Issue of Open Access and Predatory Journals

Use the link to access the full text.  "Most of us must have noted a surge of e-mails where invitation is made to submit research articles to 'scholarly' journals. A fast track processing is also promised. These are open access online journals. Some of these journals are listed under the category of “predatory” journals, a terminology that indicates questionable editorial and publishing services for business purposes. The publishers of many of these journals do not have address. These journals either do not have a diverse editorial board or at times one may find names of renowned persons on the website without their consent. They lack transparency in peer review process, a must for all journals. The articles submitted to these journals are quickly accepted and then authors receive a mail demanding huge amount to be paid as publication charges. Researchers are thus deceived by such invitations. As all of these journals are open access thus a doubt is raised against online journals with regard to their credibility. It is, therefore, important to further tease out this issue ..."