Barw Barw Medical Journal 2960-1959 2023 02 25 Kscien’s List; A New Strategy to Discourage Predatory Journals and Publishers (Second Version) 10.58742/bmj.v1i1.14 eng Aso S. Muhialdeen Smart Health Tower, Madam Mitterrand Street, Sulaimani, Kurdistan, Iraq. aso.muhialdeen@gmail.com Jaafar Omer Ahmed Mental Health Treatment Center, Sulaimani, Kurdistan, Iraq.. jaafar.ahmed@gmail.com Hiwa O. Baba Smart Health Tower, Madam Mitterrand Street, Sulaimani, Kurdistan, Iraq. hiwa.baba34@gmail.com Ismael Y. Abdullah Kalar General Hospital, Kalar, Kurdistan, Iraq. ismael.abdullah@gmail.com Hemn Ali Hassan Smart Health Tower, Madam Mitterrand Street, Sulaimani, Kurdistan, Iraq. hemn.hassan@gmail.com Kayhan A. Najar Smart Health Tower, Madam Mitterrand Street, Sulaimani, Kurdistan, Iraq. kayhan.najar@gmail.com Tomas M. Mikael Kscien Organization for Scientific Research (Middle East office), Hamid Str, Azadi Mall, Sulaimani, Kurdstan, Iraq. tomas12@gmail.com Mohammed Q. Mustafa Department of Medical Analysis, Tishk International University - Erbil, Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq. mohammed.mustafa@gmail.com Diyar Adnan Mohammed Kscien Organization for Scientific Research (Middle East office), Hamid Str, Azadi Mall, Sulaimani, Kurdstan, Iraq. diyar.mohammed@gmail.com Diyar Abubaker Omer Medical Laboratory Technology, Shaqlawa Technical College, Erbil Polytechnic University, Erbil, Iraq. diyar.omar@gmail.com Rawa Bapir Department of Urology, Surgical Teaching Hospital, Sulaimani, Kurdistan, Iraq. Dr.rawa@yahoo.com Hiwa O. Abdullah Smart Health Tower, Scientific Affairs Department, Madam Mitterrand Street, Sulaimani, Kurdistan, Iraq. hiewaom96@gmail.com Sami S. Omar Rizgary Oncology Center, Peshawa Qazi Street, Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq. sami.omar@gmail.com Karokh K. Mohammed Kscien Organization for Scientific Research (Middle East office), Hamid Str, Azadi Mall, Sulaimani, Kurdstan, Iraq. karokh12@gmail.com Sasan M. Ahmed Smart Health Tower, Madam Mitterrand Street, Sulaimani, Kurdistan, Iraq. sasan0751@gmail.com Hawbash M. Rahim Medical Laboratory Science Department, Komar University of Science and Technology, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan, Iraq. hawbash.mhamad96@gmail.com Marwan N. Hassan Smart Health Tower, Scientific Affairs Department, Madam Mitterrand Street, Sulaimani, Kurdistan, Iraq. marwan.nasih12@gmail.com Snur Othman Kscien Organization for Scientific Research (Middle East office), Hamid Str, Azadi Mall, Sulaimani, Kurdstan, Iraq. Snurothmans@gmail.com Suhaib H. Kakamad Kscien Organization for Scientific Research (Middle East office), Hamid Str, Azadi Mall, Sulaimani, Kurdstan, Iraq. suhaib.kakamad@gmail.com Dahat A. Hussein Smart Health Tower, Madam Mitterrand Street, Sulaimani, Kurdistan, Iraq. dahat.abdulla18@gmail.com Rawezh Q. Salih Smart Health Tower, Madam Mitterrand Street, Sulaimani, Kurdistan, Iraq. Rawezh.mohammed@univsul.edu.iq Zuhair D. Hammood Kscien Organization for Scientific Research (Middle East office), Hamid Str, Azadi Mall, Sulaimani, Kurdstan, Iraq. Zuhairdh86@gmail.com Hunar Ali Hassan Kscien Organization for Scientific Research (Middle East office), Hamid Str, Azadi Mall, Sulaimani, Kurdstan, Iraq. Hunar.hassan@gmail.com Berun A. Abdalla Smart Health Tower, Scientific Affairs Department, Madam Mitterrand Street, Sulaimani, Kurdistan, Iraq. berun.anwer95@gmail.com Shvan H. Mohammed Kscien Organization for Scientific Research (Middle East office), Hamid Str, Azadi Mall, Sulaimani, Kurdstan, Iraq. shvanh80@gmail.com Fahmi H. Kakamad College of Medicine, University of Sulaimani, Madam Mitterrand Street, Sulaimani, Kurdistan, Iraq. fahmi.hussein@univsul.edu.iq Fakher Abdullah Kscien Organization for Scientific Research (Middle East office), Hamid Str, Azadi Mall, Sulaimani, Kurdstan, Iraq. fakherabdullah1976@gmail.com 2023 01 25 Abstract Kscien’s list is currently the most up-to-date blacklist. The current study aims to add some additional properties to the first version of Kscien’s list in order to recognize predatory publications more appropriately. Kscien has developed two other independent lists besides the four previous ones under the titles “Conference list” and “Cumulative list”. The conference list includes the titles of predatory conferences that are independent or sponsored by a particular organization. After vanishing Beall’s list, Kscien’s list remained the only up-to-date list of predatory publications. Nonetheless, the predators' rapid evolution with several mutated strategies compelled Kscien Predatory List Committee to take some necessary actions to keep predatory publications under observation and better recognize them; the conference and cumulative lists would be a necessary option to shed light on modern predators.