The best predatorial journal come-ons

[polly_mer]

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?

[fast_and_bulbous]

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

[ciao_yall]

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

[the_geneticist]

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

[secundem_artem]

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???

[mamselle]

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.

[science.expat]

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?

[polly_mer]

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.

[fast_and_bulbous]

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.

[fourhats]

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.

[mamselle]

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):

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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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M.

[Scout]

Awwww. They has a sad.

[mythbuster]

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

[archaeo42]

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

Hahaha!

Raises hand.

[aside]

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

Hahaha!

Raises hand.

I as well!