Hi academic friends,
I’ve just received an invitation to review a paper for the journal PeerJ https://peerj.com/
Do you have any experience with this journal/publisher?
It has an impact factor and is indexed in the usual databases. It seems to have even won some awards. I couldn’t find it on any lists of predatory journals.
But… I hadn’t heard of it before, and some aspects feel a bit suspicious to me.
Any experiences? Thanks!
#academicchatter #peerreview #academia
Martin Slavík
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2026-04-04 05:49:12 UTC
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