Kscien’s list “a new strategy to hoist predatory journals and publishers”

“The trend through which academia finances scientific publication has been changed into open access publishing, the latter is exploited by predatory journals and publishers. The aim of this paper is to review the current situation of predatory publishing and introduce Kscien’s list of predatory journals and publishers. Kscien has recruited a special committee consisting of 23 young researchers. They are working unceasingly to keep the list refurbished, expose current tricks invented by the predators and guide authors. The list is designed to be updated daily. Currently, the criteria used to recognize predatory journals and publishers basically depend on the journal’s misconduct, fabrication and inadequate peer review. Researches are ongoing to recapitulate more solid criteria with objective evidence to overcome the critics faced by Beall. Kscien’s list has been proposed to replace the vanished Beall’s list from the interior of the drawn region in fake journals and publishers.”

For further information, read at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405857218301220 and http://kscien.org/predatory.php