LibGuides: Business: Journal Evaluation

Journal Lookup Tools

Cabell's International
Catalog of addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, web addresses, publication guidelines and review information for journals in these fields: Business, Education, Computer Science, Psychology, and Health Administration/Nursing.
The Journal Whitelist and Blacklist can be used to weed out deceptive or fraudulent academic journals. The Whitelist includes data from the Journal Citation Reports Impact Factors (an industry leading citation metric) and Cabells Classification Index, which helps illustrate the difference in journal prestige and impact across disciplines.
UlrichsWeb Global Serials Directory
Find magazines, journals, newspapers, newsletters, magazines and more. 1932-present. Also use to see if a periodical is refereed or peer-reviewed.

Willing to publish any paper
Little to no peer review in exchange for the paper’s authors paying a fee
Website caters more to authors than to readers
Sends out invitation emails with flowery language
Scope is much broader than would be expected (research from various unrelated fields)

Paying to get a paper published is not a sign that a journal is predatory, as this is common practice among legitimate open access journals.