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What To Look For
- Images appear distorted or fuzzy
- Journal does not have an ISSN
- Vague or Incomplete contact information
- Promise of rapid publication
- Unclear or deceptive fees
- Fake names listed on editorial board
- Published articles are plagarized, fake, unscientifically sound or low quality
What To Look For
- Website contains grammatical, spelling and formatting errors
- Check address of journal to make sure it is legitimate
- Publisher may keep APC (article processing charge) without publishing article
- Impact Factors and Index Statuses may be fake
- Publisher may not return article and retain copyright
What To Look For
- Disreputable Journals may choose a name similar to a reputable journal- e.g. International Journal of Nursing
- Hijacked Publication - when a disreputable publisher buys a previously reputable journal and does not continue peer review process
What To Look For
- Is the journal indexed in MEDLINE (Pubmed)?
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- If not indexed in MEDLINE, journal may be questionable
- May also mean that journal is too new or is out of the scope of MEDLINE
- You can search the NLM Catalog to check
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