Journals that prioritize self-interest at the expense of scholarship and are characterized by false or misleading information, deviation from best editorial/publication practices, lack of transparency and and/or use of aggressive and indiscriminate solicitation practices, are known as:

Journals that put self-interest above scholarship through false information, opaque practices and aggressive solicitation are predatory journals.

Open access journals make articles freely available and are not inherently deceptive.

Proprietary journals are owned by a commercial publisher but follow legitimate editorial norms.

Professional journals serve a specialised field with genuine peer review.

Predatory journals typically charge article processing fees while skipping real peer review.

Jeffrey Beall coined the term predatory publishing and maintained an early list of such journals.