Scientific publishing in the “predatory” era

The possible criteria related to scientific publishing that can be used for evaluation include the overall number of articles published by the scientist (throughout the entire scientific career or within a given period of time) along with the impact of published research on scientific community, both in terms of impact factor (IF) of the journal where the articles are published and the overall number of citations to these articles [2]. Currently, in this continuously evolving scenario, even the more skilled scientist may be in trouble finding a way out through dozens of potential scientific journals to which articles may be submitted.