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We believe that there are about 15,000 predatory journals, although, it is quite a difficult question to answer; as we explore in this article.

"I am in a bit of a tough situation. I agreed to submit my paper to a publisher and now found out they are charging huge fees and are predatory. I have signed something with them and they are making...

If you want our help on predatory publishing related issues there are various ways we try to do this. This article provides details of how we can assist you and, in many cases, why we cannot. We also...

There have been a number of papers published in 2021, which have focused on predatory publishing. If you search on Scopus (search carried out 20 Dec 2021), of the 294 papers returned by searching for...

Why do predatory and vanity academic publishers and conferences exist? Why are they flourishing now? And what can they tell us about the failings of academia?

This article presents an email discussion in its entirety. The journal involved is probably a predatory journal, though we have not carried out a full investigation.