This question arose because of the fact that some Journals have been listed on Beall's List of predatory Journals long time ago and they are still indexed in Scopus up till now. What is the risk of publishing in such Journals ? Those Journals are also available as one of the recommended Journals by your institution that you can submit articles or your manuscript to but when you check such journals you find them in both Scopus List as well as Beall's List and when you publish in such Journal it takes no time to be enrolled on your Scopus database. Similarly, some publishers have been black listed on Beall's List and some of their Journals are List in Scopus. What are the pros and cons of publishing in such Journals, though the journals are not blacklisted but the publishers.
There is no review system in the predatory journals. Only advantage is very quick publication at the expense of hefty processing fees.
As there is no review system, there is scope of improvement. So why run after such journals?
Thanks to Dr. Subir Bandyopadhyay for your valuable contributions. Much appreciated.
Dear check the authenticity of the journal on the scopus database and consider the list of predatory journals by the NUC.
Journal listed by Scopus are confirmed quality journals because of the review processes leading to their publications butmost journals (not all) considered predatory are low rating journals because of lack of review, processing and editing issues. That does not mean all considered "bad"are bad of all "good" are good.
Dr. Segun Michael Abegunde and Dr. Emmanuel Ifeanyi Obeagu thanks for your contributions. My question is if there is any relationship between Scopus index Journal and Beall's List of predatory Journals. There some journals that are indexed in Scopus and also listed in Beall's List of predatory Journals. Why are they so?
It is true that many predatory journals are indexed in Scopus as well as web of science under the category SCIE and ESCI. Those who accepted the application for indexing are responsible for this academic crime and degradation. New and forthcoming journals should have been reviewed periodically to continue indexing. It is better to publish in SCI journals which do not charge mandatory article processing fee in the disguise of open access.
I would rather to publish in free and Scopus indexed journal so the risk of publishing in fake journals will be minimized.
Much appreciated for your insightful contributions, Dr. Isaac Dinaharan
Your contributions are most useful, Many thanks Dr Carine Temegne Nono and Dr. Ahmadi Murjani
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Generally, a journal in the Scopus list is not included in the second list.
Thanks to Dr. Qasim M. Shakir . But there some Journals that are indexed in Scopus at the same time listed as predatory journals. That is my argument, why should that so?
Thank you so much for this question. Depending upon my experience, some journals indexed in Scopus are still commercial, that means they do not make any revision to submitted papers and only interested on getting money. So, the quality of papers in these type of journals is very poor, which made Beall to put them in his List as predatory Journals. I advice researchers to be careful from the publication in these journals which have weak scientific reputation .
Thanks to Dr. Mohsin Talib Mohammed for your valuable contributions
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