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 […]
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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 […]