Predatory Journals

Just for the record, here's a list of possible predatory journals.

It's quite an extensive list, and by examining that list it might be possible to identify some sort of pattern common to most predatory journals.

This is a blatant example:

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Academic identity theft: if you are one of the 2,000 people invited to contribute to a volume supposedly co-edited by Garry Hagberg, you'll want to read this

Philosopher Garry Hagberg (Bard College) writes:

It has come to my attention that my name has been used without my knowledge or permission to support a project in which I have no involvement whatsoever. ...

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Link to full statement

I don't really think that many people on the street would even try to look at a scientific journal anyway. Lots of people on the street think that National Geographic is a scientific journal. That won't change quickly.

I hear ya.

I remember some creationist ranting here about the fact that somebody without a doctoral degree had a letter published in Scientific American.

I also remember someone ranting that Scientific American was influential in keeping atheists in control of science.

(Now that I think about it, I am probably remembering two posts by a single person).