The Department of Higher Education & Training (DHET) recently highlighted the issue of predatory journals with regards to the recognition of research articles in accredited journals.
The DHET has now taken matters a step further and identified a list of predatory and possibly predatory journals.
Herewith the list of journals in both categories that will no longer be regarded as accredited:
List of predatory journals
| Title | ISSN | EISSN |
| Banks and Bank Systems | 1816-7403 | 1991-7074 |
| International journal of educational sciences | 0975-1122 | 2456-6322 |
| Journal of communication [Delhi] | 0976-691X | 2456-6586 |
| Journal of economics [Delhi] | 0976-5239 | 2456-6594 |
| Journal of human ecology | 0970-9274 | 2456-6608 |
| Journal of psychology [Delhi] | 0976-4224 | 2456-6292 |
| Journal of social sciences | 0971-8923 | 2456-6756 |
| Journal of social sciences | 1812-0687 | |
| Journal of sociology and social anthropology | 0976-6634 | 2456-6764 |
| Problems and Perspectives in Management | 1727-7051 | 1810-5467 |
| Studies of tribes and tribals | 0972-639X | 2456-6799 |
| Studies on Ethno-Medicine | 0973-5070 | 2456-6772 |
List of possible predatory journals
| Title | ISSN | EISSN |
| Africa Education Review | 1814-6627 | 1753-5921 |
| African studies quarterly: the online journal of African studies | 2152-2448 | |
| Anthropology Southern Africa | 2332-3256 | 2332-3264 |
| Bulletin of comparative labour relations | 0770-3724 | |
| Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology | 1699-5880 | 16962095 |
| Global Health Action | 1654-9716 | 1654-9880 |
| International Journal of Primatology | 0164-0291 | 1573-8604 |
| Journal of agribusiness and rural development | 1899-5241 | 1899-5772 |
| Journal of Asian and African Studies | 0021-9096 | 1745-2538 |
| Journal of global business and technology | 1553-5495 | |
| Journal of media law | 1757-7632 | 1757-7640 |
Contact Daléne Pieterse (mver@sun.ac.za) of the Division for Research Development if you have any questions in this regard.