Predatory Journals
@predatoryjournals.org
The #Predatory Journals List. Also in https://x.com/PredatoryReport
Website: https://predatoryjournals.org/
Website: https://predatoryjournals.org/
🚨 Peer review crisis alert! When journals reject good science simply because they can’t find enough reviewers, the whole integrity of research is on the line.
www.the-scientist.com/when-reviewe...
#AcademicPublishing #PeerReview #ResearchIntegrity #SciencePolicy
www.the-scientist.com/when-reviewe...
#AcademicPublishing #PeerReview #ResearchIntegrity #SciencePolicy
When Reviewer Scarcity Becomes a Reason for Rejection, Scientific Integrity Is at Risk
If journals reject papers due to review shortages, the peer review process itself becomes compromised.
www.the-scientist.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
🚨 Peer review crisis alert! When journals reject good science simply because they can’t find enough reviewers, the whole integrity of research is on the line.
www.the-scientist.com/when-reviewe...
#AcademicPublishing #PeerReview #ResearchIntegrity #SciencePolicy
www.the-scientist.com/when-reviewe...
#AcademicPublishing #PeerReview #ResearchIntegrity #SciencePolicy
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This list can really assist peers in avoiding predatory publishers:
www.predatoryjournals.org @predatoryjournals.org
I have been receiving plenty of generic emails to join editorial boards in MDPI and Frontiers. At exactly the same time, friends receive the same generic emails..
www.predatoryjournals.org @predatoryjournals.org
I have been receiving plenty of generic emails to join editorial boards in MDPI and Frontiers. At exactly the same time, friends receive the same generic emails..
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October 2, 2025 at 10:12 AM
This list can really assist peers in avoiding predatory publishers:
www.predatoryjournals.org @predatoryjournals.org
I have been receiving plenty of generic emails to join editorial boards in MDPI and Frontiers. At exactly the same time, friends receive the same generic emails..
www.predatoryjournals.org @predatoryjournals.org
I have been receiving plenty of generic emails to join editorial boards in MDPI and Frontiers. At exactly the same time, friends receive the same generic emails..
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1/6
🚨 Springer Nature is retracting an entire book on machine learning.
Why? It was full of plagiarized content, nonsensical claims, and had no proper peer review. 🤮
Retraction Watch: 1
Springer’s credibility: 0
🚨 Springer Nature is retracting an entire book on machine learning.
Why? It was full of plagiarized content, nonsensical claims, and had no proper peer review. 🤮
Retraction Watch: 1
Springer’s credibility: 0
Springer Nature to retract machine learning book following Retraction Watch coverage
The move comes two weeks after we reported on the book’s fake references.
The move comes two weeks after we reported on the book’s fake references.
Springer Nature to retract machine learning book following Retraction Watch coverage
A screenshot from June 26 shows the book had been accessed 3,782 times. Springer Nature is retracting a book on machine learning that had multiple references to works that do not exist, Retraction …
retractionwatch.com
July 17, 2025 at 11:20 AM
1/6
🚨 Springer Nature is retracting an entire book on machine learning.
Why? It was full of plagiarized content, nonsensical claims, and had no proper peer review. 🤮
Retraction Watch: 1
Springer’s credibility: 0
🚨 Springer Nature is retracting an entire book on machine learning.
Why? It was full of plagiarized content, nonsensical claims, and had no proper peer review. 🤮
Retraction Watch: 1
Springer’s credibility: 0
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Scientific societies, journals, editors and researchers are pushing back against mean-spirited peer reviews
go.nature.com/4mXJjn6
go.nature.com/4mXJjn6
‘Lipstick on a pig’: how to fight back against a peer-review bully
Scientific societies, journals, editors and researchers are pushing back against mean-spirited peer reviews.
go.nature.com
September 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Scientific societies, journals, editors and researchers are pushing back against mean-spirited peer reviews
go.nature.com/4mXJjn6
go.nature.com/4mXJjn6
📄 Study compared ~443 “legit” vs ~555 suspected predatory articles. Predatory ones tend to be shorter, use common office fonts, stick to A4 page size, and show simpler metadata. Visual fingerprints can help spot low-quality journals. 👀
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Evaluating the visual design of science publications—a quantitative approach comparing legitimate and predatory journal papers - Scientometrics
The rise of predatory publishing poses a significant challenge to the integrity of scientific research, potentially undermining the credibility of scholarly communications. As parts of the academic co...
