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This one was a new tactic, at least for me (I underlined my favorite bits).

"Dear Dr. Scout,

I am Lexy J. Miller, Editorial assistant from Siam Publishing Group Ltd. contacting you with the reference from our editorial department. Basing on your outstanding contribution to the scientific community, we would like to write a book for you.

Researchers like you are adding so much value to the scientific community, yet you are not getting enough exposure. No matter how many papers you publish in famous journals, you will be still unknown to common people. To solve this problem, we came up with this unique solution.

With our book writing service, we will write your research contributions in common man's language. We will also include all your published papers into this book in a way that a common man can understand it. And then, we will publish your book with our publishing group. Before, publication, we will send the draft to you for scientific accuracy, once you approve our draft, we then proceed for publication. You will get all the rights of your book, and all the sales generated from your book will be credited to you.

Your book will then be listed on famous websites like Amazon, eBay, Good Reads, and many other popular book websites. As a result, you will get good credit and people will recognize your hard work and your scientific contributions.

Last but not least, after the publication of your book, it will be published in Google News, Yahoo, and other major news channels. What more can you ask for?

All we need is your book writing contract, and you will get all the rights for your book.

Will be waiting to hear from you.

Best Regards,"

Spammy McSpammer

Whoa, Scout!

That message is a thing of beauty.  I have clearly been missing a trick by not publishing my book in Google News, a major news channel.

Quote from: polly_mer on June 14, 2019, 04:10:25 AM
Whoa, Scout!

That message is a thing of beauty.  I have clearly been missing a trick by not publishing my book in Google News, a major news channel.

I mean, I'd be doing the common man such a service!

ETA: my sister, who is also a faculty member, suggested this title:

Title - The Papers of the Very Esteemed, Most Famous in World and Often Very Busy Dr. Scout written in Lay Language so that Nobody will be Left Out

Quote from: Scout on June 14, 2019, 04:24:24 AM

Quote from: polly_mer on June 14, 2019, 04:10:25 AM
Whoa, Scout!

That message is a thing of beauty.  I have clearly been missing a trick by not publishing my book in Google News, a major news channel.

I mean, I'd be doing the common man such a service!

They totally should use Fanfare for the Common Man as their soundtrack.

Quote from: Scout on June 14, 2019, 04:24:24 AM
I mean, I'd be doing the common man such a service!

ETA: my sister, who is also a faculty member, suggested this title:

Title - The Papers of the Very Esteemed, Most Famous in World and Often Very Busy Dr. Scout written in Lay Language so that Nobody will be Left Out

HOF!

Wow. I can't beat that. But I did have one offer that that included in the signature line the address.  It was (no kidding) a street about 2 blocks from where I grew up. I can assure you that this is entirely a residential neighborhood, and NOT an office building. Confirmed for me that most of these are run off of someone's laptop.

OOH, maybe we should all start our own. Blue Rhino Publishing! Who has the most prestigious sounding address?

Quote from: polly_mer on June 14, 2019, 04:49:17 AM

Quote from: Scout on June 14, 2019, 04:24:24 AM
I mean, I'd be doing the common man such a service!

ETA: my sister, who is also a faculty member, suggested this title:

Title - The Papers of the Very Esteemed, Most Famous in World and Often Very Busy Dr. Scout written in Lay Language so that Nobody will be Left Out

HOF!

Cool!

Quote from: mythbuster on June 14, 2019, 08:57:27 AM
Wow. I can't beat that. But I did have one offer that that included in the signature line the address.  It was (no kidding) a street about 2 blocks from where I grew up. I can assure you that this is entirely a residential neighborhood, and NOT an office building. Confirmed for me that most of these are run off of someone's laptop.

OOH, maybe we should all start our own. Blue Rhino Publishing! Who has the most prestigious sounding address?

I am 100% behind your prestigious and esteemed idea.

Either that or come-on bingo boards.

I don't recall the journal or the exact wording of this message that I get about once/month. The "journal" simply loves my valuable research on "X" and invites me to send an article, etc.

X =  a published book review of someone else's book

Quote from: sugaree on June 16, 2019, 12:21:46 PM
I don't recall the journal or the exact wording of this message that I get about once/month. The "journal" simply loves my valuable research on "X" and invites me to send an article, etc.

X =  a published book review of someone else's book

Well, clearly they don't love your work as much as they love mine; I am constantly begged to join the editorial board!

I'm going to forward this to my colleagues in Scientific and Technical Communication. I can see a whole new career field for them!

My own favorite: I was invited to send "a research paper on any topic, in any format, and at any stage". 

Quote from: saramago on June 19, 2019, 04:01:56 PM
My own favorite: I was invited to send "a research paper on any topic, in any format, and at any stage".

I'd be so tempted to send a single word written on a napkin in crayon.

Quote from: citrine on June 20, 2019, 07:27:41 AM

Quote from: saramago on June 19, 2019, 04:01:56 PM
My own favorite: I was invited to send "a research paper on any topic, in any format, and at any stage".

I'd be so tempted to send a single word written on a napkin in crayon.

Yes, or using letters cut from various magazines.

Most of these emails go to my spam folder so I'm not willing to click on them to see past the subject header and first few words.

I get some amusement from the subject headers, but now I feel like I might be missing out on the best parts.

I get multiple of these a week as well (including the exact one in the OP), which mostly go to straight to spam but a few sneak through to the inbox. The most puzzling thing to me is most of them seem to have put zero effort into looking at all convincing as a legitimate journal communication-- colored fonts, broken English, weird greetings ("Dear most esteemed Doctor!!"). You would think they would at least try to scam better.

Also, everyone seems to want to sell me custom peptides, despite the fact that I don't do anything remotely related to anything that would require custom peptides and I can't imagine that anyone who did need custom peptides would order them from random places that email them.

Sometimes random people also really want to share with me and my psychology colleagues their groundbreaking theories that they are sure we would like to collaborate with them on and help them publish. Surprisingly often these theories involve Hitler's relationship with his mother. More troubling are the occasional emails I get from clearly psychotic people who want us to investigate the mind control devices implanted in their brains etc. The last one was extremely long and contained just about every common delusion and attached CT scans.

I received this one recently -- it struck me as spammy. It was followed by another email seeking Lead Guest Editors for Special Issues of the same journal. (Sent by different email address, neither of which matched the journal website URL.)

QuoteWarmest greetings!

We get to know your precious paper with the title Advanced Basketweaving which has been published in A Past Year's Basketweaving Conference, and the topic of the paper has impressed us a lot. Researchers specializing in basket history, basket interiors, variations in weaving patterns, have showed interests in your paper.

With the aim to promote basketweaving within scientific community, specialists and professionals in different research fields can get the cutting-edge research results from Our Basketweaving Journal. In light of the novelty, advance, and potential wide applications of your innovation, we invite you to send other unpublished works of related fields to the journal. Latest research on this published article is also welcomed.

On behalf of the Editorial Board of the journal, it is glorified for us to invite you to join us as the editorial board member or reviewer of Our Basketweaving Journal. Your academic background and professional and rich experience in this field are high appreciated by the Editorial Board, so we really hope you can be a part of our team. We hope that your position as the editorial board member/reviewer will promote international academic collaborations.

This thread is pure comedy gold.

My strangest emails are when spammers from fake podiatry journals invite me to write articles for them... all because I once published a paper with a title that alludes to the saying of "having one's foot out the door."

Mind you, this was a psychology article about leaving unhappy relationships...

Needless to say, I sometimes feel like I'm being besieged by deceitful foot fetishists!

Quote from: risenanew on July 24, 2019, 10:11:02 PM
This thread is pure comedy gold.

My strangest emails are when spammers from fake podiatry journals invite me to write articles for them... all because I once published a paper with a title that alludes to the saying of "having one's foot out the door."

Mind you, this was a psychology article about leaving unhappy relationships...

Needless to say, I sometimes feel like I'm being besieged by deceitful foot fetishists!

That's hysterical

I just got invited to be the Keynote speaker at a conference.  Keynote speakers can enjoy 15% off the registration fee if the register by Aug 30th!

Quote from: Kron3007 on July 26, 2019, 09:55:38 AM
I just got invited to be the Keynote speaker at a conference.  Keynote speakers can enjoy 15% off the registration fee if the register by Aug 30th!

That's nearly as goofy as the invitations I get to speak at a conference in Shanghai - in about 10 days from the time the email was sent.

As to journal come ons, I've been asked to contribute my valuable research to journals publishing on topics ranging from electrical engineering to ear nose and throat surgery.  Surely I must be some sort of renaissance man to attract such a diverse selection of scammy spammy requests.

I unfortunately don't have a new one to add, but do want to say that this is an immensely entertaining thread (e.g., "your precious paper", LOL!). Let's keep it alive!

Am I the only one who gets phone calls from these people?  Alas, I cannot describe the voices on the other end of the line without trafficking in xenophobic stereotypes. 

Quote from: writingprof on July 30, 2019, 04:16:21 PM
Am I the only one who gets phone calls from these people?  Alas, I cannot describe the voices on the other end of the line without trafficking in xenophobic stereotypes. 

No, seriously! That's hysterical.

Quote from: writingprof on July 30, 2019, 04:16:21 PM
Am I the only one who gets phone calls from these people?  Alas, I cannot describe the voices on the other end of the line without trafficking in xenophobic stereotypes.

We know you are talking about Transylvanian accents.

Quote from: Juvenal on July 31, 2019, 06:21:05 AM

Quote from: writingprof on July 30, 2019, 04:16:21 PM
Am I the only one who gets phone calls from these people?  Alas, I cannot describe the voices on the other end of the line without trafficking in xenophobic stereotypes.

We know you are talking about Transylvanian accents.

That's close, actually.  But, no, my monograph will not be issued by Count Chocula Press.

Quote from: Scout on June 14, 2019, 04:03:19 AM
"Dear Dr. Scout,

I am Lexy J. Miller, Editorial assistant from Siam Publishing Group Ltd. contacting you with the reference from our editorial department. Basing on your outstanding contribution to the scientific community, we would like to write a book for you.

Researchers like you are adding so much value to the scientific community, yet you are not getting enough exposure. No matter how many papers you publish in famous journals, you will be still unknown to common people. To solve this problem, we came up with this unique solution.

With our book writing service, we will write your research contributions in common man's language. We will also include all your published papers into this book in a way that a common man can understand it. And then, we will publish your book with our publishing group. Before, publication, we will send the draft to you for scientific accuracy, once you approve our draft, we then proceed for publication. You will get all the rights of your book, and all the sales generated from your book will be credited to you.

I am so terribly tempted.  Here's the plan.  Someone once wrote a simple program to create a gibberish-filled Computer Science paper by sprinkling buzzwords in at random.

Get that program (or its code), expand to book length, and set these people on it. We'd have to use pseudonyms so as not to ruin the academic reputations of any "real" people (unless, you know, we didn't like those people—or no, back away from that). But it would be wonderful to see what kind of "lay language" they could get from that mass of gibberish.

Ask not what the predatory journal can do for you, ask what you can do for the predatory journal edition:

QuoteWe have communicatedyou earlier, but there is no response from you, so we would like to contact you another time! In view of your previous contributions and research interests, we are contacting you again to submit the manuscript which is useful for the journal growth.

We need your support by sharing your valuable manuscripts towards our Journal. I welcome you to submit the articles to this email as an attachment (If your manuscript is going to be ready for publication).

If you don't have any material in your hand, please allow us to know the feasible date of your submission. An early confirmation from your side is very much appreciated as it really helps to provide quality research to the scientific community.

I would appreciate if you will respond to this email. Your manuscript could contribute a lot to Science.

Well, then, I will certainly share my valuable manuscripts towards your journal, because Science.

Got one recently that said that I could edit a journal issue on any subject I liked.  I'm thinking "The Bachelor".

Quote from: Puget on August 01, 2019, 07:44:37 AM
I would appreciate if you will respond to this email. Your manuscript could contribute a lot to Science.

Hmm, how big does the lot need to be?  Buildable? Utilities? What is Science going to do with this lot? So many questions.

I got this gem the other day. The article in question appeared in an open access journal and is also available via my institutional repository. I'm guessing that the market for a paperback edition would be pretty much nil.

Dear [Me],

I am [redacted] from [redacted] Publishing.

Would you be interested in publishing [title of recently-published article] as a paperback edition?

At [redacted] Publishing, we have worked with more than 250,000 academic authors, offering them international, free-of-charge publishing.

Can you imagine your work as a book?

Just send me a short reply and I will gladly provide you with some details.

I'm not sure it counts as a predatory journal, but I'd be interested to hear if others have been contacted by "Research Outreach" (https://researchoutreach.org/ (https://researchoutreach.org/)).  I received an email recently from a gentleman there to see about publishing a brief take on my recent article in what appears to be a magazine of sorts.  I guess they have some team of folks who will pare down scientific articles to about four pages (at a high level) and then they publish about 28 of these in each edition of their publication.  The original researcher gets full sign off on the research brief, retains copyright, and gets other accouterments (e.g., PDF to use on a website), for a fee.  It seems pretty transparent about what it is, but from what I've read a lot of researchers are hesitant.  A potentially useful new way to share research results to a larger audience or something to avoid? I think it might be fairly new given the number of editions out (about 8), but it is strange to me that its twitter is not followed by anyone I follow (and I follow a lot of researchers in different fields).  I guess that's a modern-day red flag of some sort.  In any case, I wouldn't publish a brief of the article they contacted me about there because I don't think anyone would want to read it anyway, and my institution has its own outlets for sharing this kind of stuff for free. 

Not a journal but still funny.

QuoteDear phattangent

Greetings for the day!

I am the Program Director for Really Long Basket Weaving, Some, Place.
I am happy to share a piece of important information about our "Really Long Basket Weaving and Applications (Long Baskets 2019)", scheduled in Some, Place. on Month DD-DD, 2019.
The theme of this event: Future is all about basket weaving
Visit website for more details: https://www.google.com/search?q=future+basket+weaving
This will be a big amalgamation of research-minded professionals and company heads, dealing with the field of Basket Weaving and any of its related fields.
Let us know your availability on those dates, so that I will be glad to provide you with the further details.

If you have any queries message us on business what's app: +1(555)-555-5555

Thanks and Best Regards,
B.W.

I receive conference emails like this all the time.

Greetings from Editorial office of [Redacted, Foreign Country].
We are writing to invite you to join the Editorial Board of our newly established Journal of Not Your Field (JNYF) in view of your expertise that learned from your  published research papers named: A* Journal
About JNYF:
[Overly broad scope]
Roles and Duties of Editors:
1. Make efforts to ensure the high quality and visibility of the journal.
2. Review assigned manuscripts and solicit reviewers.
3. Recommend or submit manuscripts to the journal.
4. Promote JNYF in the areas of your professional influence and interest.
Benefits for Editors:
A. Manuscripts from editors and approved by reviewers can be published for free within 12 months after joining the editorial board. Manuscripts recommended by the editor, discount will be given.
B. For editors' articles published on our journal within 3 years and cited by SCI journals, rewards will be granted to editors.
C. By interacting with peers from editorial board and reviewing manuscripts, the editors can keep informed of up-to-date dynamics in study field.
D. Editors can increase visibility in scholarly community and improve academic profile by adding editing experience for this journal on Publons.
E. In return for the devoted time and expertise, we will send editors the complimentary subscription to the journal.

We are looking forward to receiving your earliest reply and your willingness to join our editorial board by sending an acceptance letter along with your CV.
We will greatly appreciate you for your contribution made for the international scientific community.
For more details about Universal Wiser, you are welcomed to visit official website [link]
Remarks: Our online submission system OJS is under upgradation and maintenance, so journal page currently may be not accessible.

Why?

I understand that spammers only need a very low response rate but would anyone respond positively to that email?

Quote from: drbrt on August 03, 2019, 01:34:45 PM[...] under upgradation and maintenance [...]

I just spat out some of my coffee. This is great!

Quote from: science.expat on August 04, 2019, 03:14:13 AM
Why?

I understand that spammers only need a very low response rate but would anyone respond positively to that email?

Possibly people mentored by wolves don't know how odd the email is.  I was reading it to my husband last night and he didn't know how odd it was until I started explaining how academic publishing works in my areas.

