1. Publish: good practices and dangers: avoid predatory publishers
Francisco Javier Hernández San Miguel
09/05/2018 “

2. Communication of scientific information. Publish
¿Where?
The channel (journal, congress) chosen to publish a paper determines the type of audience that will read it and whether, subsequently, it will be evaluated in accreditation and evaluation processes..
Articles in scientific journals of international prestige :
To disseminate research results to the international scientific community
In order for the paper to be positively assessed by national assessment and accreditation agencies. They are particularly valued, in some areas only, in journals that appear in the database Journal Citation Reports of Web of Science

3. Full publication cycle

4. Compiling previous recommendations
Set your target, audience, type of article Before or after the investigation?
Consult information sources with REAL quality indicators (Ulrichsweb, WOS, official regulations for the evaluation of researchers)
Where to publish?. Beware of "predator" editors
Follow ethical standards
Best written in English
Structure the article correctly
Follow the Author guides (of the disciplines or journals)
Source:
Hernández San Miguel, F. J., & Martínez Galindo, F. J. (2018). ¿Dónde y por qué publicar? Aumenta tu impacto con acceso abierto. Retrieved from

5. Set your target, audience, type of article
Source:
Wood, A., & de Bufalá, C. (2015). Publica tu investigación con Wiley. Retrieved from

6. What is a predatory journal?
“A predatory journal is a publication that actively asks researchers for manuscripts. They have no peer review system and no true editorial board and are often found to publish mediocre or even worthless papers. They also ask for huge publication charges.” Why do academics publish in such journals? “In research environments, there is usually more value for quantity over quality. Hiring and promotion of academics is based largely on their number of publications.”
What is a predatory journal? (2017). Retrieved July 19, 2018, from

7. Where NOT to publish. Predatory Publishers
Beall, J. (2015). Beall’s list of predatory publishers
SPAM??

8. Where NOT to publish. Predatory Publishers
For six years, this blog maintained by the University of Colorado was active, compiling a list of this type of Journal and Publishers.
Misleading metrics ( pages/misleading-metrics): companies that publish false impact factors (not recognized by the scientific community) that are used by predatory publishers to legitimize their supposed credibility.
Hijacked journals ( pages/hijacked-journals/): publishers who supplant the identity of a journal (with very similar titles) in order to offer authors, in the "pay-per-publication" format, the possibility of appearing in prestigious journals or so-called similar ones.

9. Misleading metrics
Fraudulent indexes and false metrics. A scam for publishers and authors
Source:
Repiso, Rafael (2016). Indices fraudulentos y falsas métricas. Un timo para editores y autores. Retrieved from

10. Misleading metrics
These publishers and journals generate impact metrics for journals, and in many cases opt for the strategy of supplanting and confusing their terminology with the famous Impact Factor (Journal Citation Reports). Jeffrey Beall reported 36 false quality and impact metrics.
Advanced Science Index
Global Impact Factor
Science Impact Factor
International Society for Research Activity (ISRA) Journal Impact Factor (JIF)
African Quality Centre for Journals
Impact Factor Services for International Journals (I.F.S.I.J.)
Scientific Indexing Services (SIS)
Jour Informatics
American Standards for Journals and Research (ASJR)
IndexCopernicus
Scientific Journal Impact Factor
Journal Impact Factor
CiteFactor
Infobase Index
SCIJOURNAL.ORG (International Scientific Institute)
Journals Impact Factor (JIFACTOR)
Cosmos Impact Factor
Institute for Science Information (ISI)
Technical Impact Factor
Journal Influence Factor
Directory of Indexing and Impact Factor (DIIF)
International Impact Factor Services
Universal Impact Factor
Journals Consortium. Journal Influence Factor (JIF)
Directory of Journal Quality Factor
International Institute for Research
International Scientific Indexing (ISI)
JPR Impact Factor
Einstein Institute for Scientific Information (EISI)
International Institute of Organized Research (I2OR)
International Scientific Institute (ISI) (scijournal.org)
Open Academic Journals Index
Eurasian Scientific Journal Index (ESJI)
International Journal Impact Factor (IJIF)
International Services for Impact Factor and Indexing (ISIFI)
Pubicon Science Index
General Impact Factor
Source:
Repiso, Rafael (2016). Indices fraudulentos y falsas métricas. Un timo para editores y autores. Retrieved from

11. Where to publish. Avoid predatory publishers
Source: Thinkchecksubmit. (2018). Retrieved from

12. Are you submitting your research to a trusted journal
Are you submitting your research to a trusted journal? Is it the right journal for your work?
More research is being published worldwide.
New journals are launched each week.
Stories of publisher malpractice and deception are also on the rise.
It can be challenging to find up-to-date guidance when choosing where to publish.
How can you be sure the journal you are considering is the right journal for your research?
Source: Thinkchecksubmit. (2018). Retrieved from

13. Reference this list for your chosen journal to check if it is trusted.
Do you or your colleagues know the journal? – Have you read any articles in the journal before? – Is it easy to discover the latest papers in the journal?
Can you easily identify and contact the publisher? – Is the publisher name clearly displayed on the journal website? – Can you contact the publisher by telephone, , and post?
Is the journal clear about the type of peer review it uses?
Are articles indexed in services that you use?
Is it clear what fees will be charged? – Does the journal site explain what these fees are for and when they will be charged?
Source: Thinkchecksubmit. (2018). Retrieved from

14. Do you recognise the editorial board
Do you recognise the editorial board? – Have you heard of the editorial board members? – Do the editorial board mention the journal on their own websites?
Is the publisher a member of a recognized industry initiative? – Do they belong to the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ? – If the journal is open access, is it listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) ? – If the journal is open access, does the publisher belong to the Open Access Scholarly Publishers’ Association (OASPA) ? – Is the journal hosted on one of INASP’s Journals Online platforms (for journals published in Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Central America and Mongolia) or on African Journals Online (AJOL, for African journals)? – Is the publisher a member of another trade association?
Source: Thinkchecksubmit. (2018). Retrieved from

15. If you can answer ‘yes’ to most or all of the questions on the list.
Complete the check list and submit your article only if you are happy you can answer ‘yes’ to most or all of the questions.
You need to be confident your chosen journal will have a suitable profile among your peers to enhance your reputation and your chance of gaining citations.
Publishing in the right journal for your research will raise your professional profile, and help you progress in your career.
Your paper should be indexed or archived and be easily discoverable.
You should expect a professional publishing experience where your work is reviewed and edited.
Only then should you submit your article.
Source: Thinkchecksubmit. (2018). Retrieved from

16. Check for evidence of the quality of publications. Examples
Check for evidence of the quality of publications. Examples. Ulrichsweb (

17. Lack of Misleading Metrics. Quality indexes World-wide accepted
Lack of Misleading Metrics. Quality indexes World-wide accepted

18. Source:
NECOBELAC Project. Retrieved from

19. Black Lists vs White Lists. What is your opinion?
Databases Master Lists

20. Can we find predatory journals in the ISSN Portal?
Some trick questions
Can we find predatory journals in the ISSN Portal?
…in Cabells’s International?
…in PubMed?
…in Ulrichsweb?
Do researchers really know that the presence of a journal in Google Scholar or CrossRef is not an indicator of quality?

21. Some answers

22. Some answers

23. Any questions?