[…] 1) Am I familiar with the journal? Do I know/recognize members of the editorial board? 2) Are my colleagues or my Liaison Librarian familiar with the journal, or know/recognize members of the editorial board? 3) Who publishes the journal? What does the journal’s home page look like? 4) Who has published in the journal—are they known to you, or your colleagues, or your librarian? 5) Is the journal indexed in Journal Citation Index? Is it indexed anywhere else? 6) Does the journal appear on Beall’s List of Predatory Open Access Publishers and Journals? […]
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