Being invited to be reviewer for a conference or to be speaker is tempting for most young scientists. Not being aware of this businessplan I unfortunately accepted to review abstracts for one of such conference. Googleing around I realised I am not alone and that there are also several people wondering whether they should attend a conference or not as they are unsure if the organisers are genuine or not.
There are lists of predatory journals (e.g. https://predatoryjournals.com/journals/) but I did not find a good or comprehensive list of predatory conferences. So lets discuss such invitations to get a sense for those that can be trusted:
Toxicology-2018 - seems dubious due to spelling mistakes and inviting me (I am no toxicologist)
http://www.scientificfederation.com/toxicology-2018
Hematologists-summit-2018 - seems dubious, website generates internal error. Also, just after being invited to this one, I was invited to Toxicology-2018...by scientific federation
http://www.scientificfederation.com/hematologists-summit-2018/
Biocore is listed as predatory journal. Hence, care should be taken when considering their conferences. Also, I am listed as a "organising committee member" and they never respond to my email to remove me from their website (Biotechnology conference)...:
https://biocoreconferences.com
update on Biocore conferences - they finally removed me as organising committee member. At least in this respect they act normal.
Dear Christoph Metzendorf,
If you have a list of publishers, journals, or similar companies that could be predatory, you can submit it to the team managing the Dolos list:
https://www.professeur-alexandre-georges.info/dolos-list
Please do not hesitate to consult the Dolos list operation section:
https://www.professeur-alexandre-georges.info/operation
Best regards,
Alexandre.
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