"Cyllage City COVID-19 Outbreak Linked to Zubat Consumption" is a spoof paper that was accepted and published in a peer reviewed journal. The paper even contained the sentence "Epidemiologists...
Category: Predatory Publisher
One of the solutions to our first Only Connect wall was four spoof/sting papers. In this article, we provide more details.
How can I check if a journal is predatory? Advice from ChatGPT
We asked ChatGPT how you can identify a predatory journal. Here is what it said.
We often get asked "How do I identify a predatory journal?" But, we can turn this on its head and ask "How can I identify a NON-predatory journal?" If this article we explore this.
We give a number of tips to enable you to avoid reviewing for a predatory journal.
If you are new to Predatory Publishing, we suggest three Open Access articles that you might find useful as a gentle introduction.