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Living Drugs: Innovations in Cell Therapies

This writing intensive seminar course is a literature-driven exploration of a broad range of topics in individual areas of the biological sciences. The particular subjects discussed will examine both fundamental and cutting-edge biological processes and

Evaluating Journals (Are they predatory?) What is peer review? What is an Impact Factor?

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!

Cabells homepage

Biology predatory journals in Cabells

Detail of predatory record

What is peer review?

Impact Factors and Journal Citation Reports (Watch video until 3:30)

Look up Impact Factors directly linking to Journal Citation Reports from the Rowan University Libraries. 

Handouts on learning more about Impact Factors are linked below.