Predatory journals recruit fake editor

Problems and challenges of predatory journals

“…Sorokowski and colleagues sent 120 applications to journals listed in the Journal Citation Report (JCR; journals with an official impact factor), in the DOAJ, or on Beall's list. Forty journals on Beall's list, eight journals listed in the DOAJ and no journal listed in the JCR accepted the fake editors 26. However, one has to keep in mind that some journals, especially those that publish their articles in languages other than English, tend not to be listed in PubMed or the JCR.…”

How to publish biomedical research in “non-predatory” journals: a discussion and notes from experts

“…Examples of fake journals popular among Kazakhstani scientists are the "Journal of Environmental and Science Education" and "Man in India". About 200 and 100 articles were published in these journals in 2016 correspondingly [3]. These numbers are large enough to alarm researchers on the overall misunderstanding of the publishing practice.…”

Publicaciones predadoras

“…Finalmente, puede resultar humillante encontrar su artículo asociado a la desconfianza que genera una publicación predadora, cuya falta de seriedad ya ha sido desenmascarada. 6,7 Todo el respaldo que tiene una publicación científica es su prestigio, ganado sobre la base de una trayectoria con estricto control del material que se publica, rigor científico y honestidad intelectual. Ese prestigio respalda cada una de las investigaciones publicadas y permite que tanto sus autores como los lectores confíen en la solidez académica de los contenidos.…”