Find Reliable, and Avoid Predatory, Publishers

You want to publish your paper, and it’s been accepted by a publisher you’ve never heard of before.  Be warned!  Predatory publishers are very adept at appearing legitimate.

 

Our Library provides resources to help you find reliable publishers, and how to spot fraudulent companies posing as publishers.

 

First, check out our LibGuide called:  Where To Publish Your Research.

 

Next, review Cabell’s Nursing/Health Journals and Predatory Reports database, which lists over 18,000 journal titles identified as those from illegitimate publishing companies.

 

Finally, learn more about open access publishing, policies and predatory publishers, by viewing the slideshow presentation: Open Access:  Policies, Publishers and Predators, generously shared by Janna Lawrence, MLIS, AHIP, FMLA, from the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences at the University of Iowa.

 

Need more help?  Please contact one of our staff at rmdept@library.tmc.edu, or reach out to one of our awesome liaison librarians that serve your institution.  We will do our best to assist you in any way we can.