Predatory publishing

Goal

• Getting an understanding of "Predatory Journals" and "Predatory Conferences" ;
• Knowing the consequences of publishing in a Predatory Journal ;
• Being able to identify a Predatory Journal

Description

Predatory Journals and Conferences, with their suspicious methods and venal motivations, represent a hazard to scientific literature, to science integrity itself, and to scientists’ reputation. This course will give an overview of these questions, as well as presenting some tools to help you identify predatory journals and conferences and protect yourself against them.