cholars are advised to publish their research articles in peer-reviewed journals. Even though the journals are indexed by Scopus or Web of Science, some journals do not follow the ethical guidelines of COPE, WAME, EASE, CARE, etc. Some tips for identifying spurious journals are given below.
They approach/function through agents
They collect/publish publication fee in Indian Currency although many of them claim to be International
They send spamming/phishing emails/SMSs
They collect publication fee in individual's accounts
Most of the articles in such journals are from people of Indian Origin
Most of them have bogus editorial boards
They have wrong claims of journal quality including Impact Factor
They promise publication within a very short time (1 day to 1 month)
They promise peer review but provides only scale based review report
Each of their issues contains an unbelievable number of articles (30 to 1000)
cholars are advised to publish their research articles in peer-reviewed journals. Even though the journals are indexed by Scopus or Web of Science, some journals do not follow the ethical guidelines of COPE, WAME, EASE, CARE, etc. Some tips for identifying spurious journals are given below.
They approach/function through agents
They collect/publish publication fee in Indian Currency although many of them claim to be International
They send spamming/phishing emails/SMSs
They collect publication fee in individual's accounts
Most of the articles in such journals are from people of Indian Origin
Most of them have bogus editorial boards
They have wrong claims of journal quality including Impact Factor
They promise publication within a very short time (1 day to 1 month)
They promise peer review but provides only scale based review report
Each of their issues contains an unbelievable number of articles (30 to 1000)
