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.
Can you spot a predatory conference?
Ruairi Mackenzie provides a personal account of attending a “fake” conference run by Conference Series in a recent article for Technology Networks.
Cabell’s Journal Blacklist – does it help fight predatory publishing?
A recent blog for The Scholarly Kitchen explores the pros and cons of a searchable predatory journal directory.
Is the presence of predatory journals on PubMed a cause for concern?
How do predatory journals get indexed in PubMed and how big a problem is it?