Journal Violations
1.
Publication Practices
• No articles are published or the archives are missing issues and/or articles.
• The publisher displays prominent statements that promise rapid publication and/or unusually quick peer review (less than 4 weeks).
Fees
• The journal offers options for researchers to prepay APCs for future articles.
• The journal or publisher offers membership to receive discounts on APCs but does not give information on how to become a member and/or on the membership fees.
Integrity
• The journal uses language that suggests that it is industry leading, but is in fact a new journal.
Peer Review
• The journal’s website does not have a clearly stated peer review policy.
Website
• Dead links on the journal or publisher’s website.
Indexing & Metrics
• The publisher or its journals are not listed in standard periodical directories or are not widely catalogued in library databases.
Access & Copyright
• No policies for digital preservation.
2.
Fees
• The journal states there is an APC or another fee but does not give information on the amount or gives conflicting information.
• The journal offers options for researchers to prepay APCs for future articles.
Peer Review
• The journal’s website does not have a clearly stated peer review policy.
Access & Copyright
• No policies for digital preservation.
Business Practices
• The journal or publisher gives a business address in a Western country but the majority of authors are based in developing countries.
Integrity
• The name of the journal references a country or demographic that does not relate to the content or origin of the journal.
Publication Practices
• No articles are published or the archives are missing issues and/or articles.
3.
Peer Review
• No editor or editorial board listed on the journal’s website at all.
• The journal’s website does not have a clearly stated peer review policy.
Publication Practices
• No articles are published or the archives are missing issues and/or articles.
Website
• Poor grammar and/or spelling on the journal or publisher’s website.
• The website does not identify a physical editorial address for the journal.
• The website does not identify a physical address for the publisher or gives a fake address.
Access & Copyright
• No policies for digital preservation.
4.
Integrity
• The same article appears in more than one journal.
• Insufficient resources are spent on preventing and eliminating author misconduct that may result in repeated cases of plagiarism, self-plagiarism, image
manipulation, etc. (no policies regarding plagiarism, ethics, misconduct, etc., no use of plagiarism screens).
Publication Practices
• No articles are published or the archives are missing issues and/or articles.
• The publisher displays prominent statements that promise rapid publication and/or unusually quick peer review (less than 4 weeks).
Indexing & Metrics
• The journal uses misleading metrics (i.e., metrics with the words "impact factor"
that are not the Thomson Reuters Impact Factor).
Peer Review
• The journal includes board members who are prominent researchers but exempt them from any contribution to the journal except the use of their names and/or photographs.
Website
• The website does not identify a physical address for the publisher or gives a fake address.
• Dead links on the journal or publisher’s website.
Access & Copyright
• No policies for digital preservation.
5.
Website
• Poor grammar and/or spelling on the journal or publisher’s website.
• The journal or publisher uses a virtual office or other proxy business as its physical address.
Access & Copyright
• No policies for digital preservation.
Peer Review
• Evident data that little to no peer review is being done and the journal claims to be
"peer reviewed."
• The journal has a large editorial board but very few articles are published per year.
6. Fees
• The journal offers options for researchers to prepay APCs for future articles.
• The journal or publisher offers membership to receive discounts on APCs but does not give information on how to become a member and/or on the membership fees.
Integrity
• The journal uses language that suggests that it is industry leading, but is in fact a new journal.
Peer Review
• The journal’s website does not have a clearly stated peer review policy.
Website
• Dead links on the journal or publisher’s website.
Publication Practices
• The publisher displays prominent statements that promise rapid publication and/or unusually quick peer review (less than 4 weeks).
Indexing & Metrics
• The publisher or its journals are not listed in standard periodical directories or are not widely catalogued in library databases.
Access & Copyright
• No policies for digital preservation.
7.
Website
• The website does not identify a physical address for the publisher or gives a fake address.
Publication Practices
• The publisher displays prominent statements that promise rapid publication and/or unusually quick peer review (less than 4 weeks).
• Authors are published several times in the same journal and/or issue.
8.
Integrity
• The owner/Editor of the journal or publisher falsely claims academic positions or qualifications.
Peer Review
• The journal’s website does not have a clearly stated peer review policy.
Publication Practices
• The publisher displays prominent statements that promise rapid publication and/or unusually quick peer review (less than 4 weeks).
Access & Copyright
• No policies for digital preservation.
9.
Integrity
• The owner/Editor of the journal or publisher falsely claims academic positions or qualifications.
Publication Practices
• No articles are published or the archives are missing issues and/or articles.
