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For you as a scientist it is crucial to make your research visible and to publish your findings. This is what dubious organizers and publishers and fraudulent publication offers try to exploit.</p> <h4>What are Predatory Journals?</h4> <p>Dubious journals, also known as predatory journals, pursue a business model in which you are offered to publish your scientific work for a fee, without a quality assurance process and editorial work, as is usual for serious journals. Contents of these dubious journals are often not indexed in the relevant professional databases and thus remain hidden from the professional community.</p> <p>Increasingly, many dubious journals and publishers are also contacting (especially young) scientists directly by e-mail and asking for contributions. With such inquiries special caution is required!</p> <h4>Checklists and Criteria for Seriousness</h4> <p>However, it is not always easy to recognize the black sheep. If you are considering a publication in a journal that is not known in your professional circles, you should examine it carefully. Evaluation portals and checklists like <a href="https://thinkchecksubmit.org/">Think.Check.Submit.</a> can be a guide.</p> <h4>Directories and Evaluation Tools</h4> <p>If it is an Open Access journal, check whether it is listed in the <a href="https://doaj.org/">Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)</a>. Only quality-checked titles from trusted publishers can be found here.</p> <p>Potentially dubious journals, on the other hand, are included in the negative list <a href="https://beallslist.net/">Beall's List</a>. Before submitting articles to journals listed there, we strongly advise you to check your selection very carefully.</p> <h4>Predatory Conferences</h4> <p>With the emergence of fraudulent behavior in the publishing industry, many rogue publishers have expanded their business models to make additional profits from predatory conferences. 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