Keep in mind that there are now fake Impact Factor providers who will, for a fee, assign fake impact factors to journals willing to pay.
Also, the OA model is forcing traditional publishers The acquisition of Canadian journals by OMICS has rattled the medical research community, and scientific societies that host the journals, putting their reputations at risk.
This, in part, has made the OA model quite successful in the past decade, with numerous credible, legitimate OA publishers such as Sadly, the apparent success of the OA model has attracted a growing number of entrepreneurs who are trying to cash in. This is part of the open-access movement, which is also not synonymous with predatory but is vulnerable to predatory practices. So, it is possible that medical practice will be influenced by seriously flawed work, including those published by folks with agendas (e.g.
), and tend of offer discounted fees or special offers (e.g. Newsletters may offer personalized content or advertisements.
Also, even if your article was really good, you will never be able to publish it anywhere else and it will not be included in any serious indexing site.One the most frequently used means of determining the quality of academic journals is to consult their impact factor. We predict there will be more and more examples of papers being retracted.In principle, OA publishing is a good idea, as it democratizes access to scientific information. Emails from predatory journals rarely provide an opt-out option.The email solicitations we get from predatory journals nearly always promise rapid publication (sometimes as early as within three days! If you want to contribute the name of a predatory journal or publisher, either email us , send us a tweet , or create an issue or pull request for the data files on GitHub. Over time, junk science published in predatory OA journals will overwhelm the volume of good quality, peer-reviewed science. Recognized journals do not solicit publication from potential authors.Publishing fees should be clear with full contact details including email, postal address and working telephone number.Jeffrey Beal, a librarian from the University of Colorado, maintains a web site on This web site has become the preferred source for librarians and researchers.
The adulatory spam emails (e.g. In the traditional model, authors did not pay for publishing but relinquished their copyright to publishers who then sold access to their publications. You can also consult your local librarians who can check and give you feedback on journals and publishers, as well as any information you require on Open Access publishing.You may be trying to access this site from a secured browser on the server.
Please turn on JavaScript and try again. Please read the following articles on this:Journals indexed in a respected citation databases such as ‘Index Medicus’ PubMed, CINAHL, ERIC, Thompson Reuters Web of Science, SciVerse Scopus etc.
But there are now several other new services (mostly fake) who claim to determine the impact factor of journals. Some authors fall prey to this temptation for a quick and easy way to get published. Such journals are termed as ‘Predatory Journals’. The publisher's address is usually not provided or is fictitious. Professor & Director of Global Health, McGill University SUBSCRIBE TO THE BUSINESS NEWSLETTER