• The publisher displays prominent statements that promise rapid publication and/or unusually quick peer review (less than 4 weeks).
Website
• The website does not identify a physical address for the publisher or gives a fake address.
• The website does not identify a physical editorial address for the journal.
Access & Copyright
• No policies for digital preservation.
10.
Peer Review
• No editor or editorial board listed on the journal’s website at all.
• The journal’s website does not have a clearly stated peer review policy.
Publication Practices
• No articles are published or the archives are missing issues and/or articles.
Website
• The website does not identify a physical address for the publisher or gives a fake address.
• The website does not identify a physical editorial address for the journal.
• No way to contact the journal/only has web-form.
Access & Copyright
• No policies for digital preservation.
11.
Integrity
• The publisher hides or obscures relationships with for-profit partner companies.
Peer Review
• No editor or editorial board listed on the journal’s website at all.
• The journal’s website does not have a clearly stated peer review policy.
Publication Practices
• No articles are published or the archives are missing issues and/or articles.
Website
• The website does not identify a physical address for the publisher or gives a fake address.
• Poor grammar and/or spelling on the journal or publisher’s website.
Access & Copyright
• No policies for digital preservation.
12.
Publication Practices
• No articles are published or the archives are missing issues and/or articles.
Peer Review
• No editor or editorial board listed on the journal’s website at all.
• The journal’s website does not have a clearly stated peer review policy.
Website
• Poor grammar and/or spelling on the journal or publisher’s website.
• The website does not identify a physical address for the publisher or gives a fake address.
• The website does not identify a physical editorial address for the journal.
Access & Copyright
• No policies for digital preservation.
13.
Integrity
• The publisher hides or obscures relationships with for-profit partner companies.
• Insufficient resources are spent on preventing and eliminating author misconduct that may result in repeated cases of plagiarism, self-plagiarism, image
manipulation, etc. (no policies regarding plagiarism, ethics, misconduct, etc., no use of plagiarism screens).
Website
• The journal or publisher uses a virtual office or other proxy business as its physical address.
• Poor grammar and/or spelling on the journal or publisher’s website.
Access & Copyright
• No policies for digital preservation.
Business Practices
• Emails received from a journal do not include the option to unsubscribe to future emails.
Publication Practices
• No articles are published or the archives are missing issues and/or articles.
14.
Peer Review
• No editor or editorial board listed on the journal’s website at all.
• The journal’s website does not have a clearly stated peer review policy.
Publication Practices
• No articles are published or the archives are missing issues and/or articles.
Website
• The website does not identify a physical address for the publisher or gives a fake address.
• The website does not identify a physical editorial address for the journal.
• No way to contact the journal/only has web-form.
Access & Copyright
• No policies for digital preservation.
15.
Integrity
• The publisher hides or obscures relationships with for-profit partner companies.
Website
• The website does not identify a physical address for the publisher or gives a fake address.
• The journal or publisher uses a virtual office or other proxy business as its physical address.
Publication Practices
• The publisher displays prominent statements that promise rapid publication and/or unusually quick peer review (less than 4 weeks).
Business Practices
• Email invitations for editorial board members or reviewers from the journal are received by researchers who are clearly not in the field the journal covers.
• Multiple emails received from a journal in a short amount of time.
16.
Publication Practices
• No articles are published or the archives are missing issues and/or articles.
• The publisher displays prominent statements that promise rapid publication and/or unusually quick peer review (less than 4 weeks).
• No copyediting.
Peer Review
• The journal has a large editorial board but very few articles are published per year.
• Evident data that little to no peer review is being done and the journal claims to be
"peer reviewed."
• Little geographical diversity of board members and the journal claims to be International.
Access & Copyright
• No policies for digital preservation.
Website
• Poor grammar and/or spelling on the journal or publisher’s website.
17.
Integrity
• The publisher hides or obscures relationships with for-profit partner companies.
• The journal is associated with a conference that has been identified as predatory.
Indexing & Metrics
• The journal uses misleading metrics (i.e., metrics with the words "impact factor"
that are not the Thomson Reuters Impact Factor).
Fees
• Surprise fees Peer Review
• The journal includes board members who are prominent researchers but exempt them from any contribution to the journal except the use of their names and/or photographs.
Publication Practices
• The publisher displays prominent statements that promise rapid publication and/or unusually quick peer review (less than 4 weeks).
Business Practices
• Email invitations for editorial board members or reviewers from the journal are received by researchers who are clearly not in the field the journal covers.
