Scholars are advised to publish their research articles in peer-reviewed journals. Even though the journals are indexed by Scopus or Web of Science, some journals do not follow the ethical guidelines of COPE, WAME, EASE, CARE, etc. Some tips for identifying spurious journals are given below.

    They approach/function through agents
    They collect/publish publication fee in Indian Currency although many of them claim to be International
    They send spamming/phishing emails/SMSs
    They collect publication fee in individual's accounts
    Most of the articles in such journals are from people of Indian Origin
    Most of them have bogus editorial boards
    They have wrong claims of journal quality including Impact Factor
    They promise publication within a very short time (1 day to 1 month)
    They promise peer review but provides only scale based review report
    Each of their issues contains an unbelievable number of articles (30 to 1000)