Some universities and scientific agencies have notices that number of fake journals and conferences are operating. Comment your ides on this issue. how to get-rid this.
I fought back and published a "fake" paper....a scientific recipe for a rocket leaf pumpkin salad ! And I did not even pay page charges!
http://www.kenkyugroup.org/article/32/192/A-Manual-Downstream-Processing-Technology-involving-organic-Compound-Constituents-from-Nightshade-Crop-Origin-resulting-in-buccal-chemical-Biosensor-Activation-Enhancement
I know this is extra time to put in but if we all swamped the fake journals with obvious joke articles, maybe something would change then...
Hi,
I cannot understand what is the point of organizing a fake conference.Who is served by this ?What is the purpose ?
Dear L. M. J. R. Wijayawardhana
The researcher should do some background check earlier to attend the conference. I am not sure there can be some fake journal because you can check the ISSN number online, you will know whether the journal exist or no. Also if the journal has no ISSN no point to publish.
The list of those incredible journals, as "Jeffry Beall's list" are are available in the internet. What about your idea ?
Hi,
It could be YUJI EARTHMAN
it can be found in the following address
https://yujiearthman.wordpress.com/2016/08/22/what-i-think-what-i-can-put-into-words-what-i-say-to-other-people-what-people-actually-understand/
These fake journals are called predatory journals (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predatory_open-access_publishing with a lot of information). Yesterday the following press release was published: "Court Rules in FTC’s Favor Against Predatory Academic Publisher OMICS Group; Imposes $50.1 Million Judgment against Defendants That Made False Claims and Hid Publishing Fees" (https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2019/04/court-rules-ftcs-favor-against-predatory-academic-publisher-omics). This made it, e.g., into New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/03/science/predatory-journals-ftc-omics.html) and into the main German news channel (Tagesschau, see https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/fake-science-101.html).
I fought back and published a "fake" paper....a scientific recipe for a rocket leaf pumpkin salad ! And I did not even pay page charges!
http://www.kenkyugroup.org/article/32/192/A-Manual-Downstream-Processing-Technology-involving-organic-Compound-Constituents-from-Nightshade-Crop-Origin-resulting-in-buccal-chemical-Biosensor-Activation-Enhancement
I know this is extra time to put in but if we all swamped the fake journals with obvious joke articles, maybe something would change then...
what about the Cancer Science and Therapeutics Conference in Orlando, Florida, USA, during August 13-15, 2020.
Some tips to identify fake conferences are at
https://www.exordo.com/blog/9-signs-this-is-a-fake-conference/
any idea about world dental and oralhealth conference in dubai 2021. They sent me mail regarding this.
Hi
Beware of fake conferences and fake news. They are designed to detract from what is really important in the academic life and life in general.
Hi,
There is a full explanation on the fake conferences in Wikipedia in the following link:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predatory_conference
https://academicpositions.com/career-advice/how-to-avoid-predatory-conferences
I believe that in general the Conferences are loosing the reputation that used to have before. The reason is that there are too many conferences.
papers we use for background information for our research, guides us on where to publish our works. So publishing in a fake journal is a intension.
@Godswill T.
Someone publishing in a fake journal is a choice. You cannot review your literature from genuine papers and at the end, you decide to publish in a fake journal. That is an intentional act.
This is one of the very serious misconducts in the academia but not quite understood so among many. There appears to be no gold standard applicable across nations and continents; therefore we must all agree to a certain standard and work to publish in good journals only and not in predatory ones. Discussions such as this are in the right direction.
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