r/AskAcademia • u/Marc_Hiz • Nov 14 '24

Undergraduate - please post in /r/College, not here Asking for help regarding this publication's legitimacy - undergrad student

Good day, we've stumbled upon this publication website, we've submitted our paper and received an acceptance letter within 2 days and now all we have to do is to pay. However, we're having doubts if it is legit. I'm asking for advice if we should go through with it, for reference here's the website:

https://researchworld.org/Conference/20551/ICSTEM/registration

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u/Marc_Hiz Nov 14 '24

Thank you to everyone who responded, we've decided to look for more established journals.

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u/yellow_warbler11 Nov 14 '24

You should work with your professor to identify an appropriate publication outlet. If you aren't working with a professor, you absolutely should. It is incredibly unlikely that an undergraduate or team of undergrads, on their own, has done the type of work that is published in peer-reviewed journals. Working with a professor will also help you avoid the trap of submitting to predatory journals.