Predatory Publishing and Predatory Journal Lists

In Scientific Publishing, Predatory publishing, also write-only publishing or deceptive publishing, is an exploitative academic publishing business model that involves charging publication fees to authors without checking articles for quality and legitimacy, and without providing editorial and publishing services that legitimate academic journals provide, whether open access or not.

Predatory journals are publications that prioritize profit over academic integrity. They exploit the open-access publishing model, charging exorbitant fees without providing the necessary quality control or peer review. These journals often make false promises, claiming to be reputable and indexed in legitimate databases, but they lack the rigorous editorial standards and ethical guidelines expected of credible scientific publications.


What can be done to avoid predators and hijackers

• It is always useful to check whether the journal is on Predatory Journals List, whether it is listed in the directory of open access journals (DOAJ) and whether the publisher is a member of recognized professional organizations subscribing to best practices in publishing as the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE); the International Association of Scientifi c, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) or the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA). 
• The authors should check whether the journal is indexed in Web of Science or if it appears on PubMed.
• They should be careful to check whether the title is the same, since hijacking a name of a well-established journal is common.
• The editorial process must be transparent.
• Another important measure is to ask an experienced researcher for advice.
• There is a need for caution by experienced academics, who should be careful not to agree to serve as members of an editorial board of a journal they have never heard of. You may never be able to resign and your name will be used fraudulently.
   

Predatory journals lists

You can use the two link below to check the potentıal predatory journals and publıshers.

https://beallslist.net

https://predatoryreports.org/the-list