We read with curiosity the original article by Sener et al. regarding predatory journals in Orthopedics and Traumatology (1). In a comprehensive manner, the authors analyzed predatory journals and their accomplishments in Orthopedics and Traumatology in Turkey. A work like this should be appreciated as the predators distributed countless flawed articles that undermined evidence-based practice (2).
The critique is about the way of selecting the predatory journals. The authors addressed that they picked substandard journals from Beall’s list that is updated by an anonymous manager (1). This may be a source of misjudgment because of the following arguments. First, the list is not updated correctly; in fact, it is just expanded by adding new journals and publishers, as none of the original titles added by Jeffrey Beall were excluded from the list, although there are several journals and publishers, proven to be legitimate later, that were erroneously flagged by Beall, such as Frontiers Media and International Journal of Electrochemical Science (3). Second, the administrator of the website is an anonymous person and not Beall himself (1, 3). This means that no one takes responsibility for the decision regarding enlisting new journals and publishers. Finally, the manager’s behavior was observed to be uncertain. For example, Edorium Journals was added to the list only for a few weeks. It was enlisted and excluded without an explanation!

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https://www.aott.org.tr/Content/files/sayilar/684/353-354(1).pdf