How to Avoid Publication in Predatory Medical Journal
                     How to Avoid 
Publication in 
Predatory 
Medical Journal
What are Predatory 
Medical Journals?
     Predatory medical journals are the journals that 
publish the research article without any peer-
review of the article. These journals do not 
provide editing services and charge a fee for 
publishing the article. Jeffrey Beall first used the 
term ‘predatory journal’. These journals normally 
have quick turnaround time to publish the article 
as compared to other high-quality journals. 
    Although Article Processing Charges (APCs) are 
also required for open access journals they have 
the process of critical peer review and editing 
services. Due to poor or absent peer review 
process, the quality of research articles published 
in predatory journals is poor as compared to high-
quality journals. 
How you should Avoid Publication in 
Predatory Medical Journals?
 Publishing the articles in a high-quality medical
 journal
 gives a feeling of pride and escalation on the 
career ladder. On the other hand, falling in the 
trap of predatory journals may bring a feeling 
of disgrace, dissatisfaction, and 
embarrassment. 
 Thus, it is important to identify whether the 
target journal is predatory or not. Although 
there is no set of rules that allows the 
researcher to instantly conclude.
• Unscrupulous marketing tactics: If you receive 
an e-mail with strongly persuasive language for 
getting your article published, critically analyze 
the available information about the journal. 
Publishing in such a journal may be a wastage of 
time and money.
• Poor quality peer-review and editing: The 
predatory journals exist only for a motive to make 
money. To fulfil their motive, they are ready to 
publish almost every research article with a fee 
from the author. These journals have poor or no 
peer-review process. The author should avoid 
such journals as their authenticity is questionable.
• Article-processing charges: Most of these 
journals hide the article processing charges. After 
submitting and acceptance of the article, they 
suddenly send an unexpected invoice. Make all the 
cost clear before approaching these journals.
• Open journal or listed in the DOAJ: Most of the 
authentic journals are open journals. These journals 
are listed in Directory of Open Access Journals. If 
the target journal is not listed in DOAJ, the quality 
of the journal is questionable.
• Medline indexed: Make a search related to the 
target journal on the NLM catalogue. If the journal 
is not indexed in Medline, the quality is 
questionable. However, there may be other 
reasons for not indexing in Medline.
• No credible website or clear contact 
information: If the website of the journal is not 
appropriate with lots of grammatical mistakes 
and images procured from other sources, the 
journal may be predatory. Lack of clear contact 
information also creates doubt on the credibility 
of the journal.
• Deceptive title of journal: If the title of the 
journal is similar to the title or older traditional 
journal or includes the terms “world” or “global”, 
make all your doubts clear before submitting an 
article.
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