Key points

• Cabells’ Whitelist of ca. 11,000 quality journals has recently been joined by a Blacklist of over 8,300 journals that fail basic quality criteria.
• Cabells’ Journal Blacklist is the only searchable database of deceptive and fraudulent journals with comprehensive reports detailing violations.
• Key components for establishing the Blacklist were objectivity and transparency with respect to the evaluation process and selection criteria, and unbiased evaluations.
• The Blacklist evaluation criteria were tested to ensure accurate judgement and are continually evolving to maintain suitability.
• Over 800 journals are added to the Blacklist each month.