• Multiple emails received from a journal in a short amount of time.
18.
Peer Review
• No editor or editorial board listed on the journal’s website at all.
Publication Practices
• No articles are published or the archives are missing issues and/or articles.
• The publisher displays prominent statements that promise rapid publication and/or unusually quick peer review (less than 4 weeks).
• Authors are published several times in the same journal and/or issue.
Fees
• The journal or publisher offers membership to receive discounts on APCs but does not give information on how to become a member and/or on the membership fees.
Website
• The journal or publisher uses a virtual office or other proxy business as its physical address.
• The website does not identify a physical editorial address for the journal.
Access & Copyright
• States the journal is completely open access but not all articles are openly available.
19.
Integrity
• The publisher hides or obscures relationships with for-profit partner companies.
• Insufficient resources are spent on preventing and eliminating author misconduct that may result in repeated cases of plagiarism, self-plagiarism, image
manipulation, etc. (no policies regarding plagiarism, ethics, misconduct, etc., no use of plagiarism screens).
Website
• The journal or publisher uses a virtual office or other proxy business as its physical address.
• Poor grammar and/or spelling on the journal or publisher’s website.
Access & Copyright
• No policies for digital preservation.
Business Practices
• Emails received from a journal do not include the option to unsubscribe to future emails.
20.
Integrity
• The name of the journal references a country or demographic that does not relate to the content or origin of the journal.
Peer Review
• The journal’s website does not have a clearly stated peer review policy.
Website
• No way to contact the journal/only has web-form.
Publication Practices
• The publisher displays prominent statements that promise rapid publication and/or unusually quick peer review (less than 4 weeks).
Access & Copyright
• No policies for digital preservation.
21.
Website
• The journal or publisher uses a virtual office or other proxy business as its physical address.
• Poor grammar and/or spelling on the journal or publisher’s website.
Access & Copyright
• No policies for digital preservation.
Integrity
• Insufficient resources are spent on preventing and eliminating author misconduct that may result in repeated cases of plagiarism, self-plagiarism, image
manipulation, etc. (no policies regarding plagiarism, ethics, misconduct, etc., no use of plagiarism screens).
Peer Review
• The journal’s website does not have a clearly stated peer review policy.
• Evident data that little to no peer review is being done and the journal claims to be
"peer reviewed."
Publication Practices
• The publisher displays prominent statements that promise rapid publication and/or unusually quick peer review (less than 4 weeks).
Business Practices
• The journal or publisher gives a business address in a Western country but the majority of authors are based in developing countries.
22.
Integrity
• The publisher hides or obscures relationships with for-profit partner companies.
Publication Practices
• No articles are published or the archives are missing issues and/or articles.
Fees
• Surprise fees Peer Review
• Evident data showing that the editor/review board members do not possess
academic expertise to reasonably qualify them to be publication gatekeepers in the journal’s field.
Website
• The journal or publisher uses a virtual office or other proxy business as its physical address.
• Dead links on the journal or publisher’s website.
Access & Copyright
• No policies for digital preservation.
23.
Integrity
• The publisher hides or obscures relationships with for-profit partner companies.
• The journal is associated with a conference that has been identified as predatory.
Fees
• Surprise fees Peer Review
• The journal includes board members who are prominent researchers but exempt them from any contribution to the journal except the use of their names and/or photographs.
Publication Practices
• The publisher displays prominent statements that promise rapid publication and/or unusually quick peer review (less than 4 weeks).
Business Practices
• Email invitations for editorial board members or reviewers from the journal are received by researchers who are clearly not in the field the journal covers.
• Multiple emails received from a journal in a short amount of time.
24.
Publication Practices
• No articles are published or the archives are missing issues and/or articles.
• The publisher displays prominent statements that promise rapid publication and/or unusually quick peer review (less than 4 weeks).
• No copyediting.
Peer Review
• The journal has a large editorial board but very few articles are published per year.
Access & Copyright
• No policies for digital preservation.
Integrity
• The same article appears in more than one journal.
Website
• Poor grammar and/or spelling on the journal or publisher’s website.
25.
Peer Review
• No editor or editorial board listed on the journal’s website at all.
• The journal’s website does not have a clearly stated peer review policy.
Publication Practices
• No articles are published or the archives are missing issues and/or articles.
Website
• The website does not identify a physical address for the publisher or gives a fake address.
• The website does not identify a physical editorial address for the journal.
• No way to contact the journal/only has web-form.
Access & Copyright
• No policies for digital preservation.