Quality control and low-quality journals

Low-quality journals (Predatory journals)

Predatory journals offer publishing of research articles against payment, without fulfilling the customary demands on scientific publicists, even though they try to make it seem that way. You should not avoid to publish Open acces, but it is a good idea to take a moment to examine the journal. Here is some usfull links:

www.thinkchecksubmit.org  This checklist can be useful when looking up a journal before sending in ones manuscrip

Links to an external site. Directory of Open Access Journals – DOAJ  Which is a database that lists quality-controlled OA journals.

Links to an external site. You can find more useful information on this topic on the University library’s website

 

If you have questions, please contact the LUSEM library research support on research_support@ehl.lu.se