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Discussions
- Predatory Open Access PublishingWikipedia summary
- Think Check SubmitThink. Check. Submit. helps researchers identify trusted journals for their research.
- Journal Evaluation ToolRubric for evaluating journals
- Preditory Journals: What Can We Do to Protect Their Prey?JAMA Editiorial, published January 6,2025
- The Development of the Journal Evaluation Tool to Evaluate the Credibility of Publication VenuesArticle: Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication
- OSI Brief: Deceptive PublishingThe Open Scholarship Initiative (OSI) is a diverse, inclusive, global network of high level experts and stakeholder reps
working together in partnership with UNESCO to develop broadly accepted, comprehensive, sustainable solutions to the future of open scholarship that work for everyone everywhere. - Open Access Journal Quality IndicatorGrand Valley State University resource
- Addressing Faculty Publishing Concerns with Open Access Journal Quality IndicatorsArticle, Journal of Librarianship and Scolarly Communiction
Lists
- Directory of Open Access JournalsDOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals.
- Dolos ListThe Dolos list records predatory, parasitic, or pseudoscientific publishers and journals, doubtful newspapers, false whitelists, organizations promoting pseudoscientific informations, and dubious or fake conferences organizers.
- List of Predatory PublishersThis is a list of possibly predatory journals.
- JPPS: Journal Publishing Practices and StandardsConcerns are often raised about the perceived quality and transparency of publication processes for Southern journals. This, in turn, limits the perceived credibility of the research published within those journals.
The Journal Publishing Practices and Standards (JPPS) framework provides detailed assessment criteria for the quality of publishing practices of Southern journals and is initially being used to assess the journals hosted on JOL platforms.
Predatory Conferences
- Avoiding Predatory Journals and Questionable Conferences: a Resource GuideComprehensive discussion of predatory publishers and conferences. Checklists most helpful.
- Questionable ConferencesUseful list of questionable conferences
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