying a manuscript for suspect reasons.
• Establishing clear guidelines for authors regarding acceptable practices for sharing experimental materials and information, particularly those required to replicate the research, before and after publication.

Dear Dr.

It is a great task for academic staff, so try to join the editorial board. I am secretary of an academic journal, if you wanna enjoy you welcome

Thanks

Dr.Asaad Hamid Ismail,

Most of these are predatory journals and you may need to check the status of the journals before responding. This website gives list of some of them and unfortunately does not include all of them.

https://predatoryjournals.com/journals/

Iam supporting A Jacob regarding this issue