Table 2. Value of criteria for each journals in the case study .

Criteria Group	Criteria	metric	weight	Case A	Case B	Case C
Editorial section	Email of editor	Official email	0	-	×	×
		General email service	1	×	-	-
		Not available	2	-	-	-
	Affiliation of editors	Full affiliation	0	×	×	×
		Only country name	1	-	-	-
		Not available	2	-	-	-
		Editors are from certain country	2	-	-	-
	Number of editors	Lower than 5	2	-	-	-
		Between 5-7	1	-	-	-
		More than 7	0	×	×	×
Review process and publishing	Review time	Lower than a week	2	-	-	-
		Lower than a month	1	×	×	-
		More than a month	0	-	-	×
	Unclear review process	Yes	1	×	-	-
		No	0	-	×	×
	No. of paper in each issue	Lower than 20 papers	0	×	-	×
		More than 20 paper	1	-	×	-
	Questionable special issue	Yes	1	-	-	-
		No	0	×	×	×
announcement	Availability of journal full address	Yes	0	-	×	×
		No	1	×	-	-
	Using bogus metric and index	Yes	1	×	-	-
		No	0	-	×	×
	Send journal spam email to receive papers	Yes	1	×	-	-
		No	0	-	×	×
OA policies and publication charges	Fast track fee	Yes	1	-	-	-
		No	0	×	×	×
	Submission fee	Yes	1	-	-	-
		No	0	×	×	×
	Publication Fee	Yes	1	×	×
		No	0	-	-	×
	Charging authors and readers, both	Yes	1	-	-	-
		No	0	×	×	×