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Predatory Publishing Thane Chambers Scott Health Sciences Library thane@ualberta.ca

Predatory publishers take advantage of an . open access business model that relies on author processing fees. 2

unexpected Sometimes happens the

Does it really matter?? o Future embarrassment o Lack of credibility o Lack of peer review o Findability o Lost research 6

7 What are the telltale signs?

8 Dodgy Website

9 But not always . . .

10 It feels generic

“Fake” Impact Factor o Index Copernicus o Global Impact Factor o Scientific Journal Impact Factor o Or it “has” an IF, but is not listed in Journal Citation Reports 11

Journals with shared/similar names 12

If any of the following are present, it’s a good sign When you Journal google indexed in journal name Journal is Web of AND No author fee indexed in Science or predatory, DOAJ Journal nothing Citation appears Reports 13

Some things to consider o New journals often look like predatory journals o Individual articles published in predatory journals may be good research. o Scholarly publishing is constantly evolving e.g. rapid review o Redemption is possible 14

And yes, there Look up the journal in NLM catalog are predatory articles from predatory journals in PubMed 15

Start here Identifying Appropriate Journals for Publication Worksheet on Predatory Journals HELP! If that fails, contact: thane@ualberta.ca OR jwsinfo@ualberta.ca 16