I feel so special.

I got one, too....

*****
Header:

    Ms. [Mamselle]'s work at the [xxxx] University

Text:
Dear Ms. [Mamselle],

I am Akshay Roopun from Lambert Academic Publishing. Your work « topic I did a paper on two years ago » from [xxxx] University {where I occasionally adjunct in French and Art History} would be of interest to an international audience, and that is why I am writing to you.

We know it is not conventional for a publisher to pro-actively reach out to authors, but we are not a conventional publisher.

Here is what it means for you:   
- free of charge publishing     
- simplified and fast publishing process
- worldwide sales of your work     
- no commitments - you and only you remain the copyright holder of your work
- access to eco-friendly Print-on-Demand technology     

We are looking for authors in the field you have researched and your work has caught our interest. We are interested to publish it as a printed book.

Let me know how this sounds to you and I can get back to you with a detailed brochure.

Sincere regards,
Akshay Roopun
Editor

e: aks.roopun@lap-publishing.com
w: www.lap-publishing.com
Like us on Facebook  Follow us on Instagram  Follow us on Twitter
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Submit your book proposal for review:
Upload manuscript file here ⇪
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
MoreBooks! Marketing SRL
Business registration no. 1011602004108

Founded in Germany in 2002
Now in whole Europe, Africa, Asia and South America

*****

I was especially impressed that they were in "whole Europe, Africa, Asia and South America"
   (s/b "throughout," perhaps; surprised they didn't claim Antarctica while they were at it!)

It also solved a mystery:
   Now I at least know what that hit on my Academia site from Delhi was about....

M.

Quote from: mamselle on August 04, 2019, 09:24:44 AM

Dear Ms. [Mamselle],

I am Akshay Roopun from Lambert Academic Publishing.

Now that Lambert has been outed, I'll go ahead and say that the "come-on" I posted upthread came from them as well.

Here's a recent one for your entertainment.


Dear Dr. Thursdays Child,

Hope you are having a great day!

We are in shortfall of articles for successful release of Volume 3 Issue 3. Is it possible for you to support us with your 2-page Opinion/Mini Review for this issue?

We are confident that you are always will be there to support us.

Await your optimistic response.

Let me guess...it's Parapsychology Review.

If you correctly predict the issue topic and article title they want, you get published in it.

M.

I like this one: The Journal of Psychiatry and Mental Health (not my field...)

We have communicatedyou earlier, but there is no response from you, so we would like to contact you another time! In view of your previous contributions and research interests, we are contacting you again to submit the manuscript which is useful for the journal growth.

We need your support by sharing your valuable manuscripts towards our Journal. I welcome you to submit the articles to this email as an attachment (If your manuscript is going to be ready for publication).

If you don't have any material in your hand, please allow us to know the feasible date of your submission. An early confirmation from your side is very much appreciated as it really helps to provide quality research to the scientific community.

I would appreciate if you will respond to this email. Your manuscript could contribute a lot to Science.

Today's spam:

Dear Dr.Artem,

I hope your day is as positive as you are.  Blah blah blah.  Hope you encourage our journal.

That's me alright.  Positive as the day is long.  Little Artem Sunshine.  I swear these things suffer from using Google translate to render the original Klingon into English.

Quote from: secundem_artem on August 07, 2019, 06:49:27 AM
Today's spam:

Dear Dr.Artem,

I hope your day is as positive as you are. Blah blah blah.  Hope you encourage our journal.

That's me alright.  Positive as the day is long.  Little Artem Sunshine.  I swear these things suffer from using Google translate to render the original Klingon into English.

Awww!  Making me blush!  That's like a line from a really mushy love poem.

Alternately, they know what we are like before we've had our morning caffeine.  Does that mean my day is going to be wretched if I'm in a bad mood?

Here's a new twist (at least new to me): not only will they not charge publishing fees, but they're going to give me $200 if my paper is accepted!

Quote from: saramago on August 11, 2019, 06:45:26 AM
Here's a new twist (at least new to me): not only will they not charge publishing fees, but they're going to give me $200 if my paper is accepted!

That is new!  Is this a limited time offer?

This remains my favorite predatory journal story: https://www.vox.com/2014/11/21/7259207/scientific-paper-scam

Quote from: fast_and_bulbous on August 11, 2019, 05:41:10 PM
This remains my favorite predatory journal story: https://www.vox.com/2014/11/21/7259207/scientific-paper-scam

I would have totally paid the $150.00

Wow.  I think I would have also paid the $150.  And here I thought that story was just an urban legend.

I just received what I think is a new and quite original twist on this.  There's nothing on the googles that says the sponsor is a predatory publisher, but they are headquartered in Nigeria - so I'm not sure if that makes me appropriately cautious or actively racist.

I've been invited to enter a best review paper and best research poster contest to be held on Twitter.  Promises of $100 first prize plus a certificate suitable for framing.  Further promises of widespread fame and glory as the whole world will see my work plus fascinating scientific debate.

There does not appear to be an entry fee so I'm trying to figure out what the scam is.  Anybody else seen this or has a better idea where the hook is in this possible scam???

You will later receive a letter or email with an extortionary scam as its topic.

They're doing this to get your contact info.

It's not racist, it's Nigeria.

For the past 20 years, at least, there have been scams like this going on.

I received one in the mail for a professor I supported who had done work in a neighboring area.

I was very concerned about it, asked if we should turn it in to someone...he said no.

Said he and everyone he knew had been getting them for years; no-one could ever quite track them back.

So they just didn't answer.

It bothered me then, but after several more years of constant bombardment (and for some reason, they really do all, or nearly all, come from Nigeria) I felt the same.

M.

Not particularly good, but amusing:

Thank you for support and efforts. We glad to introduce you our JIAATS JOURNAL

. Which is going to launch a new list of journals with continuous publication frequency. So you do not have to wait for the last date of every month for publication of its issue.

Is an emerging journal, publishing research in the field of business and management with accounting. Journal of Advance Research in Business Management and Accounting is an open-access double-blind peer-reviewed journal which publishes the research in monthly frequency. We support and accept all articles related to the field of applied management, accounting, business, planning, controlling, finance and much more related topics.

WTF? Would anyone really submit a paper here?

Quote from: science.expat on August 16, 2019, 11:01:17 PM
Thank you for support and efforts. We glad to introduce you our JIAATS JOURNAL

. Which is going to launch a new list of journals with continuous publication frequency. So you do not have to wait for the last date of every month for publication of its issue.

What year is this?  With online publishing, most of the journals I follow put up preprints as soon as they are accepted or have more frequent than monthly publication.  The publications that are slower to publish generally are smaller, newer, tightly focuses outlets that are quarterly for now because they don't have enough submissions.  Even most of them put preprints up as accepted and then just formalize closing the issue on a given date.

Quote from: polly_mer on August 17, 2019, 05:00:49 AM
What year is this?  With online publishing, most of the journals I follow put up preprints as soon as they are accepted or have more frequent than monthly publication

Same here. Which is both great and annoying. It's great because stuff gets out quicker. It's annoying because I hardly ever read fully typeset articles anymore, having to keep up on the latest research. The time from "early online release" to "published in journal" is too dang long.

I got two this morning, from different addresses, for the same journal (which is not in my field). I get these all the time, but what was interesting about this one is that the edition is to be published in three weeks!

I've often looked for an unsubscribe link, but what they say at the bottom is to reply to the email with "unsubscribe" in the subject line. Seriously people, don't do this.

They're back. (I feel REEAAALLLLYY special, now.)

Since I didn't reply before, they're "sad."

They also think I'm making life harder for them by not helping out, here.

In toto (partially redacted):

--=-=-=-=-
Dear Ms. [Mamselle],

I wanted to confirm if you received my previous email about the free-of-charge publishing of your work « M.A. Thesis title, now »?

Just in case you need additional information to decide – here is an overview of what we do and who our authors are - https://www.omniscriptum.com/wp-content/uploads/brochure-LAP-EN.pdf

Please give me a short feedback if you are interested in getting your work published. We would surely be sad to see your work's full potential go un-explored, and you would give us a hard time finding something similar in your field of research, so please take a moment to consider before blindly saying no.

Thank you in advance!

Sincere regards,
[redacted]
Editor

e: [redacted]
w: www.lap-publishing.com

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Now in whole Europe, Africa, Asia and South America

-=-=-=-
Maybe they think being founded in Germany gives them a certain gravity, but...I dunno.

M.

Awwww. They has a sad.

But are they sad and confused? And who here is "old" enough to remember sad and confused?

Quote from: mythbuster on August 19, 2019, 11:56:34 AM
But are they sad and confused? And who here is "old" enough to remember sad and confused?

Hahaha!

Raises hand.

Quote from: archaeo42 on August 19, 2019, 01:26:52 PM

Quote from: mythbuster on August 19, 2019, 11:56:34 AM
But are they sad and confused? And who here is "old" enough to remember sad and confused?

Hahaha!

Raises hand.

I as well! 

Quote from: mythbuster on August 19, 2019, 11:56:34 AM
But are they sad and confused? And who here is "old" enough to remember sad and confused?

Haha! Me too!
I remember it as "SAD and CONFUSED", in all caps for extra emphasis.

"This is not a spam message, and has been sent to you due to your greatness in this Subject. Assuming, be that as it may, you would prefer not to get any email in future from Xxxx Science & Xxxxxxxx 2019 then answer us with the subject evacuate/withdraw."

Evacuation may be the best course of action for everyone.

Methinks the spambot protesters too muchly....

Googletranslate at its finest...

M.

Well I got one this morning coming from "Milly Cyrus", and I had one a few days ago from Monica Lewinski. If only the text of the email itself was as amusing.

"Dear Dr Hegemony,

Hope we are not disturbing you with our mail.

We are in shortfall of articles for fruitful release of our Next Issue in Open Access Journal of Archaeology & Anthropology.

Is it possible for you to support us with your Opinion/Mini Review (or) any type of article for our issue?

We are confident that you are always there to support us.

Await your response.

Regards,

Carlo Alvaro

Open access Journal of Archaeology and anthropology"

So polite, and so confident of my enduring support, when my affections are so fickle that it is as if I had never heard of them.  I fear their next issue will not be as fruitful as hoped.

Quote from: Hegemony on August 26, 2019, 03:01:36 AM
"Dear Dr Hegemony,

Hope we are not disturbing you with our mail.

We are in shortfall of articles for fruitful release of our Next Issue in Open Access Journal of Archaeology & Anthropology.

Is it possible for you to support us with your Opinion/Mini Review (or) any type of article for our issue?

We are confident that you are always there to support us.

Await your response.

Regards,

Carlo Alvaro

Open access Journal of Archaeology and anthropology"

So polite, and so confident of my enduring support, when my affections are so fickle that it is as if I had never heard of them.  I fear their next issue will not be as fruitful as hoped.

It is tempting to reply positively with an Opinion article describing the proliferation of junk journals in anthropology and archaeology, with a list of the journals you consider legitimate.

Quote from: Phydeaux on August 01, 2019, 10:59:16 AM
I got this gem the other day. The article in question appeared in an open access journal and is also available via my institutional repository. I'm guessing that the market for a paperback edition would be pretty much nil.

Dear [Me],

I am [redacted] from [redacted] Publishing.

Would you be interested in publishing [title of recently-published article] as a paperback edition?

At [redacted] Publishing, we have worked with more than 250,000 academic authors, offering them international, free-of-charge publishing.

Can you imagine your work as a book?

Just send me a short reply and I will gladly provide you with some details.

Hey, I got this one last week! But in my case the "article" in question is an 800 word/one page commentary highlighting another article in the journal in question.

I kind of wonder what a one page paperback book would even look like. 

I am CONFUSED but not particularly SAD.

From the "American International Journal of Contemporary Research" a long come-on email with a superficially reasonable format - IF you overlook the fact that they publish papers on almost any topic AND this (especially the bolded) gem:

AIJCR is inviting papers for Vol. 9 No. 4 which is scheduled to be published on December 31, 2019. Last date of submission: September 30, 2019. However, an early submission will get preference in case of review and publication process.

Just got this one in my email:

QuoteI trust this e-mail finds you well. I am contacting you based on your expertise in [subject area vaguely related to what I actually do]. I would like to kindly invite you to contribute a chapter to the book titled "Social Media Archaeology from Theory to Practice" on or before November 20, 2019. A chapter proposal of 300 to 500 words clearly explaining the mission and concerns of your proposed chapter. Full chapters (5,000-8,000 words) are expected to be submitted by April 10, 2020, and all interested authors must consult the APA 6 guidelines for manuscript submissions. This publication is expected to be released in May 2020. Full chapter manuscripts are screened for plagiarism and undergo a Main Editor Peer Review. Results are sent to authors within 30 days of submission, with suggestions for rounds of revisions.

The chapter might be like an expanded version of the conference paper, a section within the thesis, expanded version article, lecture note. Research areas are relevant to the book include, but are not limited to: [long list redacted]. The target audience of this book includes professionals and researchers working as faculty and scholars in the world.

The book is to be published in by [redacted], in Book Series "Communication Series". The book will be published in both printed and online versions. Each article will be assigned a DOI number. There is no submission charge, however, in order to packing and shipping of three printed version charge of 60 USD will be applied to each accepted chapter after peer review. You can expect to receive your shipping within 3-5 weeks. You will receive an invoice for your payment.

I do hope you will feel able to respond positively to this invitation, and I look forward to hearing from you. Please forward this message to colleagues who might be interested in social media studies.

Kind regards,

Obviously I should write a chapter on the Fora, right?

Quote from: citrine on September 09, 2019, 02:06:13 PM
Just got this one in my email:

QuoteI trust this e-mail finds you well. I am contacting you based on your expertise in [subject area vaguely related to what I actually do]. I would like to kindly invite you to contribute a chapter to the book titled "Social Media Archaeology from Theory to Practice" on or before November 20, 2019. A chapter proposal of 300 to 500 words clearly explaining the mission and concerns of your proposed chapter. Full chapters (5,000-8,000 words) are expected to be submitted by April 10, 2020, and all interested authors must consult the APA 6 guidelines for manuscript submissions. This publication is expected to be released in May 2020. Full chapter manuscripts are screened for plagiarism and undergo a Main Editor Peer Review. Results are sent to authors within 30 days of submission, with suggestions for rounds of revisions.

The chapter might be like an expanded version of the conference paper, a section within the thesis, expanded version article, lecture note. Research areas are relevant to the book include, but are not limited to: [long list redacted]. The target audience of this book includes professionals and researchers working as faculty and scholars in the world.

The book is to be published in by [redacted], in Book Series "Communication Series". The book will be published in both printed and online versions. Each article will be assigned a DOI number. There is no submission charge, however, in order to packing and shipping of three printed version charge of 60 USD will be applied to each accepted chapter after peer review. You can expect to receive your shipping within 3-5 weeks. You will receive an invoice for your payment.

I do hope you will feel able to respond positively to this invitation, and I look forward to hearing from you. Please forward this message to colleagues who might be interested in social media studies.

Kind regards,

Obviously I should write a chapter on the Fora, right?

I got that one too, word-for-word.

I thought the topic looked genuinely interesting and that it was a shame it was clearly a scam. I'd read a book on social media archaeology (well, a real one, I mean).

Ooohh, we could do our own invited chapters.

Citrine, you've got the cats....can you cover dogs, too?

Traduction, what about "Disambiguation between intertextuality and interthreaduality, and moments of intersection"?

Cam we get Larryc to discuss. "Monikers, socks, and the six-people-who-really-constitute-the-core--forum"?

Ummmm... let's see, what else...

M.

Quote from: mamselle on September 09, 2019, 09:07:49 PM
Traduction, what about "Disambiguation between intertextuality and interthreaduality, and moments of intersection"?

Well, I mean, that's the kind of chapter that just writes itself, really.

I got one! I got one!

Since I don't do research or publish and am a mere EdD, I didn't think I'd ever have anything to bring to this party.

I'm sort of excited.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Journal of Textile Science & Fashion Technology <textile@irispublishers.co>
Wed 9/11/2019 2:46 AM
Dear Dr. (I'm an EdD. Nobody calls me "Doctor")

Greetings from JTSFT.

