In my view, 'open access' journals that ask for a fee from authors could be a way to promote those who have more capital, in the base of commercial interests. I think scientific interests and the open access philosophy to make knowledge for all are something different.
In my view, 'open access' journals that ask for a fee from authors could be a way to promote those who have more capital, in the base of commercial interests. I think scientific interests and the open access philosophy to make knowledge for all are something different.
Well Impact factor is one scale , and still if that is not applicable then previous publication database access or asking peers /friends etc etc ...
You can refer to the following RG
https://www.researchgate.net/post/How_can_we_avoid_the_risk_of_publishing_in_a_fake_journal_and_how_can_we_evaluate_a_journals_quality
Dear Dr. Ahmad
Ten Ways to Tell that a Journal is Fake
1) Searching in the box marked “Search this journal” on the journal web page for the name of an author of an article in a recent issue of the journal does not return any hits.
2) No specific person is identified as the editor of the journal or the person who appears to be identified as the journal’s Editor on the web site says he is not the editor.
3) Google Maps searches for the address of journal shows its headquarters is in a suburban bungalow.
4) You cannot find articles from a bio-medical journal when you search PubMed.
5) The journal’s mission on its home page is described in vague, generic terms .
6) When you call the local phone number for the journal office listed on the web page, any of these happen: 1. No one answers. 2. Someone answers “hello?” on what sounds like a cell phone and hangs up as soon as they hear you speaking. 3. The call is forwarded to the 800 phone bank for the publisher, and the person on the other end cannot tell you the name of the editor of the journal.
7) PubMed Central refuses to accept content from a publisher’s bio-medical journals and DHHS sends a “cease and desist” letter to the publisher.
8) The journal publisher’s posts online a legal notice warning a blogger who writes about the publisher that he is on a “perilous journey” and is exposing himself to “serious legal implications including criminal cases lunched (sic) again you in INDIA and USA” and directs him to pay the publisher $1 billion in damages. Check out the legal notice here.
9) The journal issues and posts online certificates with hearts around the border that certifies you as “the prestigious editorial board member of [name of journal here].”
10) The journal posts “interviews” with members of its editorial board that appear to be electronic questionnaires with comical responses to interviewer questions.
best regards
There are lists of predatory journals and publishers, the best known is probably the Beall's list.
While the original Beall's list web site (scholarly-oa.com) does not host the list anymore, there are sites
http://beallslist.weebly.com
https://predatoryjournals.com/
which claim to build on and expand the Beall's list.
See also the related question
https://www.researchgate.net/post/A_new_site_listing_predatory_journals_What_do_you_think_of_it
and the RG project
https://www.researchgate.net/project/ETHICAL-AND-QUESTIONABLE-PRACTICES-IN-RESEARCH-AND-PUBLISHING
Another warning sign is this: The Editorial Board lists some prominent scientists but they do not mention at their web pages the membership at the Editorial Board of this particular journal while mentioning the membership at the other Editorial Boards. This likely means that these people were added to the Editorial Board of this particular journal without their consent.
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