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Scammers impersonate guest editors to get sham papers published

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  • Holly Else

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Hundreds of junk-science papers have been retracted from reputable journals after fraudsters used ‘special issues’ to manipulate the publication process. And the problem is growing.

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  • Holly Else, 2021. "Scammers impersonate guest editors to get sham papers published," Nature, Nature, vol. 599(7885), pages 361-361, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:599:y:2021:i:7885:d:10.1038_d41586-021-03035-y
    DOI: 10.1038/d41586-021-03035-y
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    1. Nicole Shu Ling Yeo-Teh & Bor Luen Tang, 2022. "Sustained Rise in Retractions in the Life Sciences Literature during the Pandemic Years 2020 and 2021," Publications, MDPI, vol. 10(3), pages 1-12, August.
    2. Brian Garrod, 2022. "Reviewing an Paper for Tourism and Hospitality —A Peep behind the Curtain," Tourism and Hospitality, MDPI, vol. 3(4), pages 1-9, October.
    3. Morgan, Thomas J. H. & Smaldino, Paul E., 2024. "Author-Paid Publication Fees Corrupt Science and Should Be Abandoned," OSF Preprints 3ez9v, Center for Open Science.
    4. Ruhua Huang & Yuting Huang & Fan Qi & Leyi Shi & Baiyang Li & Wei Yu, 2022. "Exploring the characteristics of special issues: distribution, topicality, and citation impact," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 127(9), pages 5233-5256, September.

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