Legacy publishing and open access: how to detect the true predator
Find out more about how some are labelling even legitimate open access journals as ‘predatory’.
What lies beneath: how to detect predatory and pseudo-journals
Get up to speed with the latest editorial from ICMJE to protect your publications from predatory journals and safeguard the integrity of scientific publishing.
The persistence of journal hijacking and how to fight back
Explore the ongoing threat of journal hijacking and the steps researchers and publishers can take to protect research integrity.
The predatory publishing trap: dangers and solutions in the age of open access
Protect your research from predatory publishers with these top tips from the editors of legitimate open access journals.
What can institutions do to stop predatory journals?
Learn how institutions can counter the rise of predatory publishers by educating researchers, fostering collaboration, and re-evaluating researcher assessment criteria.
Hijacked journals: a case of stolen identity
Discover how fraudsters hijack legitimate journals to infiltrate scholarly databases.
ISMPP poll: falling prey to a predatory journal – what would you do?
Explore the results of a new ISMPP poll on how to tackle an inadvertent submission to a predatory journal.
The hunter or the hunted: why do authors publish in predatory journals?
Learn about the driving forces behind authors’ involvement with predatory journals and strategies to address this issue.
Raise the Papermill Alarm! A new tool for identifying potential fake articles
Read about the new weapon in the fight against bogus scientific research articles.
Researchers find hundreds of predatory journals indexed on Scopus
How many predatory journals are indexed on the citation database Scopus, and what can be done to address the issue?
Why do researchers publish in predatory journals?
Cabells and CIBER Research tell us why predatory publishing remains commonplace across the world.
Predatory journal ‘safelists’ and ‘watchlists’: who decides?
Learn how predatory journals are identified, and why journal ‘watchlists’ and ‘safelists’ have their own pitfalls.
The challenge of defining predatory publishing
Kyle Siler describes the complexities of differentiating predatory and non-predatory publishing.
Peer review practices of predatory journals
Publons data show many predatory journals enlist scholars to perform peer review – young researchers should be particularly wary.
[VIDEO]: How to select the right journal
Tips on journal selection from MPIP.
Cabell’s blacklist of predatory journals passes 12,000
Cabell’s Journal Blacklist expands further.