Open Access: Predatory Publishers

Who is a predatory publisher?

A predatory publisher is an opportunistic publishing venue that exploits the academic need to publish but offers little reward for those using their services.

• Open-access publishing is not predatory.
• There are different publication standards and practices across disciplines
• Claims of predatory practice may be grounded in bias or racism. For example, the publisher's country is not a good indicator of quality or ethical practices.
• Proxy measures of quality, such as the Journal Impact Factor, are often selective and biased toward established publishers. Lacking these metrics doesn't indicate that a publisher or journal is predatory.

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• BioMed Central
• Cogent OA
• F1000
• Frontiers
• Hindawi
• MDPI
• Open Library of Humanities
• PLOS

BEALL'S LIST OF POTENTIAL PREDATORY JOURNALS AND PUBLISHERS

• Cabells’ Predatory Reports

• Directory of Open Access Journals

• Scimago Journal & Country Rank

• Think Check Submit

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