It's increasingly difficult to identify predatory journals; hence it's important to keep an eye on updated predatory lists and standard lists
Personally, I treat all requests for contributions to dubious journals as spam. Working researchers are familiar with the respectable Journals in their areas of interest. It is best to ignore unsolicited requests with extreme caution.
do you know this page? https://predatoryjournals.com/journals/
"After Jeffrey Beall took down his list of predatory journals in January 2017 in order to avoid continued harassment and threats, a small group of scholars and information professionals decided to anonymously rebuild and resurrect that list."
unfortunately, on the page there is no information about when it was last updated
Dear the best thing is to study the journal carefully before sending your papers.
Beall's list is still useful, and it provides good guidelines for analysing if any journal is predatory:
https://beallslist.weebly.com/how-to-recognize-predatory-journals.html
I don't use it so much for considering where to send my own work (I have a pretty good idea already), but it can be good in order to determine the quality of sources, for example when reviewing articles for good journals.
There is the Dolos list:
https://www.professeur-alexandre-georges.info/dolos-list
Here are the “names” and respective e-mails from those I believe to belong to the same group that keep flooding my postbox . Block them:
“E. Padron, Ph.D.”: [email protected]
"A. Siozos, M.D.": [email protected], [email protected]
"P. Jimenez, Ph.D.": [email protected]
"Dr. A Lesnevskyi M.D.": [email protected], [email protected]
"A. Umana, M.D.": [email protected]
Personally, I treat all requests for contributions to dubious journals as spam. Working researchers are familiar with the respectable Journals in their areas of interest. It is best to ignore unsolicited requests with extreme caution.
Any list showing predatory journals in ophthalmology is much appreciated...
Thanks..
Beware of e-mails from E. Padron, Ph.D., Dr. L. Smith, M.D., P. Jimenez, Ph.D., A. Siozos, M.D., A. Lesnevskyi, M.D., A. Nikitakis, MSc, Ph.D., A. Umana, M.D.
Do any reputable scientific journals send around those "if you're writing a paper about this poster you recently presented or talk that you recently gave at conference X, we'd like to publish it" e-mails?
Dear Paula Jantunen, I have not received any such message from a reputable/ranked journal before, but I receive at least one a week from potentially predatory journals. Regards
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