Fake Journals

Is this a legitimate journal? How we respond

Anonymous Author / January 10, 2021

We are often asked if a journal is legitimate. We can’t answer every request but we can provide some advice, which is to carry out an initial check to see if the journal is a member of COPE, DOAJ, Scopus and/or Web of Science.

Article Processing Charges, Fake Journals, Impact Factor, Open Access

How to spot a fake journal | A case study

Anonymous Author / November 24, 2020

We were recently contacted on Twitter and asked if a particular journal was a fake journal. This was an intriguing question and one which we felt we had to answer, or least look at to see if we could offer advice.
In this article we describe the investigation that we carried out.