Kscien's list; a new strategy to discourage predatory journals and publishers

The trend through which academia finances scientific publication has been developing in recent years towards open access publishing, which can be exploited by predatory journals and publishers. The aim of this paper is to review the current situation of predatory publishing and introduce Kscien's list of predatory journals and publishers. Kscien has recruited a special committee consisting of 23 young researchers. They are working to keep the list up-to-date, expose current tactics of the predators and guide authors. The list is designed to be updated daily. Currently, the criteria used to recognize predatory journals and publishers depends on the journal's conduct, evidence of fabrication and levels of peer review. Research is ongoing to provide more solid criteria and objective evidence to overcome the critics of Beall. Kscien's list could help to fill the gap left by Beall's list.