To request this workshop for a class or other group, please send an email to your liaison librarian.
"Predatory journals and publishers are entities that prioritize self-interest at the expense of scholarship and are characterized by false or misleading information, deviation from best editorial and publication practices, a lack of transparency, and/or the use of aggressive and indiscriminate solicitation practices." (Nature, 11 December 2019, https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03759-y)
Predatory journals exploit the Open Access publishing model. Most open access journals - including high-quality journals - charge the author a fee ("Article Processing Charge" or APC) to support publication and peer-review costs. Predatory journals exist only to collect article processing fees from authors: every article submitted, with payment, is published. There is no legitimate peer review.
If you're being asked to pay an Article Processing Fee/Charge to publish in a journal you're not familiar with, do some research to confirm that it is a legitimate, high-quality open access journal.
The guide below can also be accessed as a downloadable PDF.
Watch the Think, Check, Submit video to learn how to assess a journal.
In this workshop you'll learn about the characteristics of predatory publishers and through a hands-on activity, you'll learn how to identify a deceptive publisher.
View the Think, Check, Submit video: https://vimeo.com/151882443
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