Questions and Answers

Predatory publishers abuse the Open Access model by collecting publication costs without providing proper editorial and peer review services. You can often recognize predatory publishers by their aggressive marketing strategies and spam emails. Yet, predatory journals may look legitimate at first sight.

Check out our tips for recognizing predatory journals. In addition, you can find recommendations on the website of the initiative Think, Check, Submit.

Lists of suspicious journals and publishers can be found via the links. These lists may provide useful information for researchers who have doubts about the intentions of a particular journal. They do not necessarily represent the opinion of the librarians of Erasmus University. We recommend that scholars read the available reviews, assessments and descriptions and then decide for themselves whether they want to submit articles, serve as editors or on editorial boards.

We emphasize that journals change in their business and editorial practices over time. These lists are kept up to date to the best extent possible but may not reflect sudden, unreported, or unknown enhancements.