link.springer.com
September 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM
📄 Study compared ~443 “legit” vs ~555 suspected predatory articles. Predatory ones tend to be shorter, use common office fonts, stick to A4 page size, and show simpler metadata. Visual fingerprints can help spot low-quality journals. 👀
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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🧵1: Peer Review Is Cracking. Researchers are churning out papers to survive. Peer reviewers are overwhelmed. Editors chase quantity, not quality. It's not science—it’s a paper factory. Reform is urgent, or public trust will collapse.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Scientific publishing needs urgent reform to retain trust in research process | Letters
Letters: Readers respond to an article on how too many low-quality papers and journals are being churned out
www.theguardian.com
July 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
🧵1: Peer Review Is Cracking. Researchers are churning out papers to survive. Peer reviewers are overwhelmed. Editors chase quantity, not quality. It's not science—it’s a paper factory. Reform is urgent, or public trust will collapse.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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"If Trump wants to eliminate fraud at universities, why gut research integrity agencies?"
If Trump wants to eliminate fraud at universities, why gut research integrity agencies? - The Boston Globe
Universities, journals, regulators all have a role in identifying scientific misconduct.
www.bostonglobe.com
August 31, 2025 at 12:21 PM
"If Trump wants to eliminate fraud at universities, why gut research integrity agencies?"
🧵1. Predatory journals aren’t just a nuisance—they erode trust in science. A new #AI tool just scanned ~15k journals & flagged over 1k suspicious outlets. Could this be the watchdog science needs? 🧠🔎 #ResearchIntegrity #Science
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Estimating the predictability of questionable open-access journals
AI screening of journals identifies over a thousand questionable journals, helping experts review where it is needed most.
www.science.org
August 31, 2025 at 2:23 PM
🧵1. Predatory journals aren’t just a nuisance—they erode trust in science. A new #AI tool just scanned ~15k journals & flagged over 1k suspicious outlets. Could this be the watchdog science needs? 🧠🔎 #ResearchIntegrity #Science
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🧵1: Peer Review Is Cracking. Researchers are churning out papers to survive. Peer reviewers are overwhelmed. Editors chase quantity, not quality. It's not science—it’s a paper factory. Reform is urgent, or public trust will collapse.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Scientific publishing needs urgent reform to retain trust in research process | Letters
Letters: Readers respond to an article on how too many low-quality papers and journals are being churned out
www.theguardian.com
July 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
🧵1: Peer Review Is Cracking. Researchers are churning out papers to survive. Peer reviewers are overwhelmed. Editors chase quantity, not quality. It's not science—it’s a paper factory. Reform is urgent, or public trust will collapse.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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How science should NOT be done: testing the effects of CBD on cat fear...by scaring the cats so much they urinated...and no IACUC (institutional animal use committee) approval? Why? oh, because it's a predatory MDPI/Animals journal...calling @amcell.bsky.social
www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/15...
www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/15...
July 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
How science should NOT be done: testing the effects of CBD on cat fear...by scaring the cats so much they urinated...and no IACUC (institutional animal use committee) approval? Why? oh, because it's a predatory MDPI/Animals journal...calling @amcell.bsky.social
www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/15...
www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/15...
1/6
🚨 Springer Nature is retracting an entire book on machine learning.
Why? It was full of plagiarized content, nonsensical claims, and had no proper peer review. 🤮
Retraction Watch: 1
Springer’s credibility: 0
🚨 Springer Nature is retracting an entire book on machine learning.
Why? It was full of plagiarized content, nonsensical claims, and had no proper peer review. 🤮
Retraction Watch: 1
Springer’s credibility: 0
Springer Nature to retract machine learning book following Retraction Watch coverage
The move comes two weeks after we reported on the book’s fake references.
The move comes two weeks after we reported on the book’s fake references.
Springer Nature to retract machine learning book following Retraction Watch coverage
A screenshot from June 26 shows the book had been accessed 3,782 times. Springer Nature is retracting a book on machine learning that had multiple references to works that do not exist, Retraction …
retractionwatch.com
July 17, 2025 at 11:20 AM
1/6
🚨 Springer Nature is retracting an entire book on machine learning.
Why? It was full of plagiarized content, nonsensical claims, and had no proper peer review. 🤮
Retraction Watch: 1
Springer’s credibility: 0
🚨 Springer Nature is retracting an entire book on machine learning.
