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Introduction to Nutrition Professions

Evaluating Journals (Are they predatory?)

How can you evaluate if a journal is legitimate or predatory (fake)?  

  • Cabells Scholarly Analytics for evaluating sources (Under C from Database Finder page.) 

  • Contains Journalytics, a directory of academic journals that helps researchers find the best place to publish, and Predatory Reports, a searchable database of deceptive and predatory academic journals.

Check Predatory Reports directory for journals with violations!