Predatory publishing - How to identify questionable journals

Slides used at the Open Scholarship Café: Predatory publishing - How to identify questionable journals, held at the University of Galway on 16 June 2023. Publish or Perish! This is the world many researchers find themselves in. Questionable and sometimes fraudulent actors try to take advantage of the pressure on authors by offering to publish their research for a fee, but without the proper checks and processes expected from academic journals. These outlets are labelled predatory journals, and they seem to multiply in number year on year! They are seen by many as a genuine threat to the Open Access movement because they weaken the credibility of genuine OA journals. The aim of this Open Scholarship Café was to look at the phenonomen of predatory publishing in a critical way. Is this real threat to academics or are we in a stage of "moral panic"? We will look at how to detect signs of predatory behaviour and how you can check if a journal adheres to academic standards. One of the tools we looked at is the Think Check Submit website. &nbsp