This resource touches on important factors to help students and academics decide where to publish their research. Making the right choices can increase readership and citations, diminish publication lag and ensures their publications are eligible for government subsidy.

Predatory publishing has increased in output over the last few years. Unaware academics are vulnerable to their pitfalls. This can be costly and impact negatively on an academic’s reputation.

It is not the intention of the predatory journal resource to answer all questions regarding predatory publishers and its journals, but it should create awareness amongst academics.

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Developed by Pieter du Plessis, Stellenbosch University.

Explore these additional resources

• Spotter’s Guide presentation notes
• Spotter’s Guide presentation slides
• Selecting a Journal for your publication
• Predatory Journals: How to Identify and Avoid Them
• Predatory publishing in South Africa
• Scholarly publication ethics: practical problems from the South African experience
• We Now Know Why Jeffrey Beall Removed List of (Allegedly) Predatory Journals
• The Ethics Blog
• Journal evaluation tool
• Scientific publications tips

Who might find this useful?

This resource is directed at any researcher that is unsure about where to publish research. This resource can be used whenever a researcher is contacted by a journal publisher and their publishing credentials are suspect. It can be used as part of a larger workshop where general academic publishing tips are suggested.

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Who might find this useful?

Novice academics may find this useful as they begin publishing their research. This video might add a useful contribution to any workshop on academic publishing and knowledge dissemination

Explore these additional resources

• Three short videos on how to select an appropriate journal for your publication
• Predatory journals: A threat to academic credibility
• “Dear Esteemed Author:” Spotting a Predatory Publisher in 10 Easy Steps
• Why you should care about the rise of fake journals and the bad science they publish
• 13 ways to spot a predatory journal
• A reporter published a fake study to expose how terrible some scientific journals are
• Beall’s List of Predatory ​Journals and Publishers

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Who might find this useful?

This material is primarily for postgraduate and postdoctoral scholars, to assist them with managing peer review and preparing a revised paper for a journal or edited book. This can also be used in writing for publication workshops, along with the suggested extra readings and resources.

Explore these additional resources

• Choosing the right journal (internal link)
• Doing revisions: http://wp.me/p3VNfn-8m ; https://patthomson.net/2015/04/16/revision-its-not-just-about-cutting-words-out/ ; https://patthomson.net/2014/02/24/good-academic-writing-its-about-revision-not-editing/
• Peer review: https://patthomson.net/2017/06/19/when-peer-review-is-scent-marking/
• Responding to peer review: http://matt.might.net/articles/peer-review-rebuttals/; https://www.editage.com/insights/how-to-respond-to-comments-by-peer-reviewers ; https://patthomson.net/2011/08/19/journal-etiquette-2-what-to-do-with-a-poor-review/
• Getting support in the review process: https://patthomson.net/2014/10/20/3610/

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Who might find this useful?

This material is primarily for postgraduate and postdoctoral scholars, to assist them with the process of choosing a journal in which to publish their work. It could be effectively used as a lead in to a practical exercise, with the worksheet included, in a writing-for-publication workshop in which students could browse the Internet and create their own shortlist.

Explore these additional resources

Plotting a paper from your PhD (internal hyperlink within the site)

Blogposts:

• Choosing the right journal for your paper (http://wp.me/p3VNfn-ps)
• Predatory publishers: what to look for (http://wp.me/p3VNfn-on)
• Practices for getting published (https://patthomson.net/2015/01/12/writerly-readerly-and-strategic-some-tips-for-getting-published/)
• Creating a publishing plan: https://www.editage.com/insights/how-to-create-a-publication-schedule-and-why

Creating a shortlist (Worksheet link)

Questions for users:

• For supervisors/PG support staff: how do you find journals for the papers you write? What are your top tips for getting published? Share these with your students, and encourage them to watch this video.
• For students: Why do you want to publish your work? Think beyond doing it just because you have to: think about how you can build or add to knowledge and practice in your field. What can your voice (your research) add to the ‘conversation’? Start here, and create a plan for publishing that starts with your thesis, but looks forward to postdoctoral and future research. The blogs and other posts listed here may help with this. The worksheet can also be downloaded and used as a guide for creating your own journal shortlist.

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