🧭 Overview

In this comprehensive tutorial, we will explore the critical topic of predatory journal publishing, a growing concern in academia. This tutorial aims to equip academics and researchers with the knowledge and tools necessary to identify and avoid predatory journals, promoting high-quality scholarly publishing and upholding academic integrity with content developed by Niala Dwarika-Bhagat, Randy Siew and Kamau Osbourne.

Learning Pace: Asynchronous – Learn at your own pace and convenience.

Learning Units

Lesson 1: Predatory Publishing and Predatory Journals
Lesson 2: Predatory Publishing in Academia
Lesson 3: A Different Type of Threat: Hijacked Journals
Lesson 4: Resources to Support Journal Education

By completing this tutorial, you will gain the ability to:

• Define a predatory journal.
• Explain the genesis of predatory publishing.
• Differentiate between authentic and predatory/hijacked journals.
• Identify journal-verification tools available online.

Let’s get started! Click on a topic below to begin this tutorial.