Hope you are doing well.

We are in deficit of articles for fruitful release of Upcoming Issue. Is it possible for you to support us with your Opinion or Mini Review article for our issue?

I believe in you that; your one article brings out the best achievement to our Journal.

Await your optimistic response.

Regards,
Kara Hands | Journal of Textile Science & Fashion Technology (ISSN: 2641-192X)

-----------------------

Their most recent issue has an article called  Facing Textile Industry: Why Circular Design Has to Become a BA Fashion Programme and Creativity Alone is not Enough.

Quote from: ciao_yall on September 11, 2019, 06:45:14 AM
I got one! I got one!

Since I don't do research or publish and am a mere EdD, I didn't think I'd ever have anything to bring to this party.

I'm sort of excited.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Journal of Textile Science & Fashion Technology <textile@irispublishers.co>
Wed 9/11/2019 2:46 AM
Dear Dr. (I'm an EdD. Nobody calls me "Doctor")

Greetings from JTSFT.

Hope you are doing well.

We are in deficit of articles for fruitful release of Upcoming Issue. Is it possible for you to support us with your Opinion or Mini Review article for our issue?

I believe in you that; your one article brings out the best achievement to our Journal.

Await your optimistic response.

Regards,
Kara Hands | Journal of Textile Science & Fashion Technology (ISSN: 2641-192X)

-----------------------

Their most recent issue has an article called  Facing Textile Industry: Why Circular Design Has to Become a BA Fashion Programme and Creativity Alone is not Enough.

Oh dear, this is  SO great!! Thanks for sharing. Oh, and I believe in you too, by the way!!

Quote from: traductio on September 09, 2019, 07:05:11 PM

Quote from: citrine on September 09, 2019, 02:06:13 PM
Just got this one in my email:

QuoteI trust this e-mail finds you well. I am contacting you based on your expertise in [subject area vaguely related to what I actually do]. I would like to kindly invite you to contribute a chapter to the book titled "Social Media Archaeology from Theory to Practice" on or before November 20, 2019. A chapter proposal of 300 to 500 words clearly explaining the mission and concerns of your proposed chapter. Full chapters (5,000-8,000 words) are expected to be submitted by April 10, 2020, and all interested authors must consult the APA 6 guidelines for manuscript submissions. This publication is expected to be released in May 2020. Full chapter manuscripts are screened for plagiarism and undergo a Main Editor Peer Review. Results are sent to authors within 30 days of submission, with suggestions for rounds of revisions.

The chapter might be like an expanded version of the conference paper, a section within the thesis, expanded version article, lecture note. Research areas are relevant to the book include, but are not limited to: [long list redacted]. The target audience of this book includes professionals and researchers working as faculty and scholars in the world.

The book is to be published in by [redacted], in Book Series "Communication Series". The book will be published in both printed and online versions. Each article will be assigned a DOI number. There is no submission charge, however, in order to packing and shipping of three printed version charge of 60 USD will be applied to each accepted chapter after peer review. You can expect to receive your shipping within 3-5 weeks. You will receive an invoice for your payment.

I do hope you will feel able to respond positively to this invitation, and I look forward to hearing from you. Please forward this message to colleagues who might be interested in social media studies.

Kind regards,

Obviously I should write a chapter on the Fora, right?

I got that one too, word-for-word.

I thought the topic looked genuinely interesting and that it was a shame it was clearly a scam. I'd read a book on social media archaeology (well, a real one, I mean).

Coming a bit late to this, but I love the bolded sentence. That's a readership!

I just got this one recently.  It's not too bad, and I am not sure if it's actually a predatory journal (can't find too much on it), but on rereading I thought there were some interesting parts (underlined).  Some may just be language issues.  Seems like a lot of journals to publish! It's great that it's so easy for them to find more than three peer reviewers for any given paper.  And, there are opportunities on the website to join as not just a reviewer, or even an editorial member, but an editor-in-chief.  Could be a path to success.  Yes, this is sarcasm.

Hmm.  After preparing this post, I decided to look up whether the publisher itself (Science Publishing Group) is considered predatory.  Apparently, it is.  Beall published a 2018 comment with a whole section on it, calling a "particularly egregious predatory publisher".  It is listed as being located in NYC but is actually in Pakistan, apparently.


--------------------------------------------
From: Journal member <[generic email]>

Dear [me]; [coauthor],

We are honored to have the opportunity to read your paper "[Really awesome paper]". We feel that American Journal of Applied Scientific Research matches with your research field. Our Board of Editorial Members are privileged to invite you to contribute your precious unpublished research articles to our journal for publication.

Rapid Publication

Efficient Publication Service: We can publish your paper online within 1-2 months since the submission date.

Quickly Feedback: Our fundamental principle is timely feedback about each and every submission, and we will provide prompt replies for every question asked by our authors.

Experienced Reviewers: Every submitted article will be carefully reviewed by more than 3 peer reviewers from all over the world. Authors will receive various constructive advices from our Professional Reviewers to assist them in further improvement of their papers.

§  Check the requirements for manuscript and download Manuscript Template at: http://www.ajasr.org/submission

§  Get your article prepared under the instruction of the template.

§  Register and upload your paper via online submission system.

How to Contribute your Paper [I think this was supposed to be the title of the previous section?]

Selected Journal List

We have 300+ journals including almost all fields like Processing, Biomedicine, Sports Science, Environmental Policy, Pure Mathematics, Technology Management, Traffic, Management Science, Philosophy, Systems Engineering, etc.

Any interest about the journals, please see more at: http://www.ajasr.org/journals

International Journal of Materials Science and Applications

Engineering and Applied Sciences

International Journal of Science and Qualitative Analysis

International Journal of Applied Agricultural Sciences

American Journal of Science, Engineering and Technology

We selected some contents from your paper:
[abstract from our paper]

Regards,

[possibly fake person who does not show up via Google search]

The Editorial Office of American Journal of Applied Scientific Research

Not from a journal but I don't know where else to share an email I just received.

Hello,

I am interested to apply to your University for a Professor position.
May I ask you to provide me with an email address for your human
resources officer as well as the Dean of faculty/academic director who
are in charge of the faculty recruitment process? Thank you very much
for your support indeed.

Best regards

(Redacted)


WTF?

Quote from: science.expat on September 12, 2019, 03:31:09 PM
Not from a journal but I don't know where else to share an email I just received.

Hello,

I am interested to apply to your University for a Professor position.
May I ask you to provide me with an email address for your human
resources officer as well as the Dean of faculty/academic director who
are in charge of the faculty recruitment process? Thank you very much
for your support indeed.

Best regards

(Redacted)


WTF?

I got this also.  He is casting a wide net.

Quote from: aside on September 13, 2019, 04:47:16 AM

Quote from: science.expat on September 12, 2019, 03:31:09 PM
Not from a journal but I don't know where else to share an email I just received.

Hello,

I am interested to apply to your University for a Professor position.
May I ask you to provide me with an email address for your human
resources officer as well as the Dean of faculty/academic director who
are in charge of the faculty recruitment process? Thank you very much
for your support indeed.

Best regards

(Redacted)


WTF?

I got this also.  He is casting a wide net.

Either an extremely clueless person OR the start of something nefarious.  My response would normally be to delete it immediately.  Now that I know it's going around, I'd probably report it to the appropriate IT area.

Oh, yeah. I deleted it.

I just got this one in my spam folder, but I'm glad I read it - I'm hoping that I will have such a "positive day"

--------------------

Dear Dr. [littleapple],

I hope your day is as positive as you are.

We are in deficit of articles for fruitful release of Inaugural Issue. Is it possible for you to support us with your Opinion or Mini Review article for this issue?

We request you to submit your article directly to this email id.

If you are interested to join as an editorial board member in our journal, please send your CV, short bio and Research interest to this mail id.

I believe in you that your one article brings out the best achievement to our Journal.

Await your optimistic response.

Assistant Manager
Online Journal of Robotics & Automation Technology

This one is pretty boring.  But am I wrong to think that there is an overt imperative tone here?

------------------------

Dear Dr. Redux Wahoo (the bot got my first and last name reversed)

Greeting from SJRR!

We are inviting eminent researchers like you to releasing an upcoming issue in our Scientific Journal of Research & Reviews.

We request you to submit a Review article or case report or short communication of about 400-500 words or more of 1-2 pages.

We request you to submit your article to directly to this Email ID by 25th of September.

Please inform your decision.

Regards,

Alan Moghissi
Scientific Journal of Research & Reviews | (ISSN: 2687-8097)

-------------

Interestingly, there are a couple "Alan Moghissi"s out there in the real world who hold positions of some authority in the scientific community, so at least the bot-lord did a little homework before cluttering my inbox.

Terry McGlynn, of Small Pond Science, recently posted a link to a paper surveying why people might publish in these types of journals. It's not terribly scientific (self-reported survey results), but it's still disheartening to see how many people who published still don't think the journals were predatory. Paper here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/leap.1261

OK. I swear, swear I got  this. See the bolded part in particular....

Great opportunity to publish your article.
in the top rated journals of Scopus, until the end of 2019,
book a publication at the beginning of 2020.
Now, we have a program called "Co-authorship".
You can become a co-author of an already finished article, which is accepted for publication.
in a journal indexed in Scopus.
We translate the article to English and design the article ourselves.
We guarantee that your article will be published in the journal of Scopus and indexed.

We also have a large number of journals of all directions. We will help you publish your article quickly and monitor indexing to Scopus.

Send articles, ask questions.
We will be happy to answer you.



Yes, I do have questions for you guys.

Although it's nowhere near as good as Saramago's, I just got this...  Yeah, this eminent is always here to support you.

"Dear Researcher,

Greetings!!

We are in shortfall of one article for a successful release of Volume 2, Issue 2. Is it possible for you to support us with your transcript for this issue before 18th November 2019? If this is a short notice please do send 4-5 pages Short Commentary or Mini Review, and hope that a 5 pages article will not take much time for an eminent like you.

Please forward your articles to marinebiology@chembiopublishers.com

We are confident that you will always be there to support us.

Note: Want to become an Editorial Board Member.? Feel free to forward your CV, Biography to this mail.

Best regards,

Nancy Miller
Assistant Managing Editor"

That article Ergative cited includes this line in the abstract: "Fast publication coupled with good feedback and encouragement to submit can make publishing in predatory journals so tempting that few authors can resist."

Few authors can resist?  Meaning that most academic authors publish in predatory journals?  That's just silly (and inaccurate).

I received this one recently... I'm in engineering and do nothing at all even vaguely related to cancer research. But I guess I could always say I do!

Special Issue: Cancer, Health Care Needs and Cancer Patients' Life Quality
Lead Guest Editor: Gamze Temiz
Affiliation: University of Health Sciences,Turkey

Dear [Dr. Mode and list of co-authors]

Hope that you enjoy your day.

A special issue named Cancer, Health Care Needs and Cancer Patients' Life Quality (removed web link) has been proposed under Cancer Research Journal (removed web link) by the Lead Guest Editor Gamze Temiz in cooperation with 4 other guest editors. It is an open platform for researchers in the same field to spread their research achievements and accomplishments.

They aim at gathering together scholars in the same research area through this special issue to disseminate and share their research accomplishments and experience about Health Care.

As one of the scholars in this field, if you have found new research results or discovered anything new in this field, be sure to convey your ideas, intellect and experiences to more academic peers. Your contribution will have particular value to the scientific community.

Inviting Papers

Novel insights into the topics below along with the research work are warmly welcome.

Topics of interest are (to list a few):
o   Palliative care
o   Hospice care
o   Cancer patient
o   Oncology patient
o   Terminal care
o   Chemotherapeutic drug application

If you want to submit your paper, please complete the submission process before February 20, 2020.

Please contribute your paper through (removed web link)

Any questions, please do not hesitate to let us know.

We are looking forward to receiving your contribution.

Warm wishes,

Sarah Harper

Today's come-on started thusly:

"It's our immerse Pleasure to invite Authors ....... All the NIH supported manuscripts are published immediately in PubMed."  They also promised to throw in a free DOI.

Sheesh.  As if anybody high enough up the food chain to get NIH funding would publish in your craptastic "journal". 

My contribution for the day. This is a pretty lazy effort (not even personalized!), but good to know that I am up for great things today!


DearProfessor,

Good morning! You're up for great things today.

Well, we would like to inform you that for this instance, we need One Article to release Volume 4 Issue 2 for the Open Access Journal of Environmental and Soil Sciences (OAJESS).

We request you to submit us your transcript by the 15thof November.

Await your prompt submission.


Margaret Eva

Editorial Manager

DH and I have been giggling (and chortling) for awhile over this one:

The subject line was "ASSRAT".  Hubby wants to go to the conference, but only if they sell t-shirts.  And we're envisioning ourselves asking the dept chair for money to go to the ASSRAT conference.



ASSRAT
THE ASSOCIATION OF RESEARCH & ACADEMIC TRAINING





UPCOMING EVENTS
See what's happening this year.


OUR COMMITTEE
Meet our academic staff


PUBLICATION
post conference publication and indexing.


CONFERENCE TOPICS
Tracks and topics.


WELCOME
to the official website of 2019 ASSRAT.


We're here to guide you through your best year yet

ASSRAT aims to bring together researchers, scientists and scholar students to exchange and share their experiences, new ideas, and research results about all aspects of Social Science, Humanities and discuss the practical challenges encountered and the solutions adopted.

Visit Website


RECENT CONFERENCE






CRSH-FEB-2020

International Conference on Cutting-edge Research in Social Sciences, Humanities and Business
February 15-16, 2020
Istanbul, Turkey
Link: https://assrat.org/crsh-02-20/

DRBS-FEB-2020

International Conference on New Dynamics of Research Practices in Social Sciences and Management Sciences
February 22-23, 2020
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Link: https://assrat.org/drbs-02-20/






ASSRAT | [Website] info@assrat.org

Quote from: Morris Zapp on November 12, 2019, 01:47:49 PM
ASSRAT
THE ASSOCIATION OF RESEARCH & ACADEMIC TRAINING

Wait, where do they even get the SS's from in that acronym?? They have to be taking ASS from association but only the first letters of the rest of the words, which means they have to have done that on purpose almost. Otherwise it would be ARAT, which is still kind of funny but not nearly as funny as ASSRAT.

ASSRAT is much better than another conference I got invited to: BABE.

BABE was the "World Congress on Bioavailability & Bioequivalence: BA/BE Studies Summit"

I really want an ASSRAT 2019 hat or a T shirt. The logo creates itself!

ASSRAT and BABE remind me of BARFAA.

BARFAA is the Midwest Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology Association.

I was just email scolded for not jumping immediately on an offer to write a proposal on a topic more suited to an elementary school science fair than anything a serious practitioner would contact me for based on my published research or related activities. 

The "prize" held out is phone call consultations at 350 euros an hour if I sign into the system, jump all the hoops including submitting a proposal to fix the problem, and then get chosen.  Apparently, I'm supposed to be so flattered that someone calls me an expert in chemistry that I give away work for free and hope I get that phone call for a couple hours more work.

I give away higher ed advice and analysis for free.  In chemistry, I charge real money from the first minute of consultation.

Just got a verbose and rather polished if ponderous solicitation from Research Outreach.org (https://researchoutreach.org/).

They even used the name of my most recently published paper in the subject line, and for a second I was excited because I thought a real editor or academic was soliciting something for an anthology or special edition.

But nope.

Apparently Research Outreach is "so passionate about open access" to the general public that they "must charge researchers" for their work.

Website is also polished if ponderous.  Wonder if it has any connection to the Oxford Round Table?

My sister just got one that described her as a "pre-eminent scholar". She's wondering when she will become eminent, since she's obviously just pre-eminent"

I suspect this come on is from the same outfit that solicited zyzzx. I am not pre-eminent, but re-nowned. When was I nowned the first time?

This is from the World Journal of ASS, but seems to be independent of the ASSRAT conference.

Their scope seems to be quite broad. There is no obvious limitation on the subject-matter scope, and will take a couple pages of random (if esteemed) musings.




Greetings from WJASS!

