Predatory journals recruit fake editor

[Chris Kirtley]

Amazing article in Nature: An investigation finds that dozens of academic titles offered 'Dr Fraud' — a sham, unqualified scientist:

http://www.nature.com/news/predatory-journals-recruit-fake-editor-1.21662

[Drew Smith]

Re: Predatory journals recruit fake editor

Chris,

Predatory journals have become a fact of life for academics who have any sort of Internet presence, especially if one has an LinkedIn profile, I think. My first instinct when I receive any sort of email from a journal with which I am unfamiliar, is to check via Google if it is on any predatory journal list. Offers of editorship from journals whose names do not ring a bell should be given the Groucho Marx treatment ("I don't want to belong to any club that would have me as a member!").

[Edmund Cramp]

Re: Predatory journals recruit fake editor

As a vendor, we've been invited to some rather suspicious looking "meetings" too.