TABLE 4.
Consolidated list of topics addressed by inclusion criteria for blacklists and whitelists
| Topic (total no.) | Criteria included | No. of criteria (% within column) on: |
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| Blacklists |
Whitelists |
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| Beall (n = 57) |
Cabell (n = 63) |
DOAJ (n = 40) |
Cabell (n = 38) |
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| Peer review (n = 23) | Presence/absence of peer review | 6 (10.5) | 5 (7.9) | 4 (10.0) | 8 (21.1) |
| Type and quality of peer review | |||||
| Qualifications of peer reviewers | |||||
| Policy (n = 24) | Presence/absence of author guidelines | 4 (7.0) | 3 (4.8) | 9 (22.5) | 8 (21.1) |
| Presence/absence of policies regarding retraction, copyright/licensing, editorial services, peer review, etc. | |||||
| Business practices (n = 59) |
Type of marketing activities | 19 (33.3) | 26 (41.3) | 5 (12.5) | 9 (23.7) |
| Presence/absence of contact information | |||||
| Type of or the presence/absence of information on the business model and legal status | |||||
| Aspects of a journal’s self-representation, such as its name, mission, etc. | |||||
| Publishing, archiving, and access (n = 28) |
Publishing practices, such as the main author and target group, the type of publication model, the type of literature published |
7 (12.3) | 12 (19.0) | 4 (10.0) | 5 (13.2) |
| Access to the articles and information on access | |||||
| Presence/absence of digital archives | |||||
| Website (n = 13) | Structure, functionality, grammar/spelling, advertisement, etc., of the website |
3 (5.3) | 3 (4.8) | 6 (15.0) | 1 (2.6) |
| Indexing and metrics (n = 15) |
Presence/absence and respective authenticity of permanent journal identifiers (such as an ISSN or digital object identifier [DOI]) |
5 (8.8) | 4 (6.3) | 4 (10.0) | 2 (5.3) |
| Presence/absence of or type of journal metrics | |||||
| Editorial services (n = 36) |
Presence/absence of, composition of, or information on the editorial board and editorial practices |
13 (22.8) | 10 (15.9) | 8 (20.0) | 5 (13.2) |