Directory of Open Access Journals - DOAJ

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DOAJ is the major global indexing service for open access journals.

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Hi Judith
How can a journal or publisher prevent its board members and authors from contributing to or associating with questionable journals? It isn’t easy. Please advise.

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Hi Rehana ,
Thank you for your question. As you say, this is not easy. There are tools such as the Think.Check.Submit https://thinkchecksubmit.org/ that you can ask them to use. In addition to this authors could refer to this short article for tips “Predatory publishing practices: what researchers should know before submitting their manuscript”
https://insights.uksg.org/articles/631/files/6526ad9ab1261.pdf
You could also use tools like Pubpeer and RetractionWatch Database to train your staff to identify any possible misconduct. Hope this helps.

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Dear Leena

Thank you so much for your guidance. What predatory journals/publishers list is to be considered as Beall’s list is obsolete now?

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Dear Rehana,
I would strongly recommend to focus resources on building skills to detect unethical practices and raising awareness of the same using the tools and guides mentioned earlier.
Due to the increasing concerns surrounding predatory publishing and its evolving unethical practices, it is not advisable to rely on a single list.

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Dear Leena

Thank you for your guidance.