Predatory Journals: How to identify and avoid them

PostGrad — Mon, 06 Nov 2017 11:34:02 +0000

This brief tutorial defines “predatory journals” and their major characteristics. It provides information to help novice academics to avoid this trap.

Developed by Mark P Snyders, Digital Scholarship Librarian, University of the Western Cape. Thanks to Jessica van der Hoek and Duane Bowers.

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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

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