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Articles published in questionable journals exhibit systematically lower scholarly quality
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Evidence establishes that questionable or predatory journals lack proper peer-review and quality control standards, systematically resulting in the publication of lower-quality or unreliable research.

Evidence for · 6
Quantity over quality of publications: Are we using the right metrics to judge author’s productivity and impact in biomedical research?
2024 · cited by 11
Links the publish-or-perish culture to the rise of fraudulent or predatory journals affecting research quality.
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WHAT IS PREDATORY PUBLISHING AND WHAT IMPACT IT HAS
2025 · cited by 2
Explicitly states that predatory journals prioritize profit over integrity, leading to the publication of low-quality research.
Wikipedia: Predatory publishing
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OpenAIRE: Grey-zone between legitimate and predatory scholarly publishing
2021 · cited by 0
States questionable or predatory journals fail to practice proper scientific quality control, leading to low quality.
OpenAIRE: Renaming the Problem: Why ‘Non-Recommended Journals’ Is Preferable To ‘Predatory’ in Academic Publishing
2025 · cited by 0
Notes that non-recommended or predatory journals compromise research quality.
OpenAIRE: Non-Recommended Publishing Lists: Strategies for Detecting Deceitful Journals
2026 · cited by 0
Explains that non-recommended journals lack proper peer-review standards, leading to the dissemination of low-quality research.
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  1. Wikipedia: Predatory publishingreferencesupports
  2. OpenAIRE: [The impact factor: a critical analysis].peer-reviewedsame source L2no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  3. OpenAIRE: Der Impact Factor: Eine kritische Analysepeer-reviewedsame source L2no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  4. OpenAIRE: Grey-zone between legitimate and predatory scholarly publishingpeer-reviewedsupports
  5. OpenAIRE: Renaming the Problem: Why ‘Non-Recommended Journals’ Is Preferable To ‘Predatory’ in Academic Publishingpeer-reviewedsupports
  6. OpenAIRE: Non-Recommended Publishing Lists: Strategies for Detecting Deceitful Journalspeer-reviewedsupports
  7. OpenAIRE: Retooling the Mainstreampeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  8. Quantity over quality of publications: Are we using the right metrics to judge author’s productivity and impact in biomedical research?peer-reviewedsupports
  9. WHAT IS PREDATORY PUBLISHING AND WHAT IMPACT IT HASpeer-reviewedsupports
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judged → SUPPORTED · 8205 Aug 2026
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