Predatory Publishing
Paper Mills
- Ethics Clinic: Paper Mills and Predatory Publishers (2024)
- Paper mill challenges: past, present, and future (2024)
- Paper mills: the ‘cartel-like’ companies behind fraudulent scientific journals (2024)
- Paper Mills in Scholarly Publishing: A Systematic Review of Their Prevalence, Detection, and Impact on Research Integrity (2024)
- Paper mills research (2022)
- The threat of paper mills (2025)
- Unveiling the Dark Side of Scholarly Publishing: The Menace of Paper Mills (2024)
- What is a Paper Mill?
Resources on Predatory Publishing Practices
- A Qualitative Study Assessing the Management of Predatory Journals and Their Publishing Activities: Results from the ASGLOS Study (2024)
- Action against paper mills – COPE position statement (2024)
- An Assessment of Predatory Publication Use in Reviews (2020)
- Assessing the impact of predatory journals on policy and guidance documents: a cross-sectional study protocol (2022)
- Authors publishing repeatedly in predatory journals: An analysis of Scopus articles (2022)
- Attempts to bribe journal editors a ‘very real concern’ (2024)
- Being a deliberate prey of a predator: Researchers’ thoughts after having published in predatory journal (2018)
- Blacklists and Whitelists to Tackle Predatory Publishing: a Cross-Sectional Comparison and Thematic Analysis (2022)
- Combatting Predatory Academic Journals and Conferences – IAP Repo (2020)
- COPE Focus on paper mills
- Dangerous Predatory Publishers Threaten Medical Research (2016)
- Dealing with predatory journal articles captured in systematic reviews (2021)
- Defining predatory journals and responding to the threat they pose: a modified Delphi consensus process (2020)
- Ethical issues in publishing in predatory journals (2017)
- How Frequently Are Articles in Predatory Open Access Journals Cited (2020)
- How Many Predatory Journals Will We See in 2026?
- Identifying publications in questionable journals in the context of performance-based research funding (2019)
- Integrity of Databases for Literature Searches in Nursing (2020)
- Is intentional publishing in predatory journals a form of scientific misconduct? (2020)
- Keep calm and carry on: moral panic, predatory publishers, peer review, and the emperor’s new clothes (2022)
- Knowledge and motivations of researchers publishing in presumed predatory journals: a survey (2019)
- NRF Statement on Predatory Journals and Deceptive Publishers
- Payouts push professors towards predatory journals (South Africa) (2019)
- Predatory and Questionable Publishing Practices (Maastricht University Library)
- Predatory journals: no definition, no defence (2019)
- Predatory nursing journals: A case study of author prevalence and characteristics (2020)
- Predatory publishing from a global south perspective (2018)
- Predatory Publishing Practices: Is There Life After Beall’s List? (D. Nicholson) (2017)
- Predatory Open-Access Publishing in Anesthesiology (2019)
- Predatory Open-Access Publishing in Anesthesiology (2019)
- Predatory journals: no definition, no defence (duplicate)
- Predatory Journals – The Power of the Predator Versus the Integrity of the Honest
- Predatory journal papers have little scientific impact (2020)
- Predatory journal publishing: Is this an alternate universe? (2021)
- Predatory journals: The rise of worthless biomedical science (2018)
- Predatory Journals: What the Researchers and Authors Should Know (2024)
- Predatory publications in evidence syntheses (2019)
- Prevention of predatory journals & strategies for publication | Research Webinar Series (2022) (YouTube)
- Readers beware! Predatory journals are infiltrating citation databases (2019)
- Resources on Predatory Publishers (Wits Libguide)
- Revisiting the Term Predatory Open Access Publishing (2019)
- Scientists are drowning in COVID-19 papers. Can new tools keep them afloat (2020)
- The Quality of Statistical Reporting and Data Presentation in Predatory Dental Journals Was Lower Than in Non-Predatory Journals (2021)
- Predatory Journals – The Power of the Predator Versus the Integrity of the Honest (2021)
- The Pressure to Publish More and the Scope of Predatory Publishing Activities (2016)
- The “problem” of predatory publishing remains a relatively small one and should not be allowed to defame open access (2018)
- Thousands of Australian academics on the editorial boards of journals run by predatory publishers (2020)
- The Fight Against Predatory Journals is Perhaps a War We Can Never Win (2025)
- Understanding Predatory Publishers (Iowa University Libguide)
- Webinar: Predatory academic journals and conferences (YouTube) (2022)
- What I learned from predatory publishers (2017)
- Why do researchers decide to publish in questionable journals? A review of the literature (2019)
- Why you should care about the rise of fake journals and the bad science they publish (2017)
- Wilfully submitting to and publishing in predatory journals – a covert form of research misconduct? (2021)
Avoiding Predatory Publishers
- Avoiding Predatory Publishers How to Figure Out Who You Can Trust (Stevens)
