There Are Now 8,000 Fake Science ‘Journals’ Worldwide, Researchers Say
- Falsely claiming to provide peer review and meaningful editorial oversight of submissions.
- Lying about affiliations with prestigious scholarly/scientific organizations
- Claiming affiliation with a non-existent organization
- Naming reputable scholars to editorial boards without their permission (and refusing to remove them)
- Falsely claiming to have a high Journal Impact Factor
- Hiding information about APCs until after the author has completed the submission
- Falsely claiming to be included in prestigious indexes
