Common problems with predatory publishing is sub-par peer review which impedes your opportunity to improve your journal quality, difficulty in finding your journal article and deletion of your article over time

A predatory publisher may take advantage of academia’s need to publish or the publisher could be incompetent providing poor quality of services.

Some common characteristics of predatory publishers are:

• Focused on making money.
• Quality of the published work is not important.
• Do not follow best practices for scholarly publishing
• Engage in unethical behavior by committing to false promises.