I am not going to comment on this particular title, but rather a general comment on selecting outlets for publication. This answer particularly aims open access journals. If the journal outlet that you are going to submit your article is new to you, then please have a careful look at the journal's official website. I would start from the title and scope of the journal. If they are too broad (and/or suspecious), I would need to rethink of the journal. The information on the website should be meaningful, realistic, and reliable. Also we do not expect grammar or spelling mistakes from genuine and professional journals/publishers. The general appearance of the website would give me the first impression of the journal. I would expect a professional look. Do you notice fake or misleading information on the indexing or/and abstracting services in which the journal is included? Do they highlight any bogus databases or ranking merics in which the journal is included? Check the editorial board and the affiliation of the board members of the journal! Is it geographically biased (specially towards South-Asia, Africa, and Middle-East)? Can you trust the information given? Next, do you have clear guideline/information on the article processing fee? How long it would take to review and publish a paper? Is it too rapid and unbelievable? Check the contacts of the editorial office. Do they have a valid physical address and authentic email address? Also check the title in a whitelist like DOAJ and in a blacklist like Beall's list. Last but not least, remember to read couple of articles that already bublished by the journal. How do they feel to you?

Dear Divya Rajasekaran ,

All I can add to the excellent advice given by Manjula Wijewickrema is showing you examples where to look at. I can quickly come up with a long list of red flags, for example:

-Papers have no received and accepted info (peer review?)

-DOI ID’s I checked for some papers were wrong/fake, so claim about DOI seems false. They claim to use DOIONE identifier (has nothing to do with the real one https://www.doi.org/ ) at the very best somewhat misleading and apparently only provided if one pays extra

-Prominently mentioned impact factor is misleading since only journals indexed in Clarivate’s SCIE/SSCI have an impact factor (this journal is not indexed)

-Messy website. Upper part of the first page (http://ijrar.org/) mentions “curent” … Numerous of their ’buttons’ like ‘Major indexing’ do not seem to work

-If you click on the link “Read all new guidelines …” they even mention themselves that they are UGC approved till 14 June 2019. So, why mention UGC approved etc. so prominently everywhere on their website?

There seems to be another website http://ijrar.com/editorial_board.php the .org site is according to themselves their new site, but on the .com site additional red flags can be found, like for example:

-Their indexing page (http://ijrar.com/indexing.php) is full of so-called misleading metrics like I2OR, Cosmos, IJIF etc., see for more info: https://beallslist.net/misleading-metrics/

It is not mentioned in the Beall’s list (https://beallslist.net/ or https://beallslist.net/standalone-journals/) but most likely it will be soon. So, I would say better to avoid.

Best regards.

Dear @Divya Rajasekaran,

Also, I can say that everything indicated by @Manjula Wijewickrema, is an excellent explanation that refers to predatory journals, see the following article:

Grudniewicz et al 2019. Predatory journals: no definition, no defence.

Article Predatory journals: no definition, no defence

https://media.nature.com/original/magazine-assets/d41586-019-03759-y/d41586-019-03759-y.pdf

@Agnes Grudniewicz

Now, on the following web page, you can check if a journal is predatory and does not guarantee rigorous arbitration:

https://beallslist.weebly.com/

https://predatoryjournals.com/

•Publishers: https://beallslist.net/ or https://beallslist.net/publishers/

•Standalone Journals: https://beallslist.net/standalone-journals/

•Vanity Press: https://beallslist.net/vanity-press/​

•Hijacked Journals: https://beallslist.net/hijacked-journals/

•Misleading Metrics: https://beallslist.net/misleading-metrics/

•Contact: https://beallslist.net/contact/

Conversely, to be sure it is best to select journal from recognized publishers and you can search for them in:

www.sciencedirect.com

or

www.scopus.com

or

Web of Science (WoS) main journal list https://mjl.clarivate.com/home

Cheers,

Omar

Thank you so much for helping

Instead of commenting the said journal is genuine journal or not, you have to see the reputation of the publisher. There are several journals which are predatory hence you must be careful while publishing.

IJRAR is not listed in UGC care list- 2020! So no use to Indian academicians!

All I can say about this is that if a journal is not listed in ABS list, ADBC list or Scopus list, I do avoid it. Having said that, publishing in the journal you refer to is your personal choice