Predatory Journals and Conferences - Who can be trusted?

TitleTimeRoomTeacher
Predatory Journals and Conferences18.02.2025 09:30 - 12:00 (Tue)OnlineDr. agr. Birgid Schlindwein, Gregor Reiss
Keywords: 
Predatory publishing, predatory journals, predatory conferences
Course Description: 

For you as a scientist it is important to make your research visible and to publish your findings. This is what dubious organizers and publishers try to exploit with fraudulent publication offers. In this course you will learn how to identify and avoid dubious offers.

Media coverage has made the fraudulent business models of dubious providers known to the general public. Well-known scientists suddenly found themselves exposed because they had registered for pseudo conferences or had published in predatory journals.

Course aims: 

identify dubious offers
avoid dubious offers.
know criteria for seriousness,
know evaluation portals and checklists

Teaching methods: 

Input of experts, exercises, individual work, group work, exchange, questions

This course fits doctoral candidates in the following phase: 

☒ Beginn der Promotion / Beginning of the doctorate
☒ Während der Promotion / During the doctorate
☒ Endphase der Promotion / End of the doctorate

Participation requirements: 

none

Technical requirements: 

camera (optional), headphone, speakers

Course preparation: 

none

Category: 
Fachübergreifende Veranstaltung
Event type: 
Seminar/Workshop
Organizer: 
Graduate Center of Life Sciences
Responsibility for event: 
Hauptverantwortung
Format: 
Digital/Online
Course Language: 
EN
Course Capacity (Max): 
50
Course capacity (Min): 
1
Duration in hours: 
2.50
Trainer: 
Dr. agr. Birgid Schlindwein, Gregor Reiss

Dr. agr. Birgid Schlindwein is subject librarian for life sciences and member of the team bibliometrics of the university library.
Gregor Reiss coordinates the Open-Access Team of the University Library.