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Scholarly Communication: Predatory Journals

This guide defines Scholarly Communication, and its role in raising visibility of Researcher output and web presence. Scholarly Communication is defined as "the system through which research and other scholarly writings are created, evaluated for quality,

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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

Supposed scientific articles published in questionable academic journals can easily dupe researchers - and seriously erode the body of science.

Use the guide below to help you identify this type of article and avoid publishing in questionable journals.

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GUIDE: How to spot predatory academic journals in the wild

What is predatory publishing?