Predatory Journals: The Worst Thing in Publishing, Ever
www.jospt.org › doi › pdfpredatory journals has grown 600%.1 Beall’s List has identified 882 stand-alone predatory journals in 2016.1 The program has grown so significantly that others have recommended incorporating legal measures,8 supporting mechanisms to optimize publication literacy,7,9 hav-ing journals publish concerns to increase awareness,7 and listing predatory jour-
Predatory journals - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6515480Examining predatory journals. To examine the nefarious workings of some of these predatory journals, Sorokowski et al 6 conducted a sting operation in which a fictitious scientist with no published articles in academic journals, no citations in any database, fake credentials and university appointments, and no experience as a reviewer applied to 360 journals as an editor.
Predatory journals
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articlesA 2015 study by Shen and Björk2examined the characteristics of articles published in predatory journals, randomly choosing 613 journals from the Beall list. Forty-five percent of the journals originated in Asia and Africa (27% in India alone) and 25% in North America and Europe; more than three-quarters of the authors were from Asia and Africa.
Beall's List – of Potential Predatory Journals and Publishers
beallslist.netBeall's List – of Potential Predatory Journals and Publishers Potential predatory scholarly open‑access publishers Instructions: first, find the journal’s publisher – it is usually written at the bottom of the journal’s webpage or in the “About” section. Then simply enter the publisher’s name or its URL in the search box above.