Predatory journals are scammers. It needs stating that ‘Predatory journals’ is shorthand for ‘journals published by a scam publisher.’ A journal is an inanimate object and inanimate objects can’t be fraudulent. It is the owner or founder or publisher or Editor-in-Chief who is fraudulent. I use eight criteria to evaluate the degree of unethical practice […]
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Fraudulent Journals Three fraudulent Journals sites This site, Predatory Journals, deals solely with journals and is allied to two other sites, Predatory Publishers, the content of which is self-explanatory, and Scholarly Outlaws which deals with conferences and academics. Why do I have three sites when one will do? It is because although one will do […]
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