Why? It was full of plagiarized content, nonsensical claims, and had no proper peer review. 🤮
Retraction Watch: 1
Springer’s credibility: 0
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Parallels between Trump’s government and Orwell’s 1984 are striking: language manipulation, “alternative facts,” and efforts to control public discourse echo Newspeak and reality control from the novel. When leaders rewrite words and history, democracy faces real Orwellian risks. #Trump #Orwell
April 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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‘Mind-boggling’: US CDC orders gender-related terms cut from scientific papers
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘Mind-boggling’: US CDC orders gender-related terms cut from scientific papers
Mandate from health agency is response to President Donald Trump’s crackdown on ‘woke ideology’ and has big implications for researchers.
www.nature.com
April 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
‘Mind-boggling’: US CDC orders gender-related terms cut from scientific papers
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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"Detecting fraud ‘is a job for professionals, not peer reviewers’"
@elisabethbik.bsky.social
#ResearchIntegrity
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-o...
@elisabethbik.bsky.social
#ResearchIntegrity
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-o...
Detecting fraud ‘is a job for professionals, not peer reviewers’ - Research Professional News
Integrity investigator Elisabeth Bik urges publishers, journals and institutions to take responsibility
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
July 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
"Detecting fraud ‘is a job for professionals, not peer reviewers’"
@elisabethbik.bsky.social
#ResearchIntegrity
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-o...
@elisabethbik.bsky.social
#ResearchIntegrity
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-o...
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🚨 ICMJE should certify legitimate journals to combat the rise of predatory ones?
🔍 Fake journals mimic real ones, trap authors, and pollute science.
✅ A global seal of trust could protect research integrity?
🔗 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#AcademicPublishing #PredatoryJournals
🔍 Fake journals mimic real ones, trap authors, and pollute science.
✅ A global seal of trust could protect research integrity?
🔗 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#AcademicPublishing #PredatoryJournals
ICMJE Should Create a Certification Process to Identify Predatory Journals
To the Editor A recent Editorial1 by editors representing the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) highlighted the pressing issues surrounding predatory journals. Although the ch...
jamanetwork.com
June 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🚨 ICMJE should certify legitimate journals to combat the rise of predatory ones?
🔍 Fake journals mimic real ones, trap authors, and pollute science.
✅ A global seal of trust could protect research integrity?
🔗 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#AcademicPublishing #PredatoryJournals
🔍 Fake journals mimic real ones, trap authors, and pollute science.
✅ A global seal of trust could protect research integrity?
🔗 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#AcademicPublishing #PredatoryJournals
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💰 Authorship for sale.
🧐 A Nature investigation exposes how paper mills sell fake authorship slots—and corrupt the scientific record.
🧪 Science is being hijacked for a price.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#AcademicIntegrity #PaperMills #ScienceFraud
🧐 A Nature investigation exposes how paper mills sell fake authorship slots—and corrupt the scientific record.
🧪 Science is being hijacked for a price.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#AcademicIntegrity #PaperMills #ScienceFraud
Authorship for sale: Nature investigates how paper mills work
Companies selling authorship slots thrive in a culture that equates success with a strong publication record. Customers, sleuths and the shadowy owner of a paper mill explain why.
www.nature.com
June 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
💰 Authorship for sale.
🧐 A Nature investigation exposes how paper mills sell fake authorship slots—and corrupt the scientific record.
🧪 Science is being hijacked for a price.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#AcademicIntegrity #PaperMills #ScienceFraud
🧐 A Nature investigation exposes how paper mills sell fake authorship slots—and corrupt the scientific record.
🧪 Science is being hijacked for a price.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#AcademicIntegrity #PaperMills #ScienceFraud
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Researchers studying research must avoid the temptation to get too stuck in the academic weeds
https://go.nature.com/4eDITPB
https://go.nature.com/4eDITPB
Metascience can improve science — but it must be useful to society, too
Researchers studying research must avoid the temptation to get too stuck in the academic weeds.
go.nature.com
July 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Researchers studying research must avoid the temptation to get too stuck in the academic weeds
https://go.nature.com/4eDITPB
https://go.nature.com/4eDITPB
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🚨 Starting June 16, Nature now automatically publishes peer‑review reports + author responses with every new primary research paper—no more opt‑in. It’s transparency by default, aimed at demystifying science for all. ⬇️
group.springernature.com/gp/group/med...
🔗 #OpenScience #Transparency
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🔗 #OpenScience #Transparency
June 23, 2025 at 11:50 PM
🚨 Starting June 16, Nature now automatically publishes peer‑review reports + author responses with every new primary research paper—no more opt‑in. It’s transparency by default, aimed at demystifying science for all. ⬇️
group.springernature.com/gp/group/med...
🔗 #OpenScience #Transparency
group.springernature.com/gp/group/med...
🔗 #OpenScience #Transparency
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Would you pay $169 for an introductory ebook on machine learning with citations that appear to be made up?
