This guide provides advice concerning predatory publishing, publishing in open access journals, and determining the reputation and quality of journals.
UlrichsWeb provides answers to a number of questions concerning a specific journal including:
Is the journal PeerReview (Refereed)?
What databases index this journal?
What is the scope of the journal?
"DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) was launched in 2003 with 300 open access journals. Today, this independent index contains almost 17 500 peer-reviewed, open access journals covering all areas of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, arts and humanities. Open access journals from all countries and in all languages are accepted for indexing." --- DOAJ
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DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)
