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15 paź 2024 · PRH has constructed a fraud alert page to notify authors of known scams and provide dedicated telephone and email support through which authors can verify whether PRH has indeed originated any purported offers.
11 sty 2017 · Spend a few minutes searching on the following websites for the publisher or journal in question: Beall’s List (scholarlyoa.com), which contains blacklisted publishers and journals, as well as so-called hijacked journals; and PubPeer, a popular, anonymous database that allows you to search for misconduct among individual researchers.
21 lis 2023 · Sage has received reports that scammers, who are impersonating Sage staff or editors, are targeting authors by soliciting journal articles and promising publication once a fee is paid. In most cases the scammers’ initial contact with the author is by email or via WhatsApp.
11 sie 2022 · Deceptive, sham, and hoax publishing operations have become an unfortunate reality in online journal market. Some basic tips can help you avoid falling prey to their scheme. Consider these questions: 1. "Where is this journal indexed?"
13 sie 2020 · It’s a scam: reputable agents rarely reach out to writers directly, but for scammers, it’s their main M.O. Other scam signs: – Real literary agents don’t approach publishers on behalf of authors they don’t represent.
8 mar 2019 · This week I read an editorial by Becker and colleagues which warned against the dangers of “online solicited content journals”. These predatory journals use academic spam emails to elicit contributions from researchers and are fast becoming the dark shadow of the academic publishing industry.
19 wrz 2021 · Readers and victims need to report the scammers through the drop-down menu in the little three dot thingy in the menu bar. Choose the option “somebody is pretending to be me” or “somebody is pretending to be my friend.”. Then report them. This will get the scam page taken down.
