Subject Guides: Publish Your Work: Predatory Publishers

Tools and Resources for Evaluating Publishers

Checklists and Evaluation Tools

Think. Check. Submit.
Follow this checklist to make sure you choose trusted journals for your research.
Think. Check. Attend.
This checklist provides guidance for evaluating professional conferences.
Be iNFORMEd: Checklist
A checklist to assess the quality of a journal or publisher. Created by Duke University Medical Center LIbrary & Archives.
Scholarly Publishing Information Hub (SPI-Hub™)
SPI-Hub consolidates information from multiple resources to easily compare the quality, scholarly importance, and editorial policies of several biomedical journals

Directories of Approved Journals and Publishers
Journals and publishers included in these lists have been vetted and approved by quality control organizations.

Directory of Open Access Journals
Search for open access journals by subject, and identify which journals charge author processing fees.
Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA)
Publishers who are listed as members of OASPA are expected to adhere to strict quality control criteria.

Questionable Journals and Publishers

Retraction Watch
Retraction Watch chronicles article retractions and sometimes uncovers ethical violations and suspicious activity in the process.
Beall's Updated List of Potential Predatory Journals
Archived and updated list of potential, possible, or probable predatory scholarly open‑access publishers.

How to Determine if a Journal is a Predatory Publisher

Phony vs. Legit Publishers Infographic

Evaluating Scholarly Journals infographic from FrontMatter by Allen Press / CC BY ND NC 3.0

Publish Your Work: Predatory Publishers

What is a Predatory Publisher?

Tools and Resources for Evaluating Publishers

How to Determine if a Journal is a Predatory Publisher

Phony vs. Legit Publishers Infographic