Reader (when reading a study) and writer (when submitting a study for publication) beware — if the journal publishing (or offering to publish) that study is not known to you. Dan Vergano explains, in this National Geographic article: Fake Cancer Study Spotlights Bogus Science Journals A cancer drug discovered in a humble lichen, and ready […]
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Engineering analysis of “Nigerian scammers”
Cormac Herley (pictured here) attempted an engineering analysis of some of the people who shared the 2005 Ig Nobel Prize for literature. (That prize was awarded to the Internet entrepreneurs of Nigeria, for creating and then using e-mail to distribute a bold series of short stories, thus introducing millions of readers to a cast of rich […]
Nature looks at the mystery journals
Further news about the mysterious journals publisher that presents old studies as if they are new. Katharine Sanderson of Nature magazine has looked more deeply into the matter. (For background, see our previous posts — 1, 2, and 3). Sanderson’s report appears online today. It begins: Two new journals copy the old At least two […]
Strange journals scam? UPDATE #2
And a still bit more more info about the mysterious journals publisher that presents old studies as if they are new. (See previous post for Update #1, and see the December 22, 2009 post for the original story.) Several weeks ago we emailed the contact address Scientific Research Publishing listed on their web site. The […]
Strange journals scam? UPDATE #1
We’ve gotten a little — just a little — more info about the mysterious journals publisher. (See the December 22, 2009 post for the original story.) We got in touch with David Dunning and Justin Kruger, whose study “Unskilled and Unaware…”, was honored with an Ig Nobel Prize, way back in the year 2000. That […]
Strange academic journals: Scam?
We have discovered what may be the world’s strangest collection of academic journals. Published by a shadowy entity, it suggests — at first glance, anyway — some kind of scam. But is there a scam, or not? If there is, what’s the point of it? If there’s not, same question. Maybe you can help us […]