Predatory Publisher Archives - Predatory Journals and Conferences

Here’s the real problem that the scholarly community faces – and we cannot do anything about it.

We present a list of issues that the scholarly publishing faces and ask what we can do about it?

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An evidence based approach to publishers and journals

We are starting to look more robustly at journals and publishers. The article contains more details.

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MDPI, Frontiers and Hindawi journals may be downgraded in Finland

MDPI, Frontiers & Hindawi journals may be downgraded in Finland. We offer some thoughts when we read this.

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Three books which address predatory publishing

We mention three books, which all address predatory publishing.

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Most impactful journal on Predatory Publishing?

We list the journals that have published the most papers on predatory publishing, along with the h-index of those articles

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Is a journal predatory: Scribd

Journals often list Scribd as an indexing service. We explain why this could be an indication of predatory behavior

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