Open Access

About Predatory Journals

Appearing to be an open access journal with peer review, the predatory publisher aims to make profits from authors’ publication fees (Article Processing Charge: APC) while not providing a proper peer review process. Recently, it's increasing rapidly and needs attention.

Problems of Predatory Journals

• Decreased author's trust and evaluation: The author might be perceived as a “researcher with predatory publishing”.
• Risk of publication fee trouble: The authors might be charged for additional reasons after publication.
• The author might not be able to withdraw the publication, and thus cannot re-submit the work to other journals.
• The accessibility of the publication for a long term is not guaranteed.
  • Margaret H. Kearney, The INANE Predatory Publishing Practices Collaborative. 2015. Predatory publishing: What authors need to know.Research in Nursing and Health 38 (1): 1-3
    https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.21640

Characteristics of predatory journals

• The journal website does not present an editorial board.
• Too short the peer review process: The journal gives unrealistic promises regarding the speed of the peer review process.
• The journal mimics another journal title or the website of said journal.
  • Eriksson, S. & Helgesson, G.  The false academy: predatory publishing in science and bioethics. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy. 2017, vol. 20, no. 2, p. 163-170.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-016-9740-3

How to prevent predatory publishing?

Please refer to the whitelist of recognized open access journals.