Is This a Quality Journal to Publish In? How Can You Tell?

This article summarizes a presentation delivered by Beth Bernhardt at the 2016 North Carolina Serials Conference. Bernhardt's talk provided an overview of predatory and unethical publishing practices, provided resources to consult when evaluating open access journal quality, and discussed examp...

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Published in:Serials review Vol. 42; no. 3; pp. 237 - 239
Main Author: Craft, Anna R.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Greenwich Routledge 02.07.2016
Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects:
academic journals
Academic libraries
Access
College faculty
Ethics
Librarians
open access
Open access publishing
predatory publishing
Publishing
scholarly communication
ISSN:0098-7913, 1879-095X
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Summary:This article summarizes a presentation delivered by Beth Bernhardt at the 2016 North Carolina Serials Conference. Bernhardt's talk provided an overview of predatory and unethical publishing practices, provided resources to consult when evaluating open access journal quality, and discussed examples from her work at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG). The presentation's focus was on helping librarians and others prepare to serve as resources for faculty members who may need assistance in evaluating open access journals as potential publication venues.
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ISSN:0098-7913
1879-095X
DOI:10.1080/00987913.2016.1196844