Red flags on illegitimate journals
lkfitz's bookmarks 2017-03-21
Summary:
"Recently, Citizen reporter Tom Spears reported anew on “fake” scientific journals. At The Ottawa Hospital’s Centre for Journalology (publication science), we use the term “illegitimate publishing entities” for these journals. It’s a harsh term but warranted given that they are not in accordance with accepted publishing standards. These entities are giving legitimate open access journals a run for their money. They claim to have many of the features of real open access publishing and peer review, but our research suggests neither is likely true."