Warning: conmen and shameless scholars operate in this area

Reader's comments (3)

#1 Submitted by Stevan Harnad on January 16, 2017 - 12:39pm

The vendors of the scam journals are not just con-men, they are cyber-criminals. Beall's list has been hacked (January 15).

#2 Submitted by ReggieBucks on November 1, 2017 - 8:59am

Thanks

#3 Submitted by Pierre LeProf on July 3, 2018 - 10:31pm

A good insight into one of the various pernicious aspects of modern day research, and what it has become - thank you for informing us.

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