{"id":17722,"date":"2025-09-17T10:46:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T09:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/?p=17722"},"modified":"2025-09-17T10:46:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T09:46:26","slug":"research-event-the-predator-effect-how-to-avoid-the-predatory-journal-trap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/2025\/09\/17\/research-event-the-predator-effect-how-to-avoid-the-predatory-journal-trap\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Event: The Predator Effect &#8211; How to Avoid the Predatory Journal Trap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Subject:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0The Predator Effect &#8211; How to Avoid the Predatory Journal Trap<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">What is a predatory journal? How do they operate? How can I avoid using or publishing in them? Industry professional and author Simon Linacre is a leading expert on the topic of predatory journals, and will answer these questions and more in his talk on Tuesday 18th November. It is estimated that as many as one in five journals are predatory, so understanding the threat and learning avoidance strategies are key for any NUBS researcher.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u00a0<b>Date and Time:\u00a0<\/b>Tuesday 18<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0November 2025, 14:00 \u2013 15:30<br \/>\n\u00a0<b>Location:\u00a0<\/b>Frederick Douglass Centre 1.16\/Teams<br \/>\n\u00a0<b>Register here:<\/b>\u00a0<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/forms.office.com\/e\/neAP9jeSiX. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.office.com%2Fe%2FneAP9jeSiX&amp;data=05%7C02%7CNUBS.Research%40newcastle.ac.uk%7C1fa74ef8682642b2cdf908ddf5c54b2f%7C9c5012c9b61644c2a91766814fbe3e87%7C1%7C0%7C638936949904219480%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=d5P5yY2M1E0GGqSCNlXKczN05Xu85jf4YZNrUxJ%2B4nw%3D&amp;reserved=0\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">https:\/\/forms.office.com\/e\/neAP9jeSiX<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Subject:\u00a0\u00a0The Predator Effect &#8211; How to Avoid the Predatory Journal Trap What is a predatory journal? How do they operate? How can I avoid using&#8230; <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/2025\/09\/17\/research-event-the-predator-effect-how-to-avoid-the-predatory-journal-trap\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11659,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[68,1134],"class_list":["post-17722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research","tag-research-event","tag-the-predator-effect"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11659"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17722"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17723,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17722\/revisions\/17723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.ncl.ac.uk\/nubsstaffblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}