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The motivation of this started with a [tweet](https://twitter.com/thattai/status/822761212807000064) \n\nSimilar analysis appeared on [thewire.in](https://thewire.in/102950/predatory-journals-ugc-research/) with a larger list.\n\n```\n0                         Actual Problems of Economics\n1                                                Aging\n2                         Australasian Medical Journal\n3             Biosciences, Biotechnology Research Asia\n4                                   Der Pharma Chemica\n5             European Journal of Science and Theology\n6                  European Journal of Social Sciences\n7                                 Global Media Journal\n8                         Interdisciplinary Toxicology\n9             International Journal of Health Research\n10           International Journal of Network Security\n11              International Journal of Pharmacognosy\n12    International Journal of Pharmacy and Technology\n13                Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences\n14                      Journal of Applied Linguistics\n15           Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science\n16         Journal of Clinical and Analytical Medicine\n17                    Journal of Environmental Biology\n18                  Journal of Environmental Hydrology\n19                         Journal of Natural Products\n20                 Journal of Physical Therapy Science\n21                                 Journal of Software\n22                                         Oncoscience\n23                                  PharmacologyOnline\n24                   Romanian Biotechnological Letters\n25                            Shiraz E-Medical Journal\n```\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fsaketkc%2Fugc-predatory-journal-analysis","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fsaketkc%2Fugc-predatory-journal-analysis","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fsaketkc%2Fugc-predatory-journal-analysis/lists"}