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News

• 48th Helmholtz Open Science Webinar [ger] (24/29 January 2019)
• Web of Science: current open webinars
• 71st Helmholtz Open Science Newsletter [ger] (30 November 2018)
• German Rectors' Conference / Hochschulrektorenkonferenz (HRK): Statement on predatory publishing [ger] (2 October 2018)
• Impact Factors 2017 now available via Journal Citation Reports (JCR)
• New journal launched: The CRISPR Journal available at the MDC
• New journals of the Nature Publishing Group now free access: Nature Energy, Nature Microbiology and Nature Reviews Materials.

Predatory Journals & Publishers

Note: The MDC publication fund does not cover fees incurred by the publication of articles in  predatory journals!

Publishing in a predatory journal or participating in a predatory conference can result in a number of disadvantages. In any case, scientists' reputations suffer when their work is published or presented in an obscure and dubious environment.

Please be careful if you are asked to submit contributions via email. In such cases please check the journal in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).

Predatory publishers lure scientists with the promise of a good peer review or the guarantee of publication or a conference contribution. After accepting the article or abstract, they charge high fees. The victims are often threatened with bills, payment reminders, or even lawsuits.

Please have a look at the member list of the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA).

You can verify your chosen open-access journal on reliability and seriousness by use of the website Think. Check. Submit.

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