LibGuides: Open Access: Predatory Journals

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How to Identify Predatory Journals
Check if the journal is a member of DOAJ, COPE, OASPA or STM
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
COPE brings together all those involved in scholarly research and its publication to strengthen the network of support, education and debate in publication ethics
Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA)
Representing a diverse community of organisations engaged in open scholarship, OASPA works to encourage and enable open access as the predominant model of communication for scholarly outputs
Scientific Technical and Medical (STM)
As the leading association of scholarly publishers, STM Association advances trusted research for the benefit of society. We do this by fostering collaboration and innovation among our members and the wider scholarly community.

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DIRECTORY OF OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS (DOAJ)
DOAJ is a unique and extensive index of diverse open-access journals from around the world, driven by a growing community, and is committed to ensuring quality content is freely available online for everyone.
JSTOR
JSTOR’s mission is to improve access to knowledge and education for people around the world.
Scientific Research and Academic Publisher (SCIRP)
Scientific Research Publishing (SCIRP) is among the largest publishers of Open Access journals. Currently, it publishes over 200 peer-reviewed open-access journals online, covering a diverse range of academic disciplines.
SpringerOpen
Offer researchers from all areas of science, technology, medicine, the humanities, and social sciences a place to publish open access in journals. Publishing with SpringerOpen makes your work freely available online for everyone, immediately upon publication, and our high-level peer-review and production processes guarantee the quality and reliability of the work.
Access Science Journal
The Access Science Journal articles, deal with the academic and research activities of professionals, who develop their daily activities in the working areas of this journal.

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