Predatory Publishing

Developed by ASCE, Elsevier, IEEE and the IET, these guidelines aim to help maintain "an equitable balance of the interests of all participants in ensuring high quality, scholarly conference proceedings content."

A list of questionable companies claiming to provide valid scholarly metrics at the researcher, article, or journal level.

Think. Check. Attend is an initiative that aims to guide and assist researchers and scholars to judge the legitimacy and academic credentials of conferences in order to help them decide whether to attend.

Chapter from the book: Babor, T et al. 2017. Publishing Addiction Science: A Guide for the Perplexed.

Focusing on Value — 102 Things Journal Publishers Do (2018 Update) by Kenneth Anderson

Blog post by Kent Anderson (revised several times) with a list to show how publishers add value.

16 principles of transparency from the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association.

A document from the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) aiming " to provide guidance to help editors, researchers, funders, academic institutions and other stakeholders distinguish predatory journals from legitimate journals."

Compiled Dr. Anne-Wil Harzing, creator of the Publish or Perish (PoP) software, this is a collation of journal rankings from a variety of sources.

A listing of Open Access Journal Quality Indicators, developed by the Grand Valley State University Libraries.