It is my pleasure to communicate with esteemed person like you. Well, we are planning to release New-Issue in WJASS before 20th December 2019. In this case we want your involvement by submitting your research work or any type of the article towards our journal to start the Issue.

Because our office closes from Dec 21st- Jan 1st on the eve of Christmas and New year. So, I request you to process submit your valuable manuscript at the earliest as possible.

If this is a short notice please do send 2page opinion/mini review, we hope a 2page article is not time taken for renowned person like you.

Hope you will achieve our concern with your valuable submission.

Please admit this email within 24 hours.

In a new wrinkle, I have had a request to review from a sketchy (predatory?) journal. I mean, I guess it's good that they ask for reviews, but still. I was mostly taken aback by the apparent assumption that of course I would do it - there is nothing in the email about how to decline. Plus, asking me to click on links and download files in an email from some company that I've never heard of - no way am I doing that.
But apparently they are honoured to invite me, so I guess I should feel equally honoured!
(if there are any doubts about legitimacy, I just looked at the journal website and the paper is already published on there, only 2 days after the deadline for the review that I did not submit...)

QuoteDear zyzzx,

Greetings!

It is our professional honour to invite you as a reviewer to review the scientific manuscript received Journal of [redacted]   as a part of peer review process.


Article Type: Research


Paper ID: xxxxx


Title: [redacted]


Abstract

[redacted]   





Select below link to download the file.

https://siftdesk.org/rev/xxxx/616


Kindly submit your valubale comments before 14th December.

Download our Review Form using below link.

https://www.siftdesk.org/review-report.docx

To know more details about our website, kindly open URL. www.siftdesk.org

For further information about manuscript contact us at info@siftdesk.org

Quote from: zyzzx on December 16, 2019, 07:38:54 AM
(if there are any doubts about legitimacy, I just looked at the journal website and the paper is already published on there, only 2 days after the deadline for the review that I did not submit...)

Top journals are competing for the best papers by offering a rapid review, and rapid publication after decision. This journal is clearly trying to be competitive and turning the dial up to 11 (or the timer below zero... I need metaphorical help).

It's the new year and I've already gotten two today!  I'm overjoyed...

"Dear Dr. Last name First name,

Good Morning..!

We are in need of one article for successful release of Volume 4 Issue 4 by 27th January? Is it possible for you to support us with your 2 page opinion/case report or mini review, we hope 2 page article isn't time taken for eminent people like you.

We hope you won't disappoint us.

Acknowledge this email within 24hrs.

Respectfully,
Amber Jones
Modern Research in Dentistry (2637-7764) (Impact Factor: 0.821)
Indexed in: ICJME, ISI"

Yes, this eminent people thinks a two page article isn't time taken for me.

Also:

"Dear Researcher,

Hope you are doing well!

We are delighted to notify you that, we are planning to release a Special Issue on Authors name with their articles only.

For this instigate, we require 5 articles from the Author. If it is not possible to you, please submit any one article for the successful release of the upcoming issue.

Please acknowledge this email within 24 hours.

Await your reply.

Melisa Samuels| Managing Editor
ISSN: 2572-1100
International Journal of Cell Science & Molecular Biology"

No, I really don't think this instigate is possible to me.

Quote from: Thursday's_Child on January 22, 2020, 12:11:06 PM


We are delighted to notify you that, we are planning to release a Special Issue on Authors name with their articles only.

For this instigate, we require 5 articles from the Author. If it is not possible to you, please submit any one article for the successful release of the upcoming issue.

Please acknowledge this email within 24 hours.

Await your reply.

Melisa Samuels| Managing Editor
ISSN: 2572-1100
International Journal of Cell Science & Molecular Biology[/i]"

No, I really don't think this instigate is possible to me.

It seems to me that you are missing out on the chance to get credit for five publications while submitting only one. And the journal name has the shine of being real. This may deserve some reinstigation.  They don't charge for publications, do they?

I got one! I got one! My one database listing has finally paid off!

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Journal of Textile Science & Fashion Technology <textile@irispublisher.org>
Tue 3/31/2020 12:12 AM
Dear Dr. Ciao,
Greetings from JTSFT!

Hope you are doing well.

We are in deficit of articles for fruitful release of Upcoming Issue. Is it possible for you to support us with your Opinion or Mini Review article for our issue?

I believe in you that; your one article brings out the best achievement to our Journal.

Await your optimistic response.

Regards,
Kara Hands | (Impact Factor: 0.357)
Journal of Textile Science & Fashion Technology (ISSN: 2641-192X)
=====

I don't feel special because I found this thread by searching for the word "fruitful" which seems to be a keyword.

So maybe my fruit isn't as unique as I thought.

The impact factor is a nice touch, though.

Scammers are like the post office. 

Neither sleet, nor snow, nor dark of night will prevent these mother buckers from their appointed spam.

An editor "noticed your paper [Title] when I was searching for the keywords from a database, and can tell from your work that you are an expert in this field."

I apparently wrote a damn good title.

Quote from: Wahoo Redux on April 02, 2020, 07:48:51 PM
An editor "noticed your paper [Title] when I was searching for the keywords from a database, and can tell from your work that you are an expert in this field."

I apparently wrote a damn good title.

Was it so clear that the importance was apparent even to a random googler, or was it so full of jargon that it's impenetrability signaled expertise?

Quote from: Hibush on April 05, 2020, 03:05:44 PM

Quote from: Wahoo Redux on April 02, 2020, 07:48:51 PM
An editor "noticed your paper [Title] when I was searching for the keywords from a database, and can tell from your work that you are an expert in this field."

I apparently wrote a damn good title.

Was it so clear that the importance was apparent even to a random googler, or was it so full of jargon that it's impenetrability signaled expertise?

Don't know what the random googler would have through, actually.  There was one word in the title that is found in common parlance but means something specific in literary criticism, otherwise the title was not particularly jargony.  Probably no one would think I'd reinvented the wheel or even discovered a really interesting flavor of Jello, metaphorically speaking. 

One recently ended up in my SPAM box that offered double blind review with the last date to submit by April 25 and a publication date of April 30.

Quote from: archaeo42 on April 09, 2020, 05:42:23 AM
One recently ended up in my SPAM box that offered double blind review with the last date to submit by April 25 and a publication date of April 30.

In this case, that means the "editor" will "review" your paper with both eyes closed.  Doesn't take long.

"Respected Scholar

We the Editorial Team of   East African Scholars Journal of Humanities the core of our heart love and like to invite you for contribute you great research work in our Journals."

They certainly love me more than Reviewer No. 2 did when I submitted that last article!  How can I turn down someone who offers me the core of their heart love?

Here's the message I received (for the third time, having blocked previous iterations of the email address):

QuoteHope you are doing well.

Well, we would like to publish your article in the AprilEdition. In order to initiate this edition we need your article, so can I have your support?

In fact, your trust in my efforts is the highest form of our motivation, I believe in you that you are eminent manuscript brings out the best citation to our Journal.

Acknowledge this email within 24hrs.

Ellen Moore
Techniques in Neurosurgery & Neurology
ISSN: 2637-7748
Impact Factor: 0.692 (2017-2018)

Here's the acknowledgement I am not sending within 24hrs:

QuoteI'm sure I'm going to regret replying to you, but somehow you keep getting messages through my email filter. I'll try to block you yet again.

For the love of God, take me off your email list. The scam you try to pass off as a journal is actively harmful. Whatever your greed gains you, other people pay for. I realize that shame is passé, so I'll put this blunt terms: fuck off.

Now I will try to block the address again.

ETA: My field is in the humanities. I doubt very much that I could address neurosurgery in a responsible way.

Quote from: traductio on April 24, 2020, 10:56:45 AM
Here's the message I received (for the third time, having blocked previous iterations of the email address):

QuoteHope you are doing well.

Well, we would like to publish your article in the AprilEdition. In order to initiate this edition we need your article, so can I have your support?

In fact, your trust in my efforts is the highest form of our motivation, I believe in you that you are eminent manuscript brings out the best citation to our Journal.

Acknowledge this email within 24hrs.

Ellen Moore
Techniques in Neurosurgery & Neurology
ISSN: 2637-7748
Impact Factor: 0.692 (2017-2018)

Here's the acknowledgement I am not sending within 24hrs:

QuoteI'm sure I'm going to regret replying to you, but somehow you keep getting messages through my email filter. I'll try to block you yet again.

For the love of God, take me off your email list. The scam you try to pass off as a journal is actively harmful. Whatever your greed gains you, other people pay for. I realize that shame is passé, so I'll put this blunt terms: fuck off.

Now I will try to block the address again.

ETA: My field is in the humanities. I doubt very much that I could address neurosurgery in a responsible way.

Good grief. I got this email again.

So I submitted an abstract:

QuoteNeurosurgical Tools: Spoons Versus Ice Cream Scoops

Abstract: The relative merits of spoons versus ice cream scoops for brain surgery were tested by a communication professor with no qualifications in neurosurgery in response to a spam/scam email soliciting articles. Ice cream was substituted for brains, and surgery (or "surgery") was performed by the communication professor's children/lab assistants, ages 5 and 9. It was found that ice cream scoops were most effective for serving large portions of "brains" (or ice cream) into bowls, while spoons were most effective for transferring "brains" (or ice cream) from the bowl to the lab assistants. Results were inconclusive with respect to the relative merits of chocolate syrup, marshmallows, and sprinkles in the surgical process, and will require further research.

Am I going to regret hitting "send"? Yeah, but I'm in a grumpy mood and it made me happy.

Quote from: traductio on May 19, 2020, 02:10:48 PM

Quote from: traductio on April 24, 2020, 10:56:45 AM
Here's the message I received (for the third time, having blocked previous iterations of the email address):

QuoteHope you are doing well.

Well, we would like to publish your article in the AprilEdition. In order to initiate this edition we need your article, so can I have your support?

In fact, your trust in my efforts is the highest form of our motivation, I believe in you that you are eminent manuscript brings out the best citation to our Journal.

Acknowledge this email within 24hrs.

Ellen Moore
Techniques in Neurosurgery & Neurology
ISSN: 2637-7748
Impact Factor: 0.692 (2017-2018)

Here's the acknowledgement I am not sending within 24hrs:

QuoteI'm sure I'm going to regret replying to you, but somehow you keep getting messages through my email filter. I'll try to block you yet again.

For the love of God, take me off your email list. The scam you try to pass off as a journal is actively harmful. Whatever your greed gains you, other people pay for. I realize that shame is passé, so I'll put this blunt terms: fuck off.

Now I will try to block the address again.

ETA: My field is in the humanities. I doubt very much that I could address neurosurgery in a responsible way.

Good grief. I got this email again.

So I submitted an abstract:

QuoteNeurosurgical Tools: Spoons Versus Ice Cream Scoops

Abstract: The relative merits of spoons versus ice cream scoops for brain surgery were tested by a communication professor with no qualifications in neurosurgery in response to a spam/scam email soliciting articles. Ice cream was substituted for brains, and surgery (or "surgery") was performed by the communication professor's children/lab assistants, ages 5 and 9. It was found that ice cream scoops were most effective for serving large portions of "brains" (or ice cream) into bowls, while spoons were most effective for transferring "brains" (or ice cream) from the bowl to the lab assistants. Results were inconclusive with respect to the relative merits of chocolate syrup, marshmallows, and sprinkles in the surgical process, and will require further research.

Am I going to regret hitting "send"? Yeah, but I'm in a grumpy mood and it made me happy.

I hope you did not accidentally contract to pay the "journal" 500 quatloos when your "article" is accepted.  As annoying as these stupid things are, I just ignore the 2-3 I get every day.

I've ignored them every time until today. This one in particular I keep reporting as spam, but to no avail.

My friends were willing to crowdsource the funds to pay for the publication, but I think that'd be taking things a bit too far.

Quote from: traductio on May 19, 2020, 08:51:38 PM
I've ignored them every time until today. This one in particular I keep reporting as spam, but to no avail.

My friends were willing to crowdsource the funds to pay for the publication, but I think that'd be taking things a bit too far.

Oh go for it! I'm sure the fora could help crowdwrite it 😉

Quote from: science.expat on May 19, 2020, 10:50:34 PM

Quote from: traductio on May 19, 2020, 08:51:38 PM
I've ignored them every time until today. This one in particular I keep reporting as spam, but to no avail.

My friends were willing to crowdsource the funds to pay for the publication, but I think that'd be taking things a bit too far.

Oh go for it! I'm sure the fora could help crowdwrite it 😉

Oh yes! Please! Pleasepleaseplease! It's beautiful!

Quote from: Parasaurolophus on May 19, 2020, 11:15:15 PM

Quote from: science.expat on May 19, 2020, 10:50:34 PM

Quote from: traductio on May 19, 2020, 08:51:38 PM
I've ignored them every time until today. This one in particular I keep reporting as spam, but to no avail.

My friends were willing to crowdsource the funds to pay for the publication, but I think that'd be taking things a bit too far.

Oh go for it! I'm sure the fora could help crowdwrite it 😉

Oh yes! Please! Pleasepleaseplease! It's beautiful!

Maybe I'll start a thread when I'm done answering emails. I'd love to read it! Plus, it only has to be two pages. We can manage that, right?

(It pained me to write the abstract using the passive voice. I'm a humanities guy who believes in clear, strong sentences!)

(Each time I try to post the system tells me the message field is empty, despite the words it contains. This is just a test to see if this message posts.)

Edited to add: it does. That's strange.

I replied first to the new thread!

Does that mean my name goes first in the string of authors? (Or is this one of those fields where last is better?)

We should definitely decide on author order early on.

(THAT listing will look strange to any peer reviewer who knows anything....)

M.

Quote from: mamselle on May 20, 2020, 07:46:46 AM
I replied first to the new thread!

Does that mean my name goes first in the string of authors? (Or is this one of those fields where last is better?)

We should definitely decide on author order early on.

(THAT listing will look strange to any peer reviewer who knows anything....)

M.

"peer reviewer" -- snort!

I got one today! 

QuoteDear [the_geneticist],

Greetings from Journal of Oceanography and Marine Research!

We are in shortfall of one article for successful release of Volume 8, Issue 2. Is it possible for you to support us with your transcript for this issue before 05 June, 2020? If this is a short notice please do send 5-6 pages Opinion, Short Commentary or Mini Review, and hope that a 5 pages article will not take much time for an eminent like you.

We are confident that you will always be there to support us.

Looking forward for your positive response.

With kind regards,

William George
Editorial Manager
Journal of Oceanography and Marine Research

I went to bed as an early career molecular geneticist, but woke up as an eminent marine researcher!
Apparently that grilled salmon I had for dinner was transformative.  I'm so thrilled!

Quote from: the_geneticist on May 22, 2020, 08:34:44 AM
I got one today! 

QuoteDear [the_geneticist],

Greetings from Journal of Oceanography and Marine Research!

We are in shortfall of one article for successful release of Volume 8, Issue 2. Is it possible for you to support us with your transcript for this issue before 05 June, 2020? If this is a short notice please do send 5-6 pages Opinion, Short Commentary or Mini Review, and hope that a 5 pages article will not take much time for an eminent like you.

We are confident that you will always be there to support us.

Looking forward for your positive response.

With kind regards,

William George
Editorial Manager
Journal of Oceanography and Marine Research

I went to bed as an early career molecular geneticist, but woke up as an eminent marine researcher!
Apparently that grilled salmon I had for dinner was transformative.  I'm so thrilled!

He called you eminent, what else do you need? /s

...You want any help with that article?...

;-->

M.

I just got one!
---
Dear [bacardi]
Having been deeply attracted by your paper [cites an article I published last month, not in a scientific field], we invite you to contribute articles and join our Editorial Board/Reviewer Team.
American Journal of Applied Scientific Research (AJASR) (http://www.ajasr.org/index/ruzqg) a peer-reviewed academic journal, which provides a solid platform for researchers, scholars and those who take a great interest in emerging issues in applied scientific research to spread ideas.
---

should I go for it, team? My article is DEEPLY ATTRACTIVE.

