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Academic Publishing: Predatory Journals

A guide to define and explore the domains of Academic Publishing

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Predatory Publishers

Beall's List of Predatory Publishers

Cabell’s New Predatory Journal Blacklist: A Review

Lambert Academic Publishers (LAP) is "an imprint of OmniScriptum." A Must to Avoid

Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences

Omniscriptum (formerly VDM Verlag)

Scholar's Press (part of Omniscriptum Group)

National Research Foundation (South Africa) - Statement on Predatory Publishers

How to spot a predatory journal/publisher

Characteristics of a predatory journal

How to Spot a Predatory Publisher

Identifying Deceptive Publishers: a checklist (UT)

Jocalyn Clark: How to avoid predatory journals—a five point plan

Journal Evaluation Tool

Thirteen ways to spot a ‘predatory journal’ (and why we shouldn’t call them that)

8 Ways to Identify a Questionable Open Access Journal

What is predatory publishing?