Preventing Temptation of Predatory Journals

In addition to utilizing joki (broker) practices through ghostwriting services, some academics sometimes use predatory journals as a shortcut to get their research papers published to earn the academic credits,

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The number of professors in Indonesian tertiary institutions is still minimal and they have not been productive in publishing their research results in reputable international journals.

Spam from the managers of predatory journals always floods email. In a week, there are three to four emails of this kind that go into the Spam folder.

Predatory journals usually use names that are similar to well-known international journals and offer quick publication with relaxed peer reviews or no review process at all. They charge tens to hundreds of US dollars. They usually accept manuscripts of as diverse topics as possible to enable extensive and frequent publications containing a large number of articles in each edition.