Identifying predatory journals and conferences Q1: What are predatory journals and conferences? A1: Predatory journals and conferences are those that solicit articles and abstracts from researchers through deceitful or misleading practices that exploit the pressure on researchers to publish and present their work. [...] Binary lists of “good” and “bad” journals can be quick to use and convenient BUT they are problematic: they oversimplify the issue (they do not account for low-quality or unethical practices, for example), are difficult to maintain (so that lists are rarely up-to-date), can have mistakes or criteria that are not transparent for listing decisions, and can be libellous (list hosts can be taken to co. [...] In a global survey of researchers, the data suggest that researchers in arts and humanities may be more vulnerable to predatory journals than those in natural sciences, and that those in transdisciplinary studies and engineering may be more vulnerable to predatory conferences. [...] Libraries, abstracting and indexing services work at the interface between knowledge production and publishing, and in many ways much of the workload in combatting predatory journals falls to them. [...] many in Africa, do to encourage their students and faculty to use legitimate journals and conferences, when predatory ones are often cheaper? A11: Legitimate journals and conferences will make discounts1 for researchers in low and middle income countries.
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