Predatory Invitations from Journals: More Than Just a Nuisance?
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Published on: September 4, 2016
Mark Clemons1,2,3,4, Miguel de Costa E Silva4, Anil Abraham Joy5,6
1School of Epidemiology, Public Health, and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada mclemons@toh.on.ca.
Abstract:
Physicians and academic researchers are frequently targeted with spam invitations to submit manuscripts to predatory journals. This study was conducted to understand the nature and characteristics of these invitations. All spam e-mails received by an academic medical oncologist over a 3-month period were collected and categorized. Presumed predatory journal invitations were analyzed and cross-checked against Beall's list of "potential, probable, or possible predatory" journals and publishers. Invitations to submit to predatory journals were the most common single type of spam received. 2017;22:236-240.
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