This video is a guide for librarians that support researchers in identifying trusted journals and avoiding predatory journals. There is no single list to check, and so the due diligence process can help researchers avoid pitfalls.bit.ly/49KfWgQ

To raise awareness of the predatory practice of fraudulent journal sites, LUP is sharing a blog post to alert researchers, readers, and editors of other journals, to the growing problem of copycat journal websites. You can read the full post online at liverpooluniversitypress.blog/2024/04/17/jou…

At the session @ #UKSG2024 a member of the audience asked about the traits that will help researchers recognise predatory publishers. Use our checklists thinkchecksubmit.org and read Cenyu Shen’s article doi.org/10.1629/uksg.6…

Many thanks to Katherine Stephan., Cath Dishman
and Cenyu Shen for participating in the session today @ #UKSG2024 and for providing great advice.

Good advice for researchers: google your name and your photo along with 'editor' and 'editorial board' at least twice a year to check you aren't unwittingly lending credibility to a predatory journal. #UKSG2024

The Think. Check. Submit. checklist is a useful guide for checking whether a journal or publisher is credible and appropriate for publishing a researcher's research. thinkchecksubmit.org #UKSG2024

Another OAPEN Newsletter is available and we're delighted to share many updates from our partners CERN OPERAS #PALOMERA Think. Check. Submit. Penn State Libraries mailchi.mp/oapen/oapen-ne… #oabooks

DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) is an independent directory of over 20,000 quality-assured #OA journals.

Search DOAJ by subject or even limit your search to journals that don't charge open access publication fees. doaj.org
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Predatory journals are infiltrating medical databases.

Watch excerpt from #JBILIVE webinar on predatory publishing in systematic reviews: youtube.com/watch?v=srMBpB…

#JBIMethodology

One week to go .. our session on 'Combating 'predatory' publishers' - chaired by lorraineestelle, starring Katherine Stephan Katherine Stephan, Rebecca Wojturska Rebecca Wojturska and Cenyu Shen. bit.ly/48EKfpS

A great team of experts!

In 2023, 71 versions of checklists were created along with commissioning a new English and Japanese primer video, publishing a video for the library community, and a written paper on predatory publishing. To know more, check out our full report. bit.ly/3TKUVOh

The work that our team, Think. Check. Submit. and DOAJ do was also featured in this article. Remember: this team is here to help you navigate publishing (in good times and bad!) Also fun to now say I am quoted in the British Medical Journal.

This looks like an interesting read, the book is available for free via open access in a variety of formats openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647…

Publishing? Think & Check before you Submit.

Think: Are you submitting to a trusted journal? Be mindful of predatory publishers.

Check: Use the Think Check Submit checklist thinkchecksubmit.org

Submit. But only if you answer 'yes' to most of the questions on the checklist.

Grazie a Manuel Ciccarelli e Andrea Solieri per la traduzione in italiano della checklist per Libri e Capitoli

The medical students will also find our checklist for journals a useful tool: thinkchecksubmit.org/journals/

We had an exciting planning meeting for the panel sessions about defeating predatory publishing at the upcoming UKSG Conference. What question would you put to the panel of experts? Information about them and the session: bit.ly/49axyCC

An interesting article from McGill University: The Science Journals That Will Publish Anything bit.ly/42K5W57

Have you been contacted by a journal asking you to publish with them? Maybe it smells “phishy” to you?

Think. Check. Submit. could help you make an informed decision on the best place to publish and save you getting caught out!

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