Characteristics of Predatory Journals
Predatory journals are likely to possess the following characteristics:
- Wide journal scope
- Not indexed in databases
- Make false claims regarding impact factor
- Claim low author-submission fees
- Extremely high acceptance rate
- Accelerated publication process
- Very short peer-review period
- Inconsistencies in publication periods
- Small or unknown editorial board
- Editorial board members are not experts in the journal topics
- Unprofessional, unsecured website
- Errors in titles and journal descriptions
- Asks authors to submit articles via email or a simple form
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Cabell's This link opens in a new windowThe directory helps scholars identify Computer Science and Business Information Systems journals for publication and guides users in evaluating journal quality.
This database can be used to verify whether a journal is illegitimate.
Disclaimer: Cabell's list is not an exhaustive list of predatory journals.