Here's a question for #academictwitter: has anyone every published in a journal that sent them unsolicited requests for papers? If so, why? #academicspam
Hmmmm that makes sense actually. I can see someone being impressed and flattered if they haven't seen many of these before
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I'm not sure it's flattery. Current OA models as exploitative as subscription (just exploits researchers not readers), & it's usually free or greatly reduced publication fee that is driver. It's harder because "real" journals send similar emails (I get ~4/day from Q1 journals)
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I've seen heads of Australian medical schools and public health schools publish in these journals. If it's hard to distinguish real from fake for senior seasoned academics at top 100 global unis, what hope does some poor ECR without good institutional capacity have?
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