Table 1.

Comparison of the 42 Ophthalmology and Vision Journals That Solicited Work from Cochrane Eyes and Vision @ United States Staff to the “Salient Characteristics of Potential Predatory Journals” by Shamseer et al

Characteristic	No.	%
The scope of interest includes nonbiomedical subjects alongside biomedical topics	29	69
The website contains spelling and grammatical errors	39	93
Images are distorted or fuzzy, intended to look like something they are not, or are unauthorized	16	38
The homepage language targets authors	20	48
The Index Copernicus value is promoted on the website	4	10
Description of the manuscript handling process is lacking	16	38
Request that manuscripts be sent in via e-mail	31	74
Rapid publication is promised	27	64
There is no retraction policy	27	64
Information on whether and how journal content will be preserved digitally is absent	35	83
The article processing or publication charge is very low (e.g., <$150 United States)	1	2
Journals claiming to be open access either retain copyright of published research or fail to mention copyright	21	50
The contact e-mail address is nonprofessional and not journal affiliated (e.g., @gmail.com or @yahoo.com)	1	2