Predatory journals are those which charge fees without proper editorial and publishing services. In order to help you, library and learning support offer quite a lot of guidance on spotting predatory journals and conferences.
Familiarising oneself with journal rankings and bibliometrics is also a good way of recognising good-quality journals.
Remember that BU library subscribes to Web of Science and Scopus, two of the most important citation databases. These can be accessed through our alphabetical list of databases. Web of Science and Scopus index some of the most quality journals.
Scimago is another good source of information to confirm the quality of a journal. This resource contains additional indices of journals.
In case of doubt regarding a journal, please contact your faculty library team.
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