Quote from: bacardiandlime on May 25, 2020, 03:21:08 PM
I just got one!
---
Dear [bacardi]
Having been deeply attracted by your paper [cites an article I published last month, not in a scientific field], we invite you to contribute articles and join our Editorial Board/Reviewer Team.
American Journal of Applied Scientific Research (AJASR) (http://www.ajasr.org/index/ruzqg) a peer-reviewed academic journal, which provides a solid platform for researchers, scholars and those who take a great interest in emerging issues in applied scientific research to spread ideas.
---

should I go for it, team? My article is DEEPLY ATTRACTIVE.

I posted what they had sent me a few pages back.  But they did not say they were deeply attracted by my paper! I am envious.

Quote from: ab_grp on May 25, 2020, 03:27:28 PM

Quote from: bacardiandlime on May 25, 2020, 03:21:08 PM
I just got one!
---
Dear [bacardi]
Having been deeply attracted by your paper [cites an article I published last month, not in a scientific field], we invite you to contribute articles and join our Editorial Board/Reviewer Team.
American Journal of Applied Scientific Research (AJASR) (http://www.ajasr.org/index/ruzqg) a peer-reviewed academic journal, which provides a solid platform for researchers, scholars and those who take a great interest in emerging issues in applied scientific research to spread ideas.
---

should I go for it, team? My article is DEEPLY ATTRACTIVE.

I posted what they had sent me a few pages back.  But they did not say they were deeply attracted by my paper! I am envious.

At least get dinner from them first.  And not someplace cheap either!

This thread actually makes me want to through my email clutter folder!

Got one this week; unfortunately I am not eminent and they are not deeply attracted to my work.

Dear [OneMoreYear]
I Just wanted to make sure you got this. We're holding a really substantial issue this month and you can RSVP here if you're interested in submitting a paper, or just hit me back to let me know you're going to be provide one.

Should I hit them back?

Dear Dr. Artem, Secundem  ,

Warm wishes!

Journal of (I'm a Guy with a Computer and a Web Page Just Trying to Make a Buck) aims to provide a boundless stage for exhibiting the research work of scholars internationally using its open-access feature.

I'm not sure my research rises to the level of boundless.  It's generally well bounded by the time available, budget and my own sadly limited skill set.  If I ever achieve boundless though, I will keep these guys in mind.

How's our group project going?

Is it ready for submission yet?

M.

Quote
Dear Dr. Redux Wahoo,*

Hope we are not disturbing you with our mail.

We are in shortfall of articles for fruitful release of our Next Issue in Open Access Journal of Archaeology & Anthropology.

Is it possible for you to support us with your Opinion/Mini Review/commentary (or) any type of article for our issue?

I would be grateful if you could send your valuable manuscript towards our journal.

Await your submission.

Regards,

Carlo Alvaro

Open access Journal of Archaeology and anthropology [ISSN: 2687-8402]

I know nothing about archaeology or anthropology except what I've seen on NOVA, but apparently discipline knowledge is not a requirement. 

*First and last names reversed.

This is the "journal," (https://irispublishers.com/oajaa/) BTW.

Quote from: mamselle on May 26, 2020, 03:53:14 PM
How's our group project going?

Is it ready for submission yet?

M.

I haven't had a chance to look in the last few days. Maybe it's time I pulled it all together.

Yes, and that thorny word-order question will need to get sorted out, too....

M.

Quote from: mamselle on May 27, 2020, 07:46:05 PM
Yes, and that thorny word-order question will need to get sorted out, too....

M.

Perhaps I'll have everyone name their favorite ice cream flavor, and then I, as first author, will arrange the other authors' names as a function of which flavors I like the best.

Ha! That's safe and opaque!

M.

Quote from: Wahoo Redux on May 27, 2020, 07:11:42 PM

Quote
Dear Dr. Redux Wahoo,*

Hope we are not disturbing you with our mail.

We are in shortfall of articles for fruitful release of our Next Issue in Open Access Journal of Archaeology & Anthropology.

Is it possible for you to support us with your Opinion/Mini Review/commentary (or) any type of article for our issue?

I would be grateful if you could send your valuable manuscript towards our journal.

Await your submission.

Regards,

Carlo Alvaro

Open access Journal of Archaeology and anthropology [ISSN: 2687-8402]

I know nothing about archaeology or anthropology except what I've seen on NOVA, but apparently discipline knowledge is not a requirement. 

*First and last names reversed.

This is the "journal," (https://irispublishers.com/oajaa/) BTW.

I feel slighted they have not sent me a solicitation to contribute to their journal.

Looking at contributions I see they published an essay from a high school student at Phillips Academy. I'm sure that will help their college applications.

I was asked to speak at Oxford University, if I paid for travel. I don't know how they got my name or why me? I was teaching at a community college. It looked official.

Did it have the dread words, "Round Table" associated?

Look out.

It's neither official, nor useful.

M.

I think I win the internet for today.  This morning's come-on follows verbatim:

   
Уважаемые коллеги!

Приглашаем Вас опубликовать результаты Ваших научных исследований в 51-м номере рецензируемого научного журнала Чехии

Прием материалов продлен до — 03.06.2020

ISSN 3162-2364

Журнал  размещается в научной электронной библиотеке eLibrary. Номер договора — 259-04/2016

Quote from: Myword on May 28, 2020, 02:47:40 PM
I was asked to speak at Oxford University, if I paid for travel. I don't know how they got my name or why me? I was teaching at a community college. It looked official.

This (https://www.chronicle.com/forums/index.php?topic=30869.0) was one of my fav threads from the days of yore.

Should answer your questions.

Not precisely a journal, but I have been invited to contribute to "the incremental growth in their approach to do things."  I don't know how I could possibly say no to this honest representation of many conferences! Plus, Spain in 2021!

Quote
Would you be our Plenary speaker at the conference?
Dear Dr. arcturus ,
A warm welcome from Aerospace-2021
It is with great pleasure that we invite you to attend our 4th International Conference and Expo on Aerospace and Aeronautical Engineering  as a Plenary Speaker to outline practical strategies and set the central theme of the conference. The conference will be held in Valencia, Spain during March 22-24, 2021.
The conference anticipates attendance from a large number of scientists and researchers across the world and will consist of inspiring talks about the concepts and developments in this promising field. We believe the participants will benefit a lot from your expertise on the topic and that your inputs will add to the incremental growth in their approach to do things.
Further details about the conference are available at this dedicated page: [webpage]
We would be pleased if you responded with your availability as our guest speaker at this enticing conference.
We look forward to the prospect of you speaking at our meeting.
[...]

Quote from: traductio on May 27, 2020, 09:29:25 PM

Quote from: mamselle on May 27, 2020, 07:46:05 PM
Yes, and that thorny word-order question will need to get sorted out, too....

M.

Perhaps I'll have everyone name their favorite ice cream flavor, and then I, as first author, will arrange the other authors' names as a function of which flavors I like the best.

I would like to be listed as "Fudge, Chunky Double" please.

Quote from: arcturus on May 31, 2020, 07:34:23 PM
Not precisely a journal, but I have been invited to contribute to "the incremental growth in their approach to do things."  I don't know how I could possibly say no to this honest representation of many conferences! Plus, Spain in 2021!

Quote
Would you be our Plenary speaker at the conference?
Dear Dr. arcturus ,
A warm welcome from Aerospace-2021
It is with great pleasure that we invite you to attend our 4th International Conference and Expo on Aerospace and Aeronautical Engineering  as a Plenary Speaker to outline practical strategies and set the central theme of the conference. The conference will be held in Valencia, Spain during March 22-24, 2021.
The conference anticipates attendance from a large number of scientists and researchers across the world and will consist of inspiring talks about the concepts and developments in this promising field. We believe the participants will benefit a lot from your expertise on the topic and that your inputs will add to the incremental growth in their approach to do things.
Further details about the conference are available at this dedicated page: [webpage]
We would be pleased if you responded with your availability as our guest speaker at this enticing conference.
We look forward to the prospect of you speaking at our meeting.
[...]

That's awesome!

Quote from: arcturus on May 31, 2020, 07:34:23 PM
Not precisely a journal, but I have been invited to contribute to "the incremental growth in their approach to do things."  I don't know how I could possibly say no to this honest representation of many conferences! Plus, Spain in 2021!

Quote
Would you be our Plenary speaker at the conference?
Dear Dr. arcturus ,
A warm welcome from Aerospace-2021
It is with great pleasure that we invite you to attend our 4th International Conference and Expo on Aerospace and Aeronautical Engineering  as a Plenary Speaker to outline practical strategies and set the central theme of the conference. The conference will be held in Valencia, Spain during March 22-24, 2021.
The conference anticipates attendance from a large number of scientists and researchers across the world and will consist of inspiring talks about the concepts and developments in this promising field. We believe the participants will benefit a lot from your expertise on the topic and that your inputs will add to the incremental growth in their approach to do things.
Further details about the conference are available at this dedicated page: [webpage]
We would be pleased if you responded with your availability as our guest speaker at this enticing conference.
We look forward to the prospect of you speaking at our meeting.
[...]

Enticing!  Are you enticed?

Got one this morning!  A bit boring compared to most.  At least, I think it's a predatory journal (or at least a very low-tier publisher).

QuoteIntegrative Journal of Medical Sciences contact@mbmj.org via sendinblue.com
   
12:07 AM (9 hours ago)
   
to me
Dear Researcher,

We are happy to inform you that Integrative Journal of Medical Sciences (ISSN: 2658-8218) is accepting manuscripts for its regular and special issues of Volume 7. We would like to invite you to contribute your Research Paper for publication in it.

Our timeline is:
   Time to first decision by editor: 1 week.
   Time for peer reviewing: 4 weeks.
   Time to publication: 1 week.

We publish Original Research articles, Reviews, Case Reports and Conference proceedings.

Please note that manuscripts on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 will be fast-tracked and published online free of charge after peer-reviewing.

Our journal is an online journal which provides an international Exposure to your research. It is abstracted and indexed by HINARI, EBSCO, DOAJ, ProQuest, CrossRef, Index Copernicus, ICMJE,  J-Gate, CNKI, African Index Medicus, WorldCat, AcademicKeys, Google Scholar, Microsoft Academic, Sherpa/Romeo, JournalTOCs, InfoBase Index, Bielfeld Academic Search Engine (BASE), Researchbib, Researchgate, and IMIST.

Kindly submit your manuscript through our Online Submission System.

In case of any query, please feel free to contact us at contact@mbmj.org

With Regards,

Editorial Team,
Integrative Journal of Medical Sciences

An email I just received has links to Wikipedia for every underlined word or phrase in the introductory paragraph. As if someone active in CS research wouldn't know what computer science was or what computer scientists studied.

QuoteDear LastName FirstName,

Advances in Computer Science (ACS) is aimed to publish research articles on theoretical information and computation and of practical procedures for their execution and application in computer systems. Computer science is the study of processes that interact with data and that can be represented as data in the form of programs. It enables the use of algorithms to manipulate, store, and communicate digital information. A computer scientist studies the theory of computation and the design of computer systems.

Are you sure they know you're in computer science? It could be that they're soliciting articles from anyone and that a Wikipedia education is sufficient to meet the quality of their journal.

The entirety of the message:

Dear [OneMoreYear]

We trust that you have a fulfilling day ahead.

It is with great pleasure, humility and honour that we invite you to submit
articles that can be useful for the journal growth.

This is of utmost importance because the journal

Now I will never know why it is so important that I submit to this journal! What will happen if I don't?

Were they on that subduction zone where the Restaurant at the End of the Universe was located? (Long-ago old forum interthreaduality)*

Maybe they got pulled under the next galactosphere before they could finish....

M.

* or it that interforumality...?

M.

Quote from: OneMoreYear on June 22, 2020, 05:03:18 AM
We trust that you have a fulfilling day ahead.

It is with great pleasure, humility and honour that we invite you to submit
articles that can be useful for the journal growth.

This is of utmost importance because the journal[/i]

This reminds me of "The Red Wheelbarrow" — so much depends upon...

In my inbox today (usually they get trapped by my clutter folder so they may be getting smarter about their email addresses):

Dear [1st name, Last name]
I hope you are well.
I am yet to get your response as regards the manuscript submission for International Journal of [Topic that is actually related to my scholarship]. So, if you have any kind of manuscript on Topic, kindly submit to include in this upcoming issue of the journal, as your response is very important to us.
Yours faithfully,

Any kind of manuscript, you say? So many possibilities. What should I send them?

Maybe a follow-on to the ice cream scoops study....

M.

Dear [Dr Codex],

I hope you would be fine and trust this email finds you well.

We are in shortfall of articles for the successful release of Volume 2, Issue 1. Is it possible for you to support us with your research/review/case reports/ Mini reviews etc. towards JBGSR?

Publication charges will be waived off, if you submit your Manuscript on or before July 10, 2020 (DOI and Processing charges are applicable) and every published manuscript will be given precise DOI and a Certificate for Publication.

We are confident that you are always there to support us.

We look forward to your submission.

Joe Sara| Editorial Manager
ISSN: 2692-1081| Open Access Journal of Biogeneric Science and Research

I seem to have gotten one intended for FishProf!

QuoteAnnals of Aquaculture and Research

Thematic Issue: "Fish Farm"

In the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, I take the opportunity to contact Dr.  [Lastname Firstinitial lowercase middle initial] because this lockdown period would be the right time to publish your interesting articles. Hence we would like to take a chance to invite you for your incredible findings

The journal proudly announces the regular issue is going to be release in July 2020. Kindly submit your unpublished article. We have gone through your recent publications with the "[Article in a psychology journal, with no fish-related words that I know of, published 10 years ago] ", which made us so exciting and thought to invite you as you will be one of our potential authors.

Moreover, we recognise our role in this situation for the benefit of the global community, committed to facilitate the publishing of scholarly quality articles in our journal and decided to publish any type of articlesfor only $220 at least for the duration of the outbreak.

I'm glad a made them "so exciting". Unfortunately I have nothing to say about "Fish Farm". However, if the Fora Collective would like to co-author another publication, this seems like a good topic!

Quote from: Puget on July 01, 2020, 10:45:47 AM
[...]
Thematic Issue: "Fish Farm"

Moreover, we recognise our role in this situation for the benefit of the global community, committed to facilitate the publishing of scholarly quality articles in our journal and decided to publish any type of articlesfor only $220 at least for the duration of the outbreak.

Only $220?!  Sounds fishy.

Well, we have FishProf, and fishbrains, and...any trout or pikes anyplace?

We could start there...

M.

Got this one this morning.  I am eminent! My work is the best citation! I am totally going to ask my dean for a raise!

QuoteCan we have your article for successful release of Volume 28 Issue 4 in our Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research (ISSN: 2574 -1241) Impact Factor: 0.548.

In fact, we need article to accomplish the Issue prior to 24th July; we hope that the single manuscript should be yours. If this is a short notice please do send 2 page opinion/mini review/case report, we hope 2 page article isnt time taken for eminent people like you.

Your trust in my efforts is the highest form of our motivation, I believe in you that your eminent manuscript brings out the best citation to our Journal.

Please refer the below link to submit your article online [website]

We do hope you will feel able to respond positively to this invitation, and we look forward to hearing from you shortly.

Anticipate for your promising response. 

Quote from: OneMoreYear on July 08, 2020, 07:33:10 PM
Got this one this morning.  I am eminent! My work is the best citation! I am totally going to ask my dean for a raise!

QuoteCan we have your article for successful release of Volume 28 Issue 4 in our Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research (ISSN: 2574 -1241) Impact Factor: 0.548.

In fact, we need article to accomplish the Issue prior to 24th July; we hope that the single manuscript should be yours. If this is a short notice please do send 2 page opinion/mini review/case report, we hope 2 page article isnt time taken for eminent people like you.

Your trust in my efforts is the highest form of our motivation, I believe in you that your eminent manuscript brings out the best citation to our Journal.

Please refer the below link to submit your article online [website]

We do hope you will feel able to respond positively to this invitation, and we look forward to hearing from you shortly.

Anticipate for your promising response. 

Ooo! An impact factor of 0.548!  That will totally impress your dean!  [eye roll]

Quote from: Puget on July 01, 2020, 10:45:47 AM

QuoteAnnals of Aquaculture and Research

Thematic Issue: "Fish Farm"

In the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, I take the opportunity to contact Dr.  [Lastname Firstinitial lowercase middle initial] because this lockdown period would be the right time to publish your interesting articles. Hence we would like to take a chance to invite you for your incredible findings

The journal proudly announces the regular issue is going to be release in July 2020. Kindly submit your unpublished article. We have gone through your recent publications with the "[Article in a psychology journal, with no fish-related words that I know of, published 10 years ago] ", which made us so exciting and thought to invite you as you will be one of our potential authors.