Intern Rita Aksenfeld's first story for Retraction Watch
Intern Rita Aksenfeld's first story for Retraction Watch
Springer Nature book on machine learning is full of made-up citations
Would you pay $169 for an introductory ebook on machine learning with citations that appear to be made up? If not, you might want to pass on purchasing Mastering Machine Learning: From Basics to Ad…
retractionwatch.com
June 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Would you pay $169 for an introductory ebook on machine learning with citations that appear to be made up?
Intern Rita Aksenfeld's first story for Retraction Watch
Intern Rita Aksenfeld's first story for Retraction Watch
🚨 Starting June 16, Nature now automatically publishes peer‑review reports + author responses with every new primary research paper—no more opt‑in. It’s transparency by default, aimed at demystifying science for all. ⬇️
group.springernature.com/gp/group/med...
🔗 #OpenScience #Transparency
group.springernature.com/gp/group/med...
🔗 #OpenScience #Transparency
June 23, 2025 at 11:50 PM
🚨 Starting June 16, Nature now automatically publishes peer‑review reports + author responses with every new primary research paper—no more opt‑in. It’s transparency by default, aimed at demystifying science for all. ⬇️
group.springernature.com/gp/group/med...
🔗 #OpenScience #Transparency
group.springernature.com/gp/group/med...
🔗 #OpenScience #Transparency
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🚨 New study: Male lead authors are more likely to have papers retracted—especially for misconduct like plagiarism.
👩🔬 Female-led research shows fewer retractions overall.
📚 Science needs not just rigor, but integrity.
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.jo...
#AcademicPublishing #GenderInScience
👩🔬 Female-led research shows fewer retractions overall.
📚 Science needs not just rigor, but integrity.
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.jo...
#AcademicPublishing #GenderInScience
June 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
🚨 New study: Male lead authors are more likely to have papers retracted—especially for misconduct like plagiarism.
👩🔬 Female-led research shows fewer retractions overall.
📚 Science needs not just rigor, but integrity.
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.jo...
#AcademicPublishing #GenderInScience
👩🔬 Female-led research shows fewer retractions overall.
📚 Science needs not just rigor, but integrity.
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.jo...
#AcademicPublishing #GenderInScience
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📌Our new study finds that male leading authors have higher retraction rates than female leading authors
📍11K+ retracted articles & 19M+ non-retracted articles analyzed
📍11K+ retracted articles & 19M+ non-retracted articles analyzed
🚨 New study: Male lead authors are more likely to have papers retracted—especially for misconduct like plagiarism.
👩🔬 Female-led research shows fewer retractions overall.
📚 Science needs not just rigor, but integrity.
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.jo...
#AcademicPublishing #GenderInScience
👩🔬 Female-led research shows fewer retractions overall.
📚 Science needs not just rigor, but integrity.
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.jo...
#AcademicPublishing #GenderInScience
June 11, 2025 at 9:57 PM
📌Our new study finds that male leading authors have higher retraction rates than female leading authors
📍11K+ retracted articles & 19M+ non-retracted articles analyzed
📍11K+ retracted articles & 19M+ non-retracted articles analyzed
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New from The Strain Team:
🎊 Springer Nature Discovers MDPI 🎊
Springer Nature has spawned a copycat journal series called "Discover" mimicking #MDPI journal titles and citation behaviours. We even made a browser game to prove it (see 🔗).
Gross! 😀 1/n
#ResearchIntegrity #SciPub #AcademicSky
🎊 Springer Nature Discovers MDPI 🎊
Springer Nature has spawned a copycat journal series called "Discover" mimicking #MDPI journal titles and citation behaviours. We even made a browser game to prove it (see 🔗).
Gross! 😀 1/n
#ResearchIntegrity #SciPub #AcademicSky
Spinger Nature Discovers MDPI – The Strain on Scientific Publishing
Home page for the paper ‘The Strain on Scientific Publishing’ by Mark A Hanson, Dan Brockington, Paolo Crosetto and Pablo Gomez Barreiro
the-strain-on-scientific-publishing.github.io
June 10, 2025 at 5:49 AM
New from The Strain Team:
🎊 Springer Nature Discovers MDPI 🎊
Springer Nature has spawned a copycat journal series called "Discover" mimicking #MDPI journal titles and citation behaviours. We even made a browser game to prove it (see 🔗).
Gross! 😀 1/n
#ResearchIntegrity #SciPub #AcademicSky
🎊 Springer Nature Discovers MDPI 🎊
Springer Nature has spawned a copycat journal series called "Discover" mimicking #MDPI journal titles and citation behaviours. We even made a browser game to prove it (see 🔗).
Gross! 😀 1/n
#ResearchIntegrity #SciPub #AcademicSky