| Category |
Typical of Legitimate Journals |
Predatory Publishing |
| Aims and Scope |
Provide a clear definition on what material is included
Examples: Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
|
Broad Scope
Examples: Dentistry
|
| Aims and Scope |
Generally have 1 - 2 medical categories, range of 1 - 16 |
Generally have 1 - 4 medical categories, range of 1 - 31 |
| Journal Name |
Fairly unique name |
Higher probability of similar journal name to legitimate journals |
| Publisher Information |
Publisher name provided on website |
50/50 on publisher name provided |
| Publisher Information |
Publisher URL provided |
Must be found via Google or does not exist |
| Location |
Country name same as contact information |
Country name differs from contact information |
| Email Address |
Professional Email address |
May use gmail or yahoo |
| Email Content |
Professional approach |
Contains spelling and grammatical errors, or slang used |
| Website |
Targeted to mostly readers |
Targeted to mostly authors |
| Metrics |
May have impact factor, SciMago, Overall ranking, etc |
May have fake metrics or other values like Index Copernicus Value, Global Impact Factor, Total citations |
| Indexing |
May be indexed in PubMed, MEDLINE, CINHAL, EMBASE, PsychInfo |
May be indexed in PubMed (but NOT Medline), Google Scholar, etc |
| Staff |
Easy to validate Editor in Cheif, journal staff, and institutional affiliation |
Fake journal staff or used without permission |
| Peer Reviewed |
Yes |
Half peer reviewed |
| Submission method |
Third party or journal specific |
Email, journal specific, or other |
| Retraction policy |
Yes |
low percent allow for retractions |
| Preservation |
Digital Preservation mentioned |
Preservation information lacking |
