predatory journal

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a journal which offers to publish academic research for money, but which does not meet the expected standards of peer review and editorial scrutiny: i.e., a journal prepared to publish substandard work for a fee.

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.