- Avoiding predatory publishing: Choosing quality journals for your research (Taylor & Francis)
- Be iNFORMED Before You Publish: Spotting Predatory Journals (Duke University)
- Building a Trustworthy Research Environment: Challenges and Solutions to Predatory Publishing (ASSAf) (2025)
- Check for publication integrity before misconduct (2020)
- COPE Principles of Transparency & Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (2022)
- Distinguishing Predatory from Reputable Publishing Practices (2020)
- Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Predatory Publishing but Were Afraid to Ask (2017)
- Ensuring credible science: Navigating the risks of questionable journals in the age of open access (2026)
- How to Avoid Predatory Journals in 2026: A Complete Guide for Researchers
- How to Identify a Predatory Journal or Meeting (Bentley)
- How to Identify Predatory Journals: Key Red Flags (2026)
- How to Identify Predatory Journals — The Definitive 2026 Guide
- How to spot a predatory journal before you submit your paper (EndNote) (2026)
- How to Spot a Predatory Publisher (University of North Georgia)
- Identifying Deceptive Publishers: a checklist (Government of Canada)
- Journals and publishers that falsely claim they are indexed in DOAJ
- Keeping Up With… Predatory Publishing (ALA)
- Librarian’s Guide: Vetting Journals and Avoiding Predatory Publishers (JMIR)
- Open Access Publishing Support: Avoiding Predatory OA Publishers (UC Santa Barbara Library Libguide)
- Predatory_and_Questionable_Publishing_Practices_v1.0_2024.pdf
- Predatory Journals: A Potential Threat to the Dissemination of Open Access Knowledge (2023)
- Predatory Publishing Checklist (University of Toronto)
- Questioning the Predator of the Predatory Journals: How Fair Are Global Publishing Standards? (2025)
- Scholarly Horizons: Arrange for a webinar on predatory publishing issues – “Unmasking Deception: Promoting Integrity in Scholarly Communication”
- Storm over science: predatory practices and the fight for research reliability (2025)
- The Integrity Crisis in Academic Publishing: Predatory Markets, Paper Mills, Artificial Intelligence, and the Publish-or-Perish Imperative (2025)
- The ‘Reappraised’ Checklist for Evaluation of Publication Integrity
- The rise of ‘predatory’ publishing (2020)
- Retraction Watch Database User Guide (2024)
- Scholarly Publishing: Avoiding predatory and unethical publishers (University of Melbourne Libguide)
- Think.Check.Submit – Identify trusted publishers for your research
Journal Lists to Avoid Predatory Journals
- DHET Accredited List of Journals
- Predatory Journals List – 2026 (Journalsinsights)
- Predatory Journals in 2026: Red Flags, Risks and Safe Choices
- Predatory Journals – The List 2025
Predatory Publishing and AI
- A publisher’s perspectives on the use and abuse of artificial intelligence in academic journal publishing (2023)
- AI Helps Flag Potentially Problematic Journals for the First Time (2025)
- Artificial intelligence could help detect ‘predatory’ journals (2025)
- Combating Predatory Publishing by Leveraging AI (2024)
- Ensuring Ethical Publication Practices in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Era: Addressing Misconduct and Predatory Publishing (2026)
- How AI Makes Predatory Journals More Dangerous (2025)
- Predatory Journals in the Era of Digital Technology: the Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Identification
- Predatory publication of AI-generated research papers (2024)
- Predatory Publishing in the Age of AI (April 2024)
- Predatory Publishing 2.0: No Longer Fake — Now AI-Polished and “Legitimized” (2025)
- Researcher Alert! AI Writing Surges in Research: 1 in 5 Computer Science Papers and Over 1,000 Journals at Risk
- The evolution of predatory Journals – New strategies and threats. A letter to the editor (2026)
Fake Conferences
- How to Evaluate If an Academic Conference Is Worth Attending (2025)
- How Do You Know If a Conference Is Reputable? (2025)
- How to Evaluate the Level of International Academic Conferences: A Practical Guide for Researchers (2025)
- How to Spot a Fake Conference: 9 Red Flags for Researchers
- How to Spot a Fake Conference in 2026
- How to Verify if a Conference Is Indexed in Web of Science (ISI/WoS)
- Inside a “Fake” Conference: A Journey into Predatory Science (2024)
- Know Before You Go: Red Flags of a Fake Conference (2025)
- Predatory conferences: A to Z element (2024)
- Predatory Conferences — How to Spot Them Before You Register (2026)
- Predatory Conferences: Warning Signs and How to Avoid Them (2025)
- Predatory conferences are on the rise. Here are five ways to tackle them (2024)
- Predatory Journals & Conferences: Predatory Conferences (Douglas College Library Libguide)
- Predatory Publishing: Predatory Conferences (Himmelfarb)
- Predatory Publishing: Predatory Conferences Libguide (NTU Library, Singapore)
- Watch Out for Fake or Predatory Conferences
- What is a predatory conference? (Wikipedia)
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