Potential Predatory vs. Legitimate Journals: Can You Tell the Difference? | Himmelfarb News
lterrat's bookmarks 2017-07-13
Summary:
"A recent article published in the March 2017 issue of BMC Medicine provides the results of just such a comparison. A cross-sectional comparison of potentially predatory, presumed legitimate open access, and presumed legitimate subscription-based biomedical journals was conducted. Roughly 100 randomly selected journals in each category was selected for this review. Each journal was evaluated on criteria within specific characteristics including:
- Aims & scope
- Journal name & publisher
- Homepage integrity (look & feel)
- Indexing & impact factor
- Editors & staff
- Editorial process & peer review
- Publication ethics & policies
- Publication model & copyright
- Journal location & contact
The results are summarized in this infographic:
https://magic.piktochart.com/embed/22961232-predatory-vs-legitimate-can-you-tell-the-difference"