{"id":18170,"date":"2018-07-31T19:11:17","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T13:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/?p=18170"},"modified":"2019-05-09T14:07:49","modified_gmt":"2019-05-09T08:07:49","slug":"top-ten-tips-on-identifying-predatory-journals-and-conferences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/top-ten-tips-on-identifying-predatory-journals-and-conferences\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Tips on Identifying Predatory Journals and Conferences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Submitting your research work to predatory journals\/conferences can adversely affect your research career. However, many researchers are unable to distinguish between legitimate journals\/conferences and those that are predatory in nature. In this post, we share some useful tips that will help you to identify such predatory conferences and\/or journals effectively.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Top-Ten-Tips-on-Identifying-Predatory-Journals-and-Conferences-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18644 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/TopTenTipsonIdentifyingPredatoryJournalsandConferences_English-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"2000\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/TopTenTipsonIdentifyingPredatoryJournalsandConferences_English-1.png 800w, https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/TopTenTipsonIdentifyingPredatoryJournalsandConferences_English-1-92x230.png 92w, https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/TopTenTipsonIdentifyingPredatoryJournalsandConferences_English-1-768x1920.png 768w, https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/TopTenTipsonIdentifyingPredatoryJournalsandConferences_English-1-410x1024.png 410w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/2000;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex; gap:10px;justify-content:\" class=\"wps-pgfw-pdf-generate-icon__wrapper-frontend\">\n\t\t<a  href=\"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18170?action=genpdf&amp;id=18170\" class=\"pgfw-single-pdf-download-button\" ><img data-src=\"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-generator-for-wp\/admin\/src\/images\/PDF_Tray.svg\" title=\"Generate PDF\" style=\"width:auto; height:45px;\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitting your research work to predatory journals\/conferences can adversely affect your research career. However, many&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":22324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1579,1320],"tags":[1478,1402],"ppma_author":[1894],"class_list":["post-18170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-enago-academy-creatives","category-infographics","tag-identifying-predatory-journals","tag-predatory-conferences"],"better_featured_image":{"id":22324,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":750,"height":430,"file":"2018\/07\/Predatory-Journals.jpg","sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"Predatory-Journals-170x150.jpg","width":170,"height":150,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Predatory-Journals-170x150.jpg"},"medium":{"file":"Predatory-Journals-401x230.jpg","width":401,"height":230,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Predatory-Journals-401x230.jpg"},"large":{"file":"Predatory-Journals-750x430.jpg","width":750,"height":430,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Predatory-Journals-750x430.jpg"},"better-amp-small":{"file":"Predatory-Journals-100x100.jpg","width":100,"height":100,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Predatory-Journals-100x100.jpg"},"better-amp-normal":{"file":"Predatory-Journals-260x200.jpg","width":260,"height":200,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Predatory-Journals-260x200.jpg"},"better-amp-large":{"file":"Predatory-Journals-450x300.jpg","width":450,"height":300,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Predatory-Journals-450x300.jpg"},"publisher-tb1":{"file":"Predatory-Journals-86x64.jpg","width":86,"height":64,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Predatory-Journals-86x64.jpg"},"publisher-sm":{"file":"Predatory-Journals-210x136.jpg","width":210,"height":136,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Predatory-Journals-210x136.jpg"},"publisher-mg2":{"file":"Predatory-Journals-279x220.jpg","width":279,"height":220,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Predatory-Journals-279x220.jpg"},"publisher-md":{"file":"Predatory-Journals-357x210.jpg","width":357,"height":210,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Predatory-Journals-357x210.jpg"},"publisher-tall-sm":{"file":"Predatory-Journals-180x217.jpg","width":180,"height":217,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Predatory-Journals-180x217.jpg"},"publisher-tall-lg":{"file":"Predatory-Journals-267x322.jpg","width":267,"height":322,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Predatory-Journals-267x322.jpg"},"publisher-tall-big":{"file":"Predatory-Journals-368x430.jpg","width":368,"height":430,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Predatory-Journals-368x430.jpg"},"Book Review":{"file":"Predatory-Journals-320x430.jpg","width":320,"height":430,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Predatory-Journals-320x430.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]}},"post":18170,"source_url":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Predatory-Journals.jpg"},"acf":{"faq_main_heading":"","faq_heading_one":"","faq_heading_two":"","faq_heading_three":"","faq_heading_four":"","faq_heading_five":"","faq_heading_six":"","faq_description_one":"","faq_description_two":"","faq_description_three":"","faq_description_four":"","faq_description_five":"","faq_description_six":""},"views":1244,"single_webinar_page_date":null,"single_webinar_page_time":null,"session_agenda":null,"who_should_attend_this_session":null,"about_the_speaker_field":null,"co-webinar-sec":null,"co_webinar_sec_one":null,"speaker-name":null,"webinar-date":null,"webinar-time":null,"webinar-s-image":null,"custum_webinar_category":null,"authors":[{"term_id":1894,"user_id":6,"is_guest":0,"slug":"daveishan","display_name":"Enago Academy","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/cropped-favicon-192x192-1.png","url2x":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/cropped-favicon-192x192-1.png"},"author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"","first_name":"","job_title":"","description":"Enago Academy, the knowledge arm of Enago, offers comprehensive and up-to-date resources on academic research and scholarly publishing to all levels of scholarly professionals: students, researchers, editors, publishers, and academic societies. It is also a popular platform for networking, allowing researchers to learn, share, and discuss their experiences within their network and community. The team, which comprises subject matter experts, academicians, trainers, and technical project managers, are passionate about helping researchers at all levels establish a successful career, both within and outside academia."}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18170"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=18170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}