With so many journals hung up on publishing credible research findings, it is good to see one that has found a niche publishing incredible results.

They are exciting people at that journal, so the are clearly on the road to disruption.

Quote from: Hibush on July 28, 2020, 05:02:33 PM

Quote from: Puget on July 01, 2020, 10:45:47 AM

QuoteAnnals of Aquaculture and Research

Thematic Issue: "Fish Farm"

In the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, I take the opportunity to contact Dr.  [Lastname Firstinitial lowercase middle initial] because this lockdown period would be the right time to publish your interesting articles. Hence we would like to take a chance to invite you for your incredible findings

The journal proudly announces the regular issue is going to be release in July 2020. Kindly submit your unpublished article. We have gone through your recent publications with the "[Article in a psychology journal, with no fish-related words that I know of, published 10 years ago] ", which made us so exciting and thought to invite you as you will be one of our potential authors.

With so many journals hung up on publishing credible research findings, it is good to see one that has found a niche publishing incredible results.

They are exciting people at that journal, so the are clearly on the road to disruption.

It's exciting!  I mean, if they want incredible paper, you could do some thesaurus abuse to make your research more fish-related.  Time for some serious creativity!

As fast as 2 days from submission to publication. According to the note at the bottom, as soon as you've signed over the copyright and made payment, they'll publish your work.


INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INNOVATIVE SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (IJISET, ISSN 2348 – 7968),
(An ISO 9001:2008 Certified International Journal)
Around 6000+ Articles are Published in Our Journal
Worldwide 700+ University are approved
More than 6+ Years in Publication
Impact Factor : 6.72
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    *Scopus Indexed (*applied - 94% Readiness) Reference No:497A62119F52F82

CALL FOR PAPERS VOLUME 7, ISSUE 8
Subject Category: Cover all branches of Engineering, Technology, Science, Paramedial, Pharmacy, Businesss Administration, Education and Mathematics.
Important Dates:

    ·Paper Submission: 25 August 2020
    ·Review Replay (Acceptance/Rejection) Notification: Within 02 Days after submitting paper.
    ·Published Online on: 27 August 2020

Publication Charges:

    Rs 2000/- Paper/Article for Indian Author
    $60 Author out of India

Submission Procedure:
Manuscripts are invited in MS Word format and to be submitted via email
Please note that Review Papers/Articles are also acceptable.
Once a paper is accepted, authors are assumed to cede copyrights of the paper over to IJISET. All papers will be acknowledged and referred.

PAPER SUBMISSION DEAD LINE:
Each full text paper (.doc) along with the corresponding signed copyright transfer form should be submitted by Email:

Note:
If you receive the acceptance letter, after you are sending the copy right form and payment form your paper will be published in our journal immediately even before the date of publication.
With Thanks & Regards,
Editor in Chief

Dang, it's almost worth spending the $60 to see if they'd really do it.
I think my cats could bang out a something by walking on the keyboard.  Or write a short article on the merits of snoozing on carpets vs pillows.

I got one from a surgery journal today-- what do you think, our last group effort on a surgery paper made such an eminent contribution, maybe time for another?

It's weird to me, from a psychological perspective of what would make a good scam, that they all seem to be appealing to what we can do for them these days (they really need our paper or they can't put out the next issue!)-- you would think it would work better to suggest the benefits to the prospective author. Perhaps I'm just selfish, but I'm never thinking about how I can help some poor journal when I decide where to submit my papers. (Also possible they don't know enough English to know what their own emails say-- they also seem to follow more or less the same template, so they either copy from each other or all are actually the same person).

Got one hot off the press this morning.  While the text of the email itself was pretty bland and not worthy of this thread, the email subject line was:

Empower the Journal by Submitting manuscript for Upcoming Issue

Quote from: Puget on August 05, 2020, 12:08:25 PM
I got one from a surgery journal today-- what do you think, our last group effort on a surgery paper made such an eminent contribution, maybe time for another?

It's weird to me, from a psychological perspective of what would make a good scam, that they all seem to be appealing to what we can do for them these days (they really need our paper or they can't put out the next issue!)-- you would think it would work better to suggest the benefits to the prospective author. Perhaps I'm just selfish, but I'm never thinking about how I can help some poor journal when I decide where to submit my papers. (Also possible they don't know enough English to know what their own emails say-- they also seem to follow more or less the same template, so they either copy from each other or all are actually the same person).

What happened to that paper?

Yes, are they reviewing it yet??

M.

Quote
Dear Professor/ Dr.,

If you search high quality journal those have world class indexing to published your research work, then IJAEM fulfill your requirements, because we know that your work is not only just a documents file but also conclusion of your many years handwork. So, that justice with the work is only possible when it would publish at right platform.

First check our website www.ijaiem.org and indexing website https://www.ijaiem.org/Indexing.html you will find we provide all evidence as proof, and then you can easily verify it.




Published your Research work with High Quality Indexed , Impact Factor, Pre & Blind Reviewed Worldwide Circulated Journal

Call for Papers (Volume 9, Issue 8 August 2020)  ||   Paper submission Deadline: 30 August 2020

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLICATION OR INNOVATION IN ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT
www.ijaiem.org, editor@ijaiem.org
ISSN 2319 – 4847


Why Publish Your Research in IJAIEM

1.       Highly Impact Factor Journal of Value 10.672

2.       Indexed & Approved by Thomsen Reuters and Scopus Society.

3.       It has DOI, ORCID and ISRA: RUN value.

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6.       Circulated more than 1000 world university library.

7.       6000+ Research article published by this publication house.

8.       2000+ Reviewer board member, 10000+ satisfy author with this journal.

We are Invited to you for to become part of our Research Group and publish Your Research with us.

I'm flattered that I, a humanities dude, have been invited to publish with an engineering and management press.

Too bad they don't know my name.

Well, but maybe it's best to keep your "side gig" under a pseudonym?  :-)

All these recent postings about NSF CAREER Awards has made me worry about my future in the field. Fortunately, I just received an invitation to publish in the American International Journal of Humanities and Social Science. Manuscripts are due Feb 4, 2021 and will be published on Feb 28, 2021, with acceptance within 7-10 days of submission. This looks like a great place to increase my publication rate quickly. Do you think it is a problem that my work is in the physical sciences? Do you think they will be able to find appropriate reviewers within the timescale stated? Or should I just switch fields? They list 37 fields and end the list with "and so on", so perhaps I could rustle up some words about something I read on the internet within the next week. Surely that would meet the "and so on" classification criterion.  Also, should I be worried that the editor's email address is [at] hotmail.com? I assume that I can ignore the big red warning at the top of the email that says "This message looks dangerous". After all, just because it is in my spam folder and gmail thinks it is an attempt to steal my personal information, I probably should not look past this precious invitation to share my (non-expert) knowledge of the humanities and social science with the world so quickly. Publish or perish, as they say.

Thanks, arcturus, for reviving this thread.

I was wondering just the other day what happened to our submission on ice cream.

Probably on some editor's desk collecting frostcicles...

M.

The options for rapid publication keep rolling in. Today I have been presented with the option of publishing in the International Journal of Business, Management and Commerce. Same date of publication (Feb 28, 2021), but I have a few extra days (until Feb 7) to get my manuscript together. Despite its name, the journal appears to accept papers in the fields of Business and Management; Banking and finance; Social science and Humanities. Each of these fields has examples followed by "and so on". Despite my lack of training in the field, perhaps I could draft a paper describing my experiences in staying at various hotels (hotel and tourism is listed under social science and humanities), highlighting the features I prefer (location, low price, and thick walls). However, my own experience is somewhat limited - I tend to stay at the same places in the cities that I visit regularly. Are there any potential co-authors on the fora that could contribute additional anecdotal data for this paper?

Title: Hotels around the world: can you hear your neighbors?

Abstract: The authors recount experiences at multiple hotels with a focus on the convenience of location, the price per night, and the privacy provided by thick, sound-proof, walls, or the lack thereof. Using this anecdotal evidence, the authors recommend that hotels prioritize guest privacy by retrofitting their buildings with proper sound proofing between rooms. Consideration is also given to the effects of age on such preferences, specifically noting the phenomenon known as "youth hostels", wherein privacy is specifically a lower priority relative to convenience and price.

Quote from: arcturus on January 30, 2021, 05:53:35 AM
The options for rapid publication keep rolling in. Today I have been presented with the option of publishing in the International Journal of Business, Management and Commerce. Same date of publication (Feb 28, 2021), but I have a few extra days (until Feb 7) to get my manuscript together. Despite its name, the journal appears to accept papers in the fields of Business and Management; Banking and finance; Social science and Humanities. Each of these fields has examples followed by "and so on". Despite my lack of training in the field, perhaps I could draft a paper describing my experiences in staying at various hotels (hotel and tourism is listed under social science and humanities), highlighting the features I prefer (location, low price, and thick walls). However, my own experience is somewhat limited - I tend to stay at the same places in the cities that I visit regularly. Are there any potential co-authors on the fora that could contribute additional anecdotal data for this paper?

Title: Hotels around the world: can you hear your neighbors?

Abstract: The authors recount experiences at multiple hotels with a focus on the convenience of location, the price per night, and the privacy provided by thick, sound-proof, walls, or the lack thereof. Using this anecdotal evidence, the authors recommend that hotels prioritize guest privacy by retrofitting their buildings with proper sound proofing between rooms. Consideration is also given to the effects of age on such preferences, specifically noting the phenomenon known as "youth hostels", wherein privacy is specifically a lower priority relative to convenience and price.

The premise is great, and the topic right on for the journal. I bet it gets accepted! 

You may be pandering to the editors a more than necessary and not serving your own objectives enough when it comes to the title. Rather than the reader-friendly title, you might center the title on sound-transmission parameters of different hotel-wall media. One or two physics-jargon words will make the literature-analysis bots pick up on it and tie you to a broader range of physics scholarship.

You are getting offers from a better class of off-topic journals than I am. The journal titles seem more autogenerated, along the lines of Journal of Business, Nanobiosensors and Osteopathy. It's hard to make out the scope (wide  or narrow) and whether the "and" means a logical AND or a logical XOR.

Glad to see this thread still chugging alonb

I appear to have moved up in the hierarchy. I just received a request to review one of these papers. It is formally addressed (name and physical address) and starts with "In view of your work in the field, your name has been recommended, as a potential reviewer, for the manuscript entitled...".  Sadly, the title (and abstract) indicate that this paper is not in my field (not even a related science).  The physical (and email) address is for a place I worked at more than 20 years ago. Fortunately for the authors, they state "Please also note that to expedite the review, this request has been sent to several qualified researchers and once we get the first three commitments to review, we will not entertain any further acceptances." So I guess that means that I need not "entertain" the pleasure of reviewing this paper at this time.

I've seen plenty of hilariously broad and weird combinations of fields in the spam journals, but this one takes the cake!

QuoteThe International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH is peer reviewed monthly international multidisciplinary journal of research, IJRG, monthly peer-reviewed, online, open-access (OA), journal supported by an editorial board consisting of experts in all disciplines from different countries.

International Journal of Research –GRANTHAALAYAH is an open access journal that provides monthly publication of articles in all areas of Science, Engineering, Management, Social, Humanity, Visual Art, Performing Art etc. It is an international refereed e-journal as well as print journal. IJRG have the aim to propagate innovative research and eminence in knowledge. IJRG Journal has become a prominent contributor for the research communities and socie

I got this one today twice!  I guess that means they are really, really excited to ask me to "write/submit an article".

QuotecDear Dr. [Geneticist],

Greetings and I hope you are doing well.

Knowing your expertise in the field of Surgery and Clinical Reports, we would be privileged if you can write/submit an article for publication in Journal of Surgery and Clinical Reports.

The aim of the journal is to provide research updates on abdominal, cancer, vascular, head and neck, breast, colorectal, and other forms of surgery, etc.

Manuscript submission: Online submission system or you can submit your valuable work as an attachment to this mail.

If you have any difficulty in submission feels free to ask.

We look forward to hearing from you.

With regards,
Elieth Thulin
Journal of Surgery and Clinical Reports
Editorial office | Wright Academia
17888 67th Court North
Loxahatchee, FL
United States of America

Looks like a real journal, but that person is not an editor.  Weird.

Quote from: the_geneticist on March 19, 2021, 10:28:09 AM
I got this one today twice!  I guess that means they are really, really excited to ask me to "write/submit an article".

QuotecDear Dr. [Geneticist],

Greetings and I hope you are doing well.

Knowing your expertise in the field of Surgery and Clinical Reports, we would be privileged if you can write/submit an article for publication in Journal of Surgery and Clinical Reports.

The aim of the journal is to provide research updates on abdominal, cancer, vascular, head and neck, breast, colorectal, and other forms of surgery, etc.

Manuscript submission: Online submission system or you can submit your valuable work as an attachment to this mail.

If you have any difficulty in submission feels free to ask.

We look forward to hearing from you.

With regards,
Elieth Thulin
Journal of Surgery and Clinical Reports
Editorial office | Wright Academia
17888 67th Court North
Loxahatchee, FL
United States of America

Looks like a real journal, but that person is not an editor.  Weird.

A Google map search of that address is illuminating...

Quote from: sinenomine

A Google map search of that address is illuminating...

Perhaps this publishing house is one of the many businesses that have used the Covid WFH experience to find that their physical plant is no longer needed. Not having paper to handle really makes a physical presence an unaffordable legacy expense.

But they should still invest in a mailbox in a building that looks suitably corporate in Google maps.

I got this one today.  The spelling and grammar are correct and there is a website linked with information about the actual conference.  If this is a predatory come-on, it's a good one.  Doing a little googling I found a blog post  (http://flakyc.blogspot.com/2020/11/european-society-of-medicine-esmed.html) with a few dozen examples of identical emails.  Looks like Dr. Osman has been at this for a few months.  The relationship between the "expert's" paper and the theme for the conference look a bit sketchy, as it does in the message I got.  But it looks like these scam artists are no longer using Google Translate to write their messages. 

Dear Dr. Artem,

I am hoping we can have a discussion about your Clog Dancing work. Your paper from a while ago was particularly interesting for me: "Self-assessment tool for screening clog dancers at risk for bunions".

Square Dancing is one of the core sessions I am planning for The European Society of Medicine's annual congress this November. I was thinking that your work would fit well into the session and that you might consider coming to Vienna to give a talk. Alternatively it could be an online presentation.


Can we discuss this idea?


Best Regards,

M. Osman, M.D.
European Society of Medicine
ESMED Congress 2021 (https://esmed.org/conferences/esmed-congress-2021/)

I'd love a free trip to Vienna, but somehow, I don't think this will be it.

I'd be suspicious but it does seem well done. Much better than this one:

Dear Researcher,
Hope you are doing well.

We are in shortfall of one article for successful release of Volume 2 Issue 3.

Is it possible for you to support us with your 2-page opinion or mini review of this issue?

We are confident that you are always will be there to support us.

We desire to receive your manuscript by the mid of April.

Await your Optimistic Response.

Olivia Winstead
JOJ Sciences
ISSN:2641-8290

Quote from: science.expat on April 08, 2021, 08:32:54 PM

We are confident that you are always will be there to support us.

We desire to receive your manuscript by the mid of April.

Await your Optimistic Response.

Olivia Winstead

Something about that phrasing makes me think Ms. Winstead did not attend one of the premier British grammar schools, even though her name would fit right in.

Quote from: secundem_artem on April 08, 2021, 10:18:50 AM
I got this one today.  The spelling and grammar are correct and there is a website linked with information about the actual conference.  If this is a predatory come-on, it's a good one.  Doing a little googling I found a blog post  (http://flakyc.blogspot.com/2020/11/european-society-of-medicine-esmed.html) with a few dozen examples of identical emails.  Looks like Dr. Osman has been at this for a few months.  The relationship between the "expert's" paper and the theme for the conference look a bit sketchy, as it does in the message I got.  But it looks like these scam artists are no longer using Google Translate to write their messages. 

