10.13016/M2692CLandesman, Betty"Predatory" Publishers and How to Avoid ThemMaryland Shared Open Access Repository2014Scholarly PublishingScholarly Communicationen-USTextFaculty are often approached via “cold call” to publish an article or join the editorial board of a journal. Although many open access publishers are on the up and up, some are not. This presentation provides tips on evaluating the quality of a journal and how to check whether or not a publisher is "predatory" (and what that means) before accepting a solicitation.PowerPoint deck from presentation at the University of Baltimore's College of Arts and Sciences Scholarship Day, March 4, 2014.