1. How to identify fake journals

2. How to identify fake journals
Prepared by Dr. Abbas Burhan Qadir Salahaddin University Modified by Dara Al-Banna Hawler Medical University

3. فةرمانى وةزاري

4. Writing and Publishing of Articles
Article preparation
Before preparation
Publishing
Revision and proofreading
Cover letter
Response to reviewer
Reasons of rejections
Final proofread and copyediting
Schedule your writing time
Start with outline
Identifying sources
Analyzing written research
Selecting a journal
Research article structure
Referencing
Title page
Figures and Table
Language: Useful words and phrases

5. Quality Indicators of Scientific Research

6. 1. Journal Impact Factor…. Eugene Garfield
Sharma OP (2007) Journal impact factor: an essential primary quality indicator. Curr Sci 93(1):5

8. 1.Basic publishing standards
THE THOMSON REUTERS JOURNAL SELECTION PROCESS
1.Basic publishing standards
Peer Review, Ethical Publishing Practices, Publishing Format, Timeliness…etc
2.Editorial content
3.International focus
4.Citation Analysis

9. 2.h-Index the most rigorous quality indicator of scientific research
Hirsch JE (2005) An index to quantify an individual’s scientific research output. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 102(46):16569–16572

11. Fake Journals
A "fake" or "shady" journal is a low quality journal that does little or no quality control.
They are often called "predatory" because they prey on people who are under a lot of pressure to publish, charging high author fees for promises of quick publication.

12. Spatial distribution of some of the recently hijacked scientific journals

13. Fake journals
The fake journals that impersonate the title of a well-known journal and
establish a fake website
The journals that have no real existence and have a website to simply abuse the researchers

14. The biggest journal hijacking in the history of academic publishing:
Title Journal No.1: Natura, ISSN:
Title Journal No.2: Doriana, ISSN:
Title Journal No.3: CAHIERS DES SCIENCES NATURELLES, ISSN:
Title Journal No.4: Mexican Journal of international studies, ISSN: X

15. Features of the Fake Journals

16. 1. Mainly, they attach themselves to Europe and the West.
+ the names of such journals commonly contain grand adjectives e.g. world, international and global

17. 2. They publish the papers without any revision or peer-revision process.

18. 3. They have a broad advertisement plan in the form of spam E-mails
They never mention the requested fee in order to publish the papers on their sites, and notify the authors privately in a separate letter.

19. 4. They have weak websites with a simple submission format.

20. 5. Generally, they have no specific scientific scope and work in a multidisciplinary way.

21. 6. The period between submitting and publishing the papers is very short.

22. 7. Commonly, they publish repetitive papers or even papers from other journals.

23. 8. Volume of the journal

24. The editorial board is very small or “coming soon.”
The journal says an issue will be available at a certain time, but the issue never appears.
There are fundamental errors in the titles and abstracts
The content of the journal varies from the title and stated scope.
A publishing company, a professional association, a scholarship association, or a university. Reputable publishers will never publish fake journals

25. The Advertisement Techniques of the Fake Journals

26. 1. Name and its impact factor (In this type of , the impact factor of the original journal is mentioned)

27. 2. Presenting the ISSN of the original journal 3
2. Presenting the ISSN of the original journal 3. Notifying that the journal is a multidisciplinary one 4. The journal’s address (In this field the true address of the original journal is written)

28. 5. Journal index

29. These journals have the following terms:
1. The journal is indexed in ISI and has the impact factor xxx 2. The journal belongs to a non-English country 3. The journal has no well-known publisher

30. The Assurance of Journals’ Precision

31. well-known publishers such as Elsevier, Springer…etc.
Sending the paper to journals
recommended by an expert in the field
have a special scope
well-known publishers such as Elsevier, Springer…etc.
DOI

33. scopus indexed journals list

34. Top 10 tips How to identify fake research journals /// Summary