Dear Dr. Artem,

I am hoping we can have a discussion about your Clog Dancing work. Your paper from a while ago was particularly interesting for me: "Self-assessment tool for screening clog dancers at risk for bunions".

Square Dancing is one of the core sessions I am planning for The European Society of Medicine's annual congress this November. I was thinking that your work would fit well into the session and that you might consider coming to Vienna to give a talk. Alternatively it could be an online presentation.


Can we discuss this idea?


Best Regards,

M. Osman, M.D.
European Society of Medicine
ESMED Congress 2021 (https://esmed.org/conferences/esmed-congress-2021/)

I'd love a free trip to Vienna, but somehow, I don't think this will be it.

Given the fact that you can't do Square Dance easily in the flapped, metal-tipped shoes one clogs in, the background understanding of the field is discouraging....

Or, oh...was this a basketweaving stand-in?

Apologies, if so!

M.

Not for a journal, but for a conference!  In Italy!

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amop-2021 <amop-2021@scientificfederation.net>
4:26 AM (13 hours ago)

to me

Dear Dr. [Geneticist]
Greetings from AMOP-2021
On behalf of the organizing committee Members, it is our honour to invite you as an Invited Speaker at our upcoming 3rd International Conference on Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics (AMOP-2021) which will be held from September 23-25, 2021 in Venice, Italy.
Please find the conference details here:
https://www.scientificfederation.com/atomic-optical-physics/

Kindly let me know your acceptance by attaching your short biography and photography.
Regards
Albert

I've never been to Italy!  Do you think they want all of my photography or just the most adorable ones of my cats?  Honestly, taking pictures of them is probably the most related to "Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics".

I got one today from the "Journal of Research". Casts a wide net. . .

Dr. Jamie L. Burrows, chief author of the Global Journal of Human-Social Science, USA

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Your quest to explore new dimensions in your field that matches our journal's scope compels me to know more about your current research work. I can also connect you with our network of eminent researchers of your stream, along with recognizing your university.

Wow.

I had no idea that I had a "stream."  Hope it is someplace pretty.

Quote from: Wahoo Redux on May 17, 2021, 09:58:21 PM
Dr. Jamie L. Burrows, chief author of the Global Journal of Human-Social Science, USA

Quote
Your quest to explore new dimensions in your field that matches our journal's scope compels me to know more about your current research work. I can also connect you with our network of eminent researchers of your stream, along with recognizing your university.

Wow.

I had no idea that I had a "stream."  Hope it is someplace pretty.

Everyone is a limnologist now! Limnosociology?

Quote from: Hibush on May 18, 2021, 05:22:00 AM

Quote from: Wahoo Redux on May 17, 2021, 09:58:21 PM
Dr. Jamie L. Burrows, chief author of the Global Journal of Human-Social Science, USA

Quote
Your quest to explore new dimensions in your field that matches our journal's scope compels me to know more about your current research work. I can also connect you with our network of eminent researchers of your stream, along with recognizing your university.

Wow.

I had no idea that I had a "stream."  Hope it is someplace pretty.

Everyone is a limnologist now! Limnosociology?

I did not know that was even a thing!

What a wonderful thing to study.

Too bad I couldn't do math.

Anybody come across these guys?

https://researchfeatures.com/

They appear to be legit in that they actually exist and the authors do not appear to be junior faculty desperate for a couple of pubs for their tenure dossier.  From what I can tell, authors pay to work with an editor and graphics team to revise previously published work for a lay audience.  Kind of a mish mash between pay to play, open access and a traditional magazine.  Most of the content appears to emphasize basic science which is not my bailiwick.

Thoughts?

This one is a work of prose poetry (note I am not remotely a surgeon, so I really doubt it is " best fit for both of us to accomplish the excellent results":

I feel grateful to welcome you to support us in the rejoicing release of Volume 13 Issue 1 in Open Access Journal of Surgery (OAJS). We need one article, and can we expect it from your end?

We truly wish to receive your research work towards the publication, and I believe it will be a best fit for both of us to accomplish the excellent results.

We desire to receive your valuable submission by 18th June.

We foresee to praise this opportunity with your renowned article.

Quote from: secundem_artem on June 08, 2021, 10:37:31 AM
Anybody come across these guys?

https://researchfeatures.com/

They appear to be legit in that they actually exist and the authors do not appear to be junior faculty desperate for a couple of pubs for their tenure dossier.  From what I can tell, authors pay to work with an editor and graphics team to revise previously published work for a lay audience.  Kind of a mish mash between pay to play, open access and a traditional magazine.  Most of the content appears to emphasize basic science which is not my bailiwick.

Thoughts?

It looks like a well done marketing vehicle for a research program or subject area. In the subject areas I saw listed, you become a recognized player in the field by getting your name out there broadly (not just to people studying the same thing.) This outlet helps you put some nice pubs together. They are better than the press releases from most journals and universities' press offices.

The relevant comparison is the press release, or an article in Scientific American or National Geographic. These works are not comparable to a minireview in a research journal.

Quote from: Hibush on June 09, 2021, 07:42:32 AM

Quote from: secundem_artem on June 08, 2021, 10:37:31 AM
Anybody come across these guys?

https://researchfeatures.com/

They appear to be legit in that they actually exist and the authors do not appear to be junior faculty desperate for a couple of pubs for their tenure dossier.  From what I can tell, authors pay to work with an editor and graphics team to revise previously published work for a lay audience.  Kind of a mish mash between pay to play, open access and a traditional magazine.  Most of the content appears to emphasize basic science which is not my bailiwick.

Thoughts?

It looks like a well done marketing vehicle for a research program or subject area. In the subject areas I saw listed, you become a recognized player in the field by getting your name out there broadly (not just to people studying the same thing.) This outlet helps you put some nice pubs together. They are better than the press releases from most journals and universities' press offices.

The relevant comparison is the press release, or an article in Scientific American or National Geographic. These works are not comparable to a minireview in a research journal.

There seem to be several of these kinds of outfits popping up. They seem to appeal to deep-pocketed researchers, labs, or institutions awash in cash who can afford to hire an external outfit to distill complex scientific findings for a general audience. I think some of them do this work well, but the fundamental question is whether it needs to be done at all.

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We have chosen selective scientists who have contributed excellent work, to help us release the best quality articles for the upcoming issue. Thus I kindly request you to contribute any kind of article related to Rheumatology & Arthritis Research (ARAR).

I suppose they have a poetry section at the ARAR?

Quote from: Wahoo Redux on July 27, 2021, 09:08:56 AM

Quote
We have chosen selective scientists who have contributed excellent work, to help us release the best quality articles for the upcoming issue. Thus I kindly request you to contribute any kind of article related to Rheumatology & Arthritis Research (ARAR).

I suppose they have a poetry section at the ARAR?

I imagine that they would welcome a paper about how writers transition to shorter forms of poetry as their conditions worsen. You could illlustrate the article with sonnets, limericks, and haikus, all written on the same topic but requiring fewer and fewer keystrokes to complete.

I've received this one several times:

Your Elegant Manuscript

Dear Dr. Science Expat

Good Morning!

Hope you are doing well.

We are pleased to inform you that our journal Online Journal of Ecology & Environment Sciences is in the process of compiling Inaugural issue. So, we cordially invite you to join hands with us on this inspiration.

I hope you will give your valuable time and interest on our journal and we look forward to launching our OJEES with eminent people like you.

Please track the below link to visit on our journal website
https://irispublishers.com/ojees/

Kindly acknowledge this email for further queries.

[24 September]
Dear Reader, Avid,
Impressed by the academic value provided by your previous work, we earnestly invite you to submit your other research results to International Journal of Literature and Arts [redacted ISSN] which is a peer-reviewed journal.
[. . .]
Here is the abstract of your paper that has impressed us deeply: [First sentence of abstract].

[26 September]
Dear Reader, Avid,
International Journal of Literature and Arts (IJLA) is a (double-blind) peer reviewed academic journal, which is of high quality and is internationally recognized. This journal is created in order to help scholars and experts in all fields of literature and arts to share ideas and novel insights. This journal warmly welcomes applications to join as one of the Reviewers/Editorial Board Members from experienced professors.
[. . .]
Your scientific work "[Most Recent Humanities Article]" has left us a deep impression, so we are writing to ask if you'd like to apply to be one of our Editorial Board Members or Reviewers. We think that your contribution will be conducive to the high quality of our journal.

They both proceed with lists of ways in which the publication or service would benefit me. What I want to know is how it works if I accidentally get my own paper to peer review, given that I could reply to both simultaneously.

AR.

What ever happened to our fake paper? Was it submitted?

Yes!

I asked awhile ago, but no-one replied...

I'm sure it's still relevant.

;--》

M.

I got one today inviting me to submit an article on Anthropology - in any of several different areas!
Uh, I'm human so I guess I could bang something out?

Quote from: the_geneticist on December 02, 2021, 04:52:15 PM
I got one today inviting me to submit an article on Anthropology - in any of several different areas!
Uh, I'm human so I guess I could bang something out?

How about "An Anthropological Study of Scholars' Reactions to Predatorial Journal Come-ons: A Qualitative Assessment"?  :-)

I got an invitation to join the editorial board of the International Journal of Philosophy, which is listed here as predatory. I sent in my CV. They asked for no money. I have no intention of submitting anything to them. They charge thousands to publish. Is that predatory? The journal  looks respectable and interesting. Chomsky is listed as an author in the 90's. I am okay with it as long as I can serve as a referree. That's all. They got my name from a book review I wrote for a good journal.  Is this precarious?

Quote from: Myword on January 27, 2022, 12:38:24 PM
I got an invitation to join the editorial board of the International Journal of Philosophy, which is listed here as predatory. I sent in my CV. They asked for no money. I have no intention of submitting anything to them. They charge thousands to publish. Is that predatory? The journal  looks respectable and interesting. Chomsky is listed as an author in the 90's. I am okay with it as long as I can serve as a referree. That's all. They got my name from a book review I wrote for a good journal.  Is this precarious?

They have the convenient rule that authors don't all have to sign off, so you are free to be a coauthor with Chomsky in the '20s.

No word on whether you can be a referee on your own paper.

I heard back from them. They rejected me! First time I saw that word from an editor.

I think the word predator is too strong. How about JOSE--Journals Of Suspicious Editors.

Well - I guess I have made it in the world; MDPI asked me to edit a special issue...

Quote from: Myword on January 28, 2022, 07:42:38 AM

I heard back from them. They rejected me! First time I saw that word from an editor.

I think the word predator is too strong. How about JOSE--Journals Of Suspicious Editors.

They intuited that you had no intention of paying them....

M.

Quote
Dear Dr. Redux Wahoo,
We are very passionate to associate with eminent people like you.

We would like to notify that we are in process of releasing Upcoming Issue towards Online Journal of Robotics & Automation Technology (OJRAT). In this instance we need your support.

We invite eminent researchers like you to contribute your scientific work towards our journal (or) you can submit a rare image with 150-200 words description.

We are providing 50% discount on Processing Fee.

Wow!  50% off!!!! 

And to think, the only thing I know about robotics is "Klaatu barada nikto"----and I actually forgot what that means.

There are lots of rare images I could submit to a journal with 200 words description. Do they give you any suggested categories?

AR.

Quote from: AvidReader on March 11, 2022, 07:49:37 AM
There are lots of rare images I could submit to a journal with 200 words description. Do they give you any suggested categories?

AR.

No, but if you get a contact from an alleged cultural studies journal, how about this--"Bocephus Rex:  Oedipal Motifs in the Music of Hank Williams, Jr."

Whoo-whoo!

M.

Quote from: apl68 on March 14, 2022, 09:48:59 AM

Quote from: AvidReader on March 11, 2022, 07:49:37 AM
There are lots of rare images I could submit to a journal with 200 words description. Do they give you any suggested categories?

AR.

No, but if you get a contact from an alleged cultural studies journal, how about this--"Bocephus Rex:  Oedipal Motifs in the Music of Hank Williams, Jr."

*applause*

Maybe we need a "Retraction Watch" thread?

These guys just got put in the corner:

   https://retractionwatch.com/2022/07/05/our-deepest-apology-journal-retracts-30-likely-paper-mill-articles-after-investigation-published-by-retraction-watch/

M.

I received an email from a journal which describes itself:
"Journal of Research and Opinion is an Universal Peer- Looked into open get to journal."

I am not sure if this is the result of poor translation, paraphrasing software, or whether "peer-looked into" is a new category of publication. Better than a vanity press, not quite so thorough as peer reviewed?

Someone's translation algorithm run amok, I'd say...

M.

Quote from: mamselle on July 11, 2022, 08:07:28 AM
Maybe we need a "Retraction Watch" thread?

These guys just got put in the corner:

   https://retractionwatch.com/2022/07/05/our-deepest-apology-journal-retracts-30-likely-paper-mill-articles-after-investigation-published-by-retraction-watch/

M.

I'm in an allied health field and did a bit of my clinical training with one of the "big, swinging dix" in the field.  He would have drug reps write review articles on the newest and greatest antibiotics with bunches of z's and q's and x's in their names and submit them under his own name.  After I graduated I was an external reviewer on such a paper.  Apparently the journal was in on the dodge since said paper went through the alleged "peer review" process like grease through a goose.  I really wonder what peer review is worth.   Perhaps caveat lector would be simpler and readers can sort the wheat from the chaff on their own.

FWIW Dr. Big Swinging drove a hot shit German sports car thanks to all the contract "research" he did. 

Science may not be broken but it's got hella big problems.

A little OT, but rather than a new thread:

I just got a come-on for a predatorial society that has potential.

QuoteBecome a Certified Researcher - Join CIRS
The Association of Internet Research Specialists
CIRS™ credentials are an industry recognized In-demand Gold Standard Certification in Professional Online Search & Research

Do you have great google-fu, but no certification to back that up? Do your students? All it takes is a few bucks (or loonies).

With a "journal" within a "journal", this one has promise:

IJPERA Journal: International Journal of Precious Engineering Research and Application Journal

Sadly, aside from promising that my peer reviewed journal article would be published within 48 hours and searchable by "search Engine like Google," this particular journal come-on did not rise to the level of its peers sufficiently to entice me to submit my precious research.

Double post, almost a year later.

I recently received an invitation to publish my research in the "inaugural issue for the Iris Journal of Astronomy and Satellite Communications (IJASC)."  This is like asking someone from Greenpeace to publish in "Journal of Arctic Wildlife and the Oil and Gas Industry." What are they thinking?

I'm stunned (and a little saddened, I guess) that this thread is still going strong.

I was about to start a new job when I started this thread, and look at that, I'm about to start a new job now!

QuoteDear Dr. Wahoo,



I am writing to you from the editorial office of the Journal of Integrative Neuroscience –

JIN (ISSN: 0219-6352, https://imrpress.com/journal/JIN).



Journal of Integrative Neuroscience (JIN) is an international peer-reviewed, open access journal.

The journal is devoted to publishing leading-edge research in all areas of neuroscience. It has been

indexed in SCIE, PubMed, Scopus and other databases. JIN's latest impact factor in 2022 is 1.8.


We are setting up a Research Topic about "The Brain Under Fatigue" and are inviting experts in this

field to solicit manuscripts. We believe you could make an excellent contribution based on your expertise.

Therefore, I would like to humbly invite you to contribute a paper to JIN.

The submission deadline is 28 February 2024.

 

If you are interested to contribute, we encourage you to send a tentative title and abstract to me

(elaine.oh@imrpress.com), or just reply this email. You will get feedback very shortly. You could also

directly submit your paper with the link: https://imr.propub.com and kindly inform me the Manuscript Number,

I'll inform the editorial office to process it as soon as possible.

 

Please feel free to contact us if you are interested and would like further details, or have any questions.

   

We look forward to hearing from you.

 

Kind regards,   
Ms. Elaine Oh
Commissioning Editor
Email: elaine.oh@imrpress.com 
Journal of Integrative Neuroscience
News: JIN received its updated Impact Factor, 1.8 (2022)!

QuoteDear Ms. Oh, thank you so much for the invitation. 

