{"id":1053,"date":"2025-11-03T08:18:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T07:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/konyvtar\/?p=1053"},"modified":"2025-11-22T07:08:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T06:08:56","slug":"list-of-journal-that-engage-in-objectionable-practices-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/konyvtar\/en\/2025\/11\/03\/list-of-journal-that-engage-in-objectionable-practices-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"List of Journal that engage in objectionable practices 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"140\" data-end=\"478\">Unfortunately, along with the rise of open access publishing,<!--more--> an increasing number of journals have emerged that engage in questionable publishing practices.\u00a0<span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">The\u00a0<strong>Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA)<\/strong> established a committee in the spring of 2023 to protect the scientific community and identify inappropriate practices<\/span>.<\/p> <p data-start=\"480\" data-end=\"696\">As a result of the committee\u2019s work, the <strong data-start=\"521\" data-end=\"547\">list for the year 2026<\/strong> has been compiled and is available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtmt.hu\/objectionable_journals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.mtmt.hu\/objectionable_journals<\/a><\/p> <p data-start=\"698\" data-end=\"995\">Please note that the list is updated annually. Therefore, a previously considered acceptable journal may appear on the objectionable list in a later year. We kindly ask our researchers and lecturers to <strong data-start=\"909\" data-end=\"946\">always consult the latest version<\/strong> of the list before making publication decisions.<\/p> <h4 data-start=\"997\" data-end=\"1058\">Publications appearing in journals included on the list:<\/h4> <ul data-start=\"1060\" data-end=\"1272\"> <li data-start=\"1060\" data-end=\"1213\"> <p data-start=\"1062\" data-end=\"1213\"><strong data-start=\"1062\" data-end=\"1086\">Cannot be considered<\/strong> in MTA applications, doctoral procedures, or academic nominations if the journal was on the list in the year of publication.<\/p> <\/li> <li data-start=\"1214\" data-end=\"1272\"> <p data-start=\"1216\" data-end=\"1272\"><strong data-start=\"1216\" data-end=\"1248\">Citations from such journals<\/strong> also cannot be counted.<\/p> <\/li> <\/ul> <p data-start=\"1274\" data-end=\"1538\">The presence of a journal on the list can also be verified on the <strong data-start=\"1340\" data-end=\"1372\"><a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mtmt.hu\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"1342\" data-end=\"1370\">MTMT<\/a><\/strong> website under the \u201cJournals\u201d menu.\u00a0<span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">The\u00a0<\/span>jo<em>urnal&#8217;s information page<\/em>\u00a0highlights in\u00a0<strong>bold red the note \u201cengages in inappropriate publishing practices<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p> <p data-start=\"1540\" data-end=\"1755\">If you find a journal on the list that you believe should not be included, you may <strong data-start=\"1623\" data-end=\"1643\">request a review<\/strong> through MTMT. The review process involves the relevant scientific section of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.<\/p> <p data-start=\"1757\" data-end=\"1946\">We kindly ask all\u00a0<span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">academic community members to\u00a0<strong>refrain from publishing in journals that appear on the objectionable list<\/strong> to<\/span>\u00a0uphold the integrity of scientific research.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unfortunately, along with the rise of open access publishing,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":1100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>List of Journal that engage in objectionable practices 2026 - 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