Cabells’ Journal Whitelist and Blacklist: Intelligent data for informed journal evaluations

Abstract

Key points Cabells’ Whitelist of ca. 11,000 quality journals has recently been joined by a Blacklist of over 8,300 journals that fail basic quality criteria. Cabells’ Journal Blacklist is the only searchable database of deceptive and fraudulent journals with comprehensive reports detailing violations. Key components for establishing the Blacklist were objectivity and transparency with respect to the evaluation process and selection criteria, and unbiased evaluations. The Blacklist evaluation criteria were tested to ensure accurate judgement and are continually evolving to maintain suitability. Over 800 journals are added to the Blacklist each month.