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Predatory Publishing

A guide that provides practical tips on avoiding predatory publishers

What is a predatory conference?

"Conference claiming to be scholarly but organized by an entity with greater focus on financial gain than quality scholarship, often with a very wide topical focus, inadequate vetting of materials and poor or no archiving of conference proceedings."
 

Source:
Sewell, K., Firnhaber, G., & Kolasa, K. M. (2020). Predatory journals and conferences: Just say no! [PowerPoint slides]. East Carolina University, William E. Laupus Health Sciences Library, The ScholarShip. http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7664