Predatory Journals: How to Identify them ?
For those who do not know what does Predatory Journals mean, Predatory journals ( Blacklist) publish works without peer-review and charge huge fees to submit/publish. They should not be allowed to share space with legitimate journals and publishers, whether open access or not. In order to identify them, you can use the link below :
https://predatoryjournals.com/
NB: This website is based on Beall's list of Predatory Journals
I have attached our project on predatory publishing, as well as fine editorial about predatory publishing.
https://www.researchgate.net/project/ETHICAL-AND-PREDATORY-PUBLISHING
Article Predatory publishers: a bait for novices and expert researchers alike
Thank you so much dear my colleague, please follow the link below.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311665427_Journal_Impact_Factors_Researcher_h-index_How_to_improve_research_quality
Regards, Emad
I have attached our project on predatory publishing, as well as fine editorial about predatory publishing.
https://www.researchgate.net/project/ETHICAL-AND-PREDATORY-PUBLISHING
Article Predatory publishers: a bait for novices and expert researchers alike
Excellent question.There are lots of criteria including the strong lure in form of get your paper published in so many working days...without genuine website, editorial board without any established research as a part of it, no go.plete mailing address..
like that you will find in plenty...
Dear Saad,
Thanks for this important question. In addition to all responses above, obviously those predatory journals belong to PREDATORY PUBLISHERS: so they can be easily identified based on their PREDATORY PUBLISHERS that are well known nowadays, this is the easiest way to identify them. Additionally, those journals can be identified based on their EDITORIAL BOARD and the SCIENTIFIC QUALITY of the papers published.
Best,
Ramzi
My first paper was published in a predatory journal. I didn't know it was a predatory journal until I came across Beall's list. Here are some lessons I learned after publishing in a predatory journal.
https://sanganyado.wordpress.com/2017/09/29/predatory-journal/
Excellent Edmond. I think , everyone should go through this link. This is the sorry tale of predatory journals..
In spite of not being a renowned worker you will receive repeated requests from such journal editors to submit your paper. They will assure you of good and fast reviewing which is never done. They will also assure about quick publication within a week. Finally they will ask for good amount of processing fees. Every chance they will not send the proof before final printing. Prior to that there would be no reviewers' comments because it was not reviewed at all. After publication there are likely to be editorial errors. On pointing them they will neither respond nor publish errata. The journals are likely to have online versions only. Further, they might stop publishing just after a few issues.
Any article which is accepted and published within a shortest time is a predatory journal.
A good journal takes at -least 6 months for publication
Using length of submission to publication time might not be an accurate yardstick for determining predatory journals as suggested by @Surendra Gopal K. I have published in Q1 journals in less than 3 months from submission to acceptance. Many top journals are now having an average of 8 weeks processing time. A journal I reviewed for recently required me to promise to submit review within 7 days for the first round and 3 days for the second round. And the journal is a Q2.
I agree with Edmond. A journal named Phytotaxa publishes papers from our field in an average of three months time. It has genuine impact factor and the quality of publication is definitely good.
Time taken to complete the review , though, cant be considered as an effective criterion but if it falls within few days, then it casts doubt about the authenticity of the journal. ..
Sir, I know certain cases where the research articles were accepted for publication within 24 hours and published after 2 weeks. I feel that the article cannot be reviewed so fast by the Peer-reviewer. Normally, a good peer-reviewed article takes time for publication
Why the word 'predatory' is being used as a prefix?? Are those journals predating on something?? How such nuisances can be regulated?
How about predatory conferences?
Predatory conferences ‘now outnumber official scholarly events’
UK researcher who travelled to predatory conference in Denmark calls for greater awareness of problem...
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/predatory-conferences-now-outnumber-official-scholarly-events
Three sites that say they are maintaining and updating Beall's list of predatory journals are in the RG question below.
https://www.researchgate.net/post/New_versions_of_Bealls_list_to_check_for_Predatory_Publishers
Dear Saad Motahhir , you may look into Beall's List of Predatory Journals and Publishers.
thank you
Dear Ataul Karim Patwary , you must read previous answers, in order to avoid duplicate answers.
I apologize Prof. Ljubomir Jacić for overlooking the answer which also suggested Beall's List
Predatory publishers abound: check high fees, poor standards and bogus claims...
Stay away from predators
...However, publications in such journals eventually lose value and may even bring harm. Some researchers may be able to temporarily advance their careers on the strength of their publication count, but they may be shamed later on in front of their colleagues and students as awareness of predatory publishers increases.
Others may face disciplinary action by promotion or tenure committees that are already aware of predatory publishers. And, of course, serious researchers are likely to ignore papers published in suspicious journals, so these papers may not be read or cited...
https://www.scidev.net/global/publishing/practical-guide/target-journal-right-research-communicate-publish.html
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