The so-called predator journals (parasitic journals, pseudo journals), which pretend to be serious scientific journals but do not provide scientific quality. Articles of the invited authors are not peer-reviewed and the aim is only to collect publication fees.

If a researcher publishes in a predatory journal, he or she can no longer republish the article in a quality scientific journal and the article is effectively lost from the
scientific life.

There are several criteria to determine whether a journal is a predator journal. For legal reasons, there is no official register of predator journals.

If you suspect that the journal you have selected or that has specifically contacted our authors may be a predatory journal, the staff of the SZTE Klebelsberg Library can help you to identify it.

Contact: szerzoknek@ek.szte.hu