Open AccessPredatory Invitations from Journals: More Than Just a Nuisance?
Author(s) -
Clemons Mark,
de Costa e Silva Miguel,
Joy Anil Abraham,
Cobey Kelly D.,
Mazzarello Sasha,
Stober Carol,
Hutton Brian
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the oncologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.176
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1549-490X
pISSN - 1083-7159
DOI - 10.1634/theoncologist.2016-0371
Subject(s) - medicine , family medicine
Physicians and academic researchers are frequently targeted with spam invitations to submit manuscripts to predatory journals. This study was conducted to understand the nature and characteristics of these invitations. All spam e‐mails received by an academic medical oncologist over a 3‐month period were collected and categorized. Presumed predatory journal invitations were analyzed and cross‐checked against Beall's list of “potential, probable, or possible predatory” journals and publishers. Invitations to submit to predatory journals were the most common single type of spam received.