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If you need advice you are always welcome to contact the SLU University Library.
There are many unreliable Publisher offering to publish the student’s exam project and also claiming to be interested in future cooperation. We strongly recommend not to get involved with these publishers and critically review the company before signing a contract.
Open access journals and publishers often cover their costs by article processing charges. Those charges have attracted fraudulent players who start journals or publish books and then charge for peer review and publishing without performing the expected services.
Predatory publishers are only interested in making money and do not care about scientific quality or publishing in a way that is academically advantageous to you.
These publishers often send mass e-mails. However, trustworthy publishers sometimes also communicate via e-mails – so how do you know which ones to avoid?
Some things to consider if you get an offer to publish:
Pieta Eklund, University of Borås, has written a comprehensive guide which helps you evaluate publishers and journals. Guide to review OA publishers.
If you need advice you are always welcome to contact the SLU University Library.
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