It is true that I do not have a great deal of published research in this area, but I hope that my small contributions can be of use to other people with Ph.D.s, as a Ph.D. in any subject whatsoever, whether or not the degree-in-question has anything to do with neuroscience, seems to be the one gatekeeping credential required for publication for your journal.

Please find my abstract pasted below:

"My Brain Under Fatigue": A Personal Recollection

My brain is, indeed, fatigued.  It has been fatigued for a very long time.  And it is getting more fatigued every day.  At some point, my brain is simply going to devolve into an exhausted curdled mush, a process exacerbated by the fishing expeditions of predatory publishers which use AI that is incapable of telling the difference between its ass and a data point.

Thank you again, and I hope that you find my contribution worthy.

Quote from: Wahoo Redux on November 10, 2023, 08:52:57 PM"My Brain Under Fatigue": A Personal Recollection

My brain is, indeed, fatigued.  It has been fatigued for a very long time.  And it is getting more fatigued every day.  At some point, my brain is simply going to devolve into an exhausted curdled mush, a process exacerbated by the fishing expeditions of predatory publishers which use AI that is incapable of telling the difference between its ass and a data point.

Thanks for making the effort to provide this excellent response. I have had the motivation, but have been too mentally fatigued, to try something similar. Now you have done what is so desperately needed. An important intellectual contribution.

Quote from: Hibush on November 11, 2023, 05:45:36 AM

Quote from: Wahoo Redux on November 10, 2023, 08:52:57 PM"My Brain Under Fatigue": A Personal Recollection

My brain is, indeed, fatigued.  It has been fatigued for a very long time.  And it is getting more fatigued every day.  At some point, my brain is simply going to devolve into an exhausted curdled mush, a process exacerbated by the fishing expeditions of predatory publishers which use AI that is incapable of telling the difference between its ass and a data point.

Thanks for making the effort to provide this excellent response. I have had the motivation, but have been too mentally fatigued, to try something similar. Now you have done what is so desperately needed. An important intellectual contribution.

Look —- now it's been peer-reviewed!

Quote from: sinenomine on November 11, 2023, 05:51:13 AM

Quote from: Hibush on November 11, 2023, 05:45:36 AM

Quote from: Wahoo Redux on November 10, 2023, 08:52:57 PM"My Brain Under Fatigue": A Personal Recollection

My brain is, indeed, fatigued.  It has been fatigued for a very long time.  And it is getting more fatigued every day.  At some point, my brain is simply going to devolve into an exhausted curdled mush, a process exacerbated by the fishing expeditions of predatory publishers which use AI that is incapable of telling the difference between its ass and a data point.

Thanks for making the effort to provide this excellent response. I have had the motivation, but have been too mentally fatigued, to try something similar. Now you have done what is so desperately needed. An important intellectual contribution.

Look —- now it's been peer-reviewed!

Does that mean that my abstract has been accepted?

But I'm so damn fatigued...

Quote from: Wahoo Redux on November 11, 2023, 02:22:28 PM

Quote from: sinenomine on November 11, 2023, 05:51:13 AM

Quote from: Hibush on November 11, 2023, 05:45:36 AM

Quote from: Wahoo Redux on November 10, 2023, 08:52:57 PM"My Brain Under Fatigue": A Personal Recollection

My brain is, indeed, fatigued.  It has been fatigued for a very long time.  And it is getting more fatigued every day.  At some point, my brain is simply going to devolve into an exhausted curdled mush, a process exacerbated by the fishing expeditions of predatory publishers which use AI that is incapable of telling the difference between its ass and a data point.

Thanks for making the effort to provide this excellent response. I have had the motivation, but have been too mentally fatigued, to try something similar. Now you have done what is so desperately needed. An important intellectual contribution.

Look —- now it's been peer-reviewed!

Does that mean that my abstract has been accepted?

But I'm so damn fatigued...

This has been the funniest thing I have read in a while. Thanks all!

I too often get the ridiculous solicitations for submitting papers to journals that have absolutely nothing in any way to do with my expertise. But hey, if I was desperate for a publication and/or a laugh, and had an extra $1500 laying around to hand to a predatory journal, I am sure they would publish just about anything...

It warms my cold heart that this thread is still going. It may outlive me

Quote from: Scout on November 14, 2023, 12:01:31 PMIt warms my cold heart that this thread is still going. It may outlive me

The competition among the predatory journals is intensifying, so they are having to get more creative with their come-ons. I think this thread is destined for a long and productive life.

Quote from: bio-nonymous on November 14, 2023, 07:13:59 AM

Quote from: Wahoo Redux on November 11, 2023, 02:22:28 PM

Quote from: sinenomine on November 11, 2023, 05:51:13 AM

Quote from: Hibush on November 11, 2023, 05:45:36 AM

Quote from: Wahoo Redux on November 10, 2023, 08:52:57 PM"My Brain Under Fatigue": A Personal Recollection

My brain is, indeed, fatigued.  It has been fatigued for a very long time.  And it is getting more fatigued every day.  At some point, my brain is simply going to devolve into an exhausted curdled mush, a process exacerbated by the fishing expeditions of predatory publishers which use AI that is incapable of telling the difference between its ass and a data point.

Thanks for making the effort to provide this excellent response. I have had the motivation, but have been too mentally fatigued, to try something similar. Now you have done what is so desperately needed. An important intellectual contribution.

Look —- now it's been peer-reviewed!

Does that mean that my abstract has been accepted?

But I'm so damn fatigued...

This has been the funniest thing I have read in a while. Thanks all!

I too often get the ridiculous solicitations for submitting papers to journals that have absolutely nothing in any way to do with my expertise. But hey, if I was desperate for a publication and/or a laugh, and had an extra $1500 laying around to hand to a predatory journal, I am sure they would publish just about anything...

TO be fair, that is a pretty good deal.  Many of the "legit" open access journals in STEM charge over $3000 publishing fees.

I am having a really hard time qualifying any publisher as not being predatory these days. 

We recently had a paper rejected by a Springer journal that dosnt have processing fees and they enthusiastically recommended that we submit the paper to one of their other journals that just happens to charge thousands in processing charges.  How considerate of them.

To me, the whole academic publishing system is broken and largely predatory.  Some publishers are just more obvious about it.

"Legit" publications can sometimes slide over into predatory behavior, all right.  An example would be the American Who's Who series.  In the pre-internet days they were a legitimate reference tool found at any serious academic library or large public library.  They were considered very much apart from all the imitators that were essentially just vanity books that people bought to see their name celebrated.  In recent decades, though, they've become much like those vanity books.  Some libraries still maintain an expensive subscription to them out of habit, but from what I understand they're no longer a serious reference publication.

Quote from: apl68 on January 04, 2024, 07:36:06 AM"Legit" publications can sometimes slide over into predatory behavior, all right.  An example would be the American Who's Who series.  In the pre-internet days they were a legitimate reference tool found at any serious academic library or large public library.  They were considered very much apart from all the imitators that were essentially just vanity books that people bought to see their name celebrated.  In recent decades, though, they've become much like those vanity books.  Some libraries still maintain an expensive subscription to them out of habit, but from what I understand they're no longer a serious reference publication.

Ha!  One of the adjuncts with an online PhD at my old Toxic U paid to have hu's name included in the Who's Who and then had the certificate framed and hung it on the wall of hu's office hu shared with other adjuncts.

Here's a different spin on this thread.  The names are changed to protect the guilty.

QuoteDear Professor Artem
How are you? Do you remember me? You are the academic editor of my paper(Clog Dancing in Meiji Period Japan published in International Clogging Monthly). Thank you for your guidance and support.

I am currently working on my PhD on the effects of Clog Dancing on the voting preferences of chronic alcoholics . I published a systematic review and meta-analysis in Clogging for Drunkards. I also submitted my PhD work to the The Daily Clogger journal. They accepted my paper for publication but requested a publication fee of $494.25. We are unable to send money outside Spotsylvania due to the country's current banking system. Thus, we are in serious trouble. Due to the payment issue, my PhD work will be delayed. I understand that you have a busy schedule.

Would you help to publish my article?

I'm happy to send a polite "sorry, no can do" but holy crap, does this request actually sound reasonable to anyone?  It's not as if I am swimming in funding and given Artem U's current financial status, I doubt they would let me use if for this anyway.

Quote from: secundem_artem on January 31, 2024, 12:43:02 PMHere's a different spin on this thread.  The names are changed to protect the guilty.

QuoteDear Professor Artem
How are you? Do you remember me? You are the academic editor of my paper(Clog Dancing in Meiji Period Japan published in International Clogging Monthly). Thank you for your guidance and support.

I am currently working on my PhD on the effects of Clog Dancing on the voting preferences of chronic alcoholics . I published a systematic review and meta-analysis in Clogging for Drunkards. I also submitted my PhD work to the The Daily Clogger journal. They accepted my paper for publication but requested a publication fee of $494.25. We are unable to send money outside Spotsylvania due to the country's current banking system. Thus, we are in serious trouble. Due to the payment issue, my PhD work will be delayed. I understand that you have a busy schedule.

Would you help to publish my article?

I'm happy to send a polite "sorry, no can do" but holy crap, does this request actually sound reasonable to anyone?  It's not as if I am swimming in funding and given Artem U's current financial status, I doubt they would let me use if for this anyway.

This sounds extremely shady- Yes, pub fees can be a big barrier, but they would have known about the publication fee before submitting, and could have submitted to a journal without fees, or a  legit OA journal that offers discounted rates to those in developing countries. At any rate, it is really weird to ask someone who isn't an author or even someone they really know to pay. 

Quote from: Puget on January 31, 2024, 12:56:10 PM

Quote from: secundem_artem on January 31, 2024, 12:43:02 PMHere's a different spin on this thread.  The names are changed to protect the guilty.

QuoteDear Professor Artem
How are you? Do you remember me? You are the academic editor of my paper(Clog Dancing in Meiji Period Japan published in International Clogging Monthly). Thank you for your guidance and support.

I am currently working on my PhD on the effects of Clog Dancing on the voting preferences of chronic alcoholics . I published a systematic review and meta-analysis in Clogging for Drunkards. I also submitted my PhD work to the The Daily Clogger journal. They accepted my paper for publication but requested a publication fee of $494.25. We are unable to send money outside Spotsylvania due to the country's current banking system. Thus, we are in serious trouble. Due to the payment issue, my PhD work will be delayed. I understand that you have a busy schedule.

Would you help to publish my article?

I'm happy to send a polite "sorry, no can do" but holy crap, does this request actually sound reasonable to anyone?  It's not as if I am swimming in funding and given Artem U's current financial status, I doubt they would let me use if for this anyway.

This sounds extremely shady- Yes, pub fees can be a big barrier, but they would have known about the publication fee before submitting, and could have submitted to a journal without fees, or a  legit OA journal that offers discounted rates to those in developing countries. At any rate, it is really weird to ask someone who isn't an author or even someone they really know to pay. 

I'm assuming you know this candidate personally? Have you made sure that the candidate in the email actually sent the email?  It seems like the sort of ridiculous sob stories one finds in your Spam folder from Nigerian princes and the like.  They don't actually want the amount they ask for; they want your various numbers and identifiers.  These have become a little more sophisticated since the days of the poor Nigerian prince.

I got a Nigerian prince email the other day. Blast from the past! It had a warm familiarity, until I hit the Report Phishing button.

Quote from: Wahoo Redux on December 11, 2019, 11:08:23 AMJust got a verbose and rather polished if ponderous solicitation from Research Outreach.org (https://researchoutreach.org/).

They even used the name of my most recently published paper in the subject line, and for a second I was excited because I thought a real editor or academic was soliciting something for an anthology or special edition.

But nope.

Apparently Research Outreach is "so passionate about open access" to the general public that they "must charge researchers" for their work.

Website is also polished if ponderous.  Wonder if it has any connection to the Oxford Round Table?

Bumping this one up.  Has anybody got any updated experience with this organization?  Certainly they have a much more polished and professional approach than the ones that spell my name wrong, mis-identify my discipline, want to discuss my distinguished research, and request a submission for their next publication coming out in 4 days.

These guys appear to be taking legitimate publications and re-packaging them for a non-academic audience.  I'm not sure how important or relevant that is - or what it costs.

So... wise ones.  Any updates?

Quote from: secundem_artem on February 08, 2024, 09:36:24 AM

Quote from: Wahoo Redux on December 11, 2019, 11:08:23 AMJust got a verbose and rather polished if ponderous solicitation from Research Outreach.org (https://researchoutreach.org/).

They even used the name of my most recently published paper in the subject line, and for a second I was excited because I thought a real editor or academic was soliciting something for an anthology or special edition.

But nope.

Apparently Research Outreach is "so passionate about open access" to the general public that they "must charge researchers" for their work.

Website is also polished if ponderous.  Wonder if it has any connection to the Oxford Round Table?

Bumping this one up.  Has anybody got any updated experience with this organization?  Certainly they have a much more polished and professional approach than the ones that spell my name wrong, mis-identify my discipline, want to discuss my distinguished research, and request a submission for their next publication coming out in 4 days.

These guys appear to be taking legitimate publications and re-packaging them for a non-academic audience.  I'm not sure how important or relevant that is - or what it costs.

So... wise ones.  Any updates?

This seems similar to Kudos, but looks like it always charges contributors. This study (https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0183217) sees some value in Kudos for increasing views.

"Clog Dancing in Meiji Japan" sounds like something the late mamselle would have been up for discussing.  I can just see her posting links to YouTube videos.

Received today:

Dear Dr. Secundem P Artem,
I hope you are doing good!

I am hither to update you that we are in processing of upcoming issue release, and we are captivated to publish your manuscript in it. We are requesting you to send your latest unpublished article.

I belief in you that your article gives supreme attainment to our Journal.

Will be waiting to have your response.

Somebody with a Laptop and Website
Managing Editor
Online Journal Some Discipline that I am not Involved With

On the bright side, at least somebody believes in me.

Got another one. Very professionally worded.  Solid website, journal actually exists, and has existed for a number of years.  Not a total scam but......

The editor sent numerous requests for an upcoming theme issue and I have an interest in the topic.  So I snooped around a bit.

Emailed the editor back and declined saying the journal is not indexed in Medline and I don't have funding for the page charges.

He replied back with "I understand" and the last line in his sig was a link to article from the journal in Pub Med. 

Looking at the Pub Med site, it notes the journal is not indexed, but that the database does contain instances were articles from it were cited in other studies and those articles ARE listed in Pub Med.

Sneaky sneaky.  These guys are getting smarter.  I think it's legit, but it's a touch misleading way to bump up publications and charges.

Typical email solicitation coming in multiple times a day:

"Dear Dr. 'Bio-Nonymous '[ed: actually was "Last name, first name"],

I am 'Someone', Managing Editor of 'Random Acronym' Journal. We are planning an upcoming issue on 'Random Name' Online Journal of Sciences, Astrophysics, and related branches of it. So, could you help us by suggesting a few topics and kindly do let us know if you can participate in this issue with any of your unpublished short articles.

Submission deadline: On or before April 05, 2024.

Will be waiting to have your response.

'Someone
Somewhere' "

I am a biomedical researcher, why would I have an astrophysics article sitting around waiting for this opportunity?

Quote from: bio-nonymous on March 27, 2024, 06:45:41 AMI am a biomedical researcher, why would I have an astrophysics article sitting around waiting for this opportunity?

Don't we all have astrophysics articles waiting around for such opportunities?

A classic:

"Dear Professor,

Hope this email finds you well.

On behalf of our Team, we take great pleasure in inviting you for the grand release of April edition, we all need is your support by submitting your eminent research work related to {ACRONYM} journal.

However, as we are inviting you to submit the manuscript for this issue, we are happy to provide the special waiver for your manuscript and we request you to make the minimum contribution of $999 instead of $2579/$1879.

We are well acquainted with your excellent work, so we would be honored to have your presence at this auspicious event and look forward to your favorable comeback.

Please acknowledge this email within 24hrs.

Anticipating with strong desire.

Regards,
{Some one}
American Journal of {this and That}
Email: {unrelated}[at]{something}[dot]com "

It is a journal issue or an "event"? Someone got mixed up...