What is a predatory journal?
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The term “Predatory Journals” was first coined in 2010 by Jeffrey Beall, Associate Professor and Scholarly Initiatives Librarian, Auraria Library, University of Colorado, Denver, USA. Predatory journals are the by-product of the Open Access (OA) publishing movement. They are primarily substandard serial publications produced by deceptive publishers whose sole purpose is of making money out of Article Processing Charges (APCs).
Here is an example that explains how predatory publishers run their businesses without any academic or ethical standards.
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