I received an e-mail invitation to join the editorial board of Clinical Cardiology Updates. While I have published a few articles related to cardiovascular disease, there are lots of colleagues who are far more qualified than I to serve on an editorial board. That's why I suspect this is somehow a fishing expedition. Does anyone have experience with this journal?
Dear Lutz Kraushaar Not sure whether you should call this a scam, but I do know that both the journal and the publisher behind it (Geneft) are not that well-known. I see red flags:
-Google contact info (85 Great Portland Street, First Floor, London, England, W1W7LT) and you end up with a virtual office (why hide the true origin you might wonder)
-The “In-Press” papers are dated in year 2022
-No transparency about APC. What can be found is that they charge a ridiculously high fee for some kind of membership https://geneft.com/membership
-The figure used on their homepage is… well not original (just look them up in Google Lens). The same is true for the cover image of https://geneft.com/neurology-and-neurosurgery-open which they took from https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/main-news/rethinking-psychedelics-how-microdosing-might-help-ease-anxiety-and-sharpen-focus without the mentioning of the proper source
-I see that some of the members of the editorial board have the same role in known predatory publishers (“Baishideng Publishing Group, Science Repository”, “Hilaris”, “Biomed Grid LLC”, “Open Access Journals” which can be checked here https://beallslist.net ). Not sure if all of them are aware of this by the way
Personally, I would avoid this one.
Best regards.
Thanks a lot, Rob, for your in-depth assessment. I thought something was fishy. I don't have any illusions about my qualifications as an editor.
I also got same type message from différent subject stream .I Didn’t accept it
Hello Dr Lutz Kraushaar
I do not know about this journal specifically, but I am always suspicious when a journal approaches me to be an editor. It seems Dr Alok Kumar Bharti had a similar experience of this journal.
Yes so many journal sent invitations to become editorial boa member
It is very difficult to find out which Journal editorial board is fake or real . Therefore be alert always
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