{"id":336,"date":"2021-11-11T13:24:22","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T18:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/ihsl\/?p=336"},"modified":"2021-11-11T13:24:22","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T18:24:22","slug":"predatory-journals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/ihsl\/2021\/11\/11\/predatory-journals\/","title":{"rendered":"Predatory Journals"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Think<\/strong><\/span>. Check<\/span>. Submit<\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This organization helps researchers identify trusted journals and publishers for their research. Through a range of tools and practical resources, this international, cross-sector initiative aims to educate researchers, promote integrity, and build trust in credible research and publications. \u201cThink. Check. Submit.\u201d <\/a>\u00a0checklist has been developed by a coalition of scholarly publishing organizations. These criteria are useful for authors considering where to submit their work, but as with the other initiatives are not a failsafe to identify all legitimate scholarly journals.<\/p>\n

Definition of Predatory Publishing<\/strong><\/p>\n

Predatory publishers or journals are those which charge authors a fee for publication with no intention of providing the expected services \u2013 such as editorial or peer review \u2013 in return. Charging a fee is a legitimate business model, but the publisher should be providing a good publishing service in return.\u00a0 Authors, realizing that they have submitted their paper to a questionable publisher, can find they are charged a large fee if they want to withdraw their article.<\/p>\n

Known synonyms for “predatory journals”<\/strong><\/p>\n

The concept of \u2018predatory\u2019 journals has many names: fake journals, questionable journals, illegitimate journals, deceptive journals, dark journals, and journals \u201coperating in bad faith\u201d.<\/p>\n

Predatory or not?<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are many journals which do not have the best editorial or technical standards, but which are applying reasonable basic processes to their articles and operating in good faith. Some caution is therefore advised when considering a journal: defects in a publisher\u2019s processes may lead to it being labelled as predatory but the journal may simply lack resources \u2013 there may not be an intention to deceive.<\/p>\n

Things to watch out for<\/strong><\/p>\n

A predatory journal\/publisher may display one or more of these characteristics:<\/p>\n