Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

predatory journal

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

Syllables: preda-to-ry jour-nal
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A publishing outlet that poses as a reputable academic journal, but will publish anything submitted for a fee.

Inflected Forms

predatory journals (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

predatory publishing

Questions

What does predatory journal mean?: A publishing outlet that poses as a reputable academic journal, but will publish anything submitted for a fee.

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