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Predatory Journals: Selected Articles

Resources for identifying predatory journals

Selected Scholarly Articles

Akhilesh Kumar, Ravi Gupta, Krishna Kant Tripathi, & Rajani Ranjan Singh. (2022). Predatory Publications in the Era of the Internet and Technology: Open Access Publications are at RiskAthens Journal of Mass Media and Communications8(2), 79–92. https://doi.org/10.30958/ajmmc.8-2-1

Björk, B.-C. (2019). Acceptance rates of scholarly peer-reviewed journals: A literature survey.  El Profesional de la Información, 28(4), 1-9. doi:10.3145/epi.2019.jul.07

Boucherie, Sacha. (2018). Predatory” vs trustworthy journals: What do they mean for the integrity of science? Elsevier Connect. Online.

Childs, B. (2019). Peering Behind the Curtain: A Closer Look at Peer Review and Predatory Journals. Mass Torts, 17 (3), 2-6.

Gallent Torres, C. (2022). Editorial misconduct: the case of online predatory journalsHeliyon8(3). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e08999

Gogtay, N., Bavdekar, S. (2019). Predatory journals - Can we stem the rot Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, 65(3), 129-131. doi:10.4103/jpgm.JPGM_266_19

Matumba, L., Maulidi, F., Balehegn, M., Abay, F., Salanje, G., Dzimbiri, L., Kaunda, E. (2019). Blacklisting or Whitelisting Deterring Faculty in Developing Countries from Publishing in Substandard Journals.  Journal of Scholarly Publishing, 50 (2), 83-95. doi:10.3138/jsp.50.2.01

Memon, A. R., & Waqas, A. (2018). Indexing by Bibliographic Databases of Journals Published in the Developing World. Science & Engineering Ethics, 24 (4), 1371-1375. doi:10.1007/s11948-017-9898-y

Memon, A. R. (2018).  End of 2016: Can We Save Research from Predators in 2017Science & Engineering Ethics, 24(4), 1339 –1345.   doi.org/10.1007/s11948-017-9915-1

Nicole Shu Ling Yeo-Teh, & Bor Luen Tang. (2021). Wilfully submitting to and publishing in predatory journals - a covert form of research misconduct? Biochemia Medica31(3), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2021.030201

Shamseer, L., Moher, D., Maduekwe, O., Turner, L., Barbour, V., Burch, R., … Shea, B. J. (2017).  Potential predatory and legitimate biomedical journals: can you tell the difference? A cross-sectional comparison. BMC Medicine, 15, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-017-0785-9

Teixeira da Silva, J., & Al-Khatib, A. (2017).  The Macro and Micro Scale of Open Access PredationPublishing Research Quarterly, 33(1), 92–100. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12109-016-9495-y

Tsigaris, P. (2019). Letter to the Editors. Journal of Scholarly Publishing, 50(2), 139-142. doi:10.3138/jsp.50.2.05