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Predatory Journals@PredatoryReport
11 Jun 2025
We’re back, baby! 🔥 More motivated than ever and calling out predatory journals louder. Follow the fight here too ⬇️🦋 bsky.app/profile/predatoryjo… #AcademicPublishing #PredatoryJournals

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🚨 Researchers are pushing back against AI-generated “hallucinated” citations in scientific papers and platforms like @arxiv are starting to crack down. ☢️ nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

Researchers who use hallucinated references to face arXiv ban

Nature - The preprint server is the latest to impose stiff penalties on authors who contribute to AI ‘slop’ — but not everyone is convinced it’s the right approach.

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MA Oviedo-Garcia@maoviedogarcia
May 23
#MiniReviewMill 85 #FakeReview #CoerciveCitation @qeios @MDPIOpenAccess Reviewers 🔹Domitilla Magni @Unicatt 🇮🇹 @UoLondon 🇬🇧 🔹Anonymous 🔷6 verbatim review reports 🔷Articles to be cited: - 9 Domitilla Magni’s - 6 Manlio Del Giudice’s (Magni’s frequent co-author) 🧵
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@balrajshukla
Apr 27
The Journal Sleuth All about equipping yourself about the basic skills of identifying fake journals... In under an hour! For everyone in academia! Link to the full playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL… #research @ARanganathan72 @ScienceMagazine @ScienceNews
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MA Oviedo-Garcia@maoviedogarcia
May 10
#ReviewLikeATweet #StrangerThings @MDPIOpenAccess Round 1 🥇 2 words @Vaccines_MDPI 🥈 11 words @diagnostic_mdpi 🥉 20 words @Sus_MDPI 📜 30 words @IJERPH_MDPI Is this compatible with a thorough review of the original manuscript❓ ⬇️ (links)
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MA Oviedo-Garcia@maoviedogarcia
Apr 18
#MiniReviewMill 80 #FakeReview #CoerciveCitation @MDPIOpenAccess @PLOSONE @WileyGlobal Reviewers 🔹Shi Yin Hebei Agricultural University 🇨🇳 🔹Anonymous 🔷16 review reports 🔷21 Shi Yin’s articles to be cited 🧵
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Retraction Watch@RetractionWatch
Apr 14
"Academic fraud may be the symptom of a much more systemic problem." voxweb.nl/en/academic-fraud-…

‘Academic fraud may be the symptom of a much more systemic problem’ - Vox magazine

OPINION - It is not surprising that a case of scientific fraud occasionally comes to light, according to associate professor Empirical Political Science Alex Lehr. ‘Many of us are doing our stinking...

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Ramón A. Feenstra@R_Feenstra
Jan 28
¿Hay alternativa a la locura de precios de las APCs de la ruta de "oro" del acceso abierto?📖 En @Revista_REDOC, analizamos las revistas de filosofía en España: un ecosistema que supone una alternativa real a las APCs. 👇 redc.revistas.csic.es/index.… #CienciaAbierta #OpenAccess #RRI
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MA Oviedo-Garcia@maoviedogarcia
Jan 24
#MiniReviewMill 68 #FakeReview #CoerciveCitation @MDPIOpenAccess Reviewers 🔹Miqdam T. Chaichan @uottechnology1 🇮🇶 @Soharuniv 🇴🇲 🔹Salam J. Yaqoob @ujaen 🇪🇸 🔷5 almost verbatim review reports 🔷4 Miqdam T. Chaichan’s articles to be cited 🧵
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Predatory Journals@PredatoryReport
6 Dec 2025
Scientific Reports @SciReports is full of fake and low quality papers. #Predatory 🧐⚠️
Spotting@Spottingthespot
6 Dec 2025
This AI generated piece of crap published only roughly 3 weeks ago has already been retracted! As long as enough media pays attention to it, retractions can go fast.... Go figure! A lot still to be retracted by @SpringerNature , for sure in @SciReports 👇 doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-2…
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Predatory Journals@PredatoryReport
8 Dec 2025
⚠️🚨 Science of the Total Environment has been removed from Web of Science in Nov. 2025 after retractions due to review-fraud and quality failures. Its publisher @ElsevierConnect raked in massive profits while “mega-publishing” suspect papers. 🤑🤡 english.elpais.com/science-t…

The fall of a prolific science journal exposes the billion-dollar profits of scientific publishing

One of the 15 publications that put out the most studies globally has been expelled from the indexing system for irregularities. Its publisher, Elsevier, has a 38% profit margin that reached $1.5...

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MA Oviedo-Garcia@maoviedogarcia
8 Dec 2025
#CoerciveCitation @qeios @MDPIOpenAccess Reviewers 🔹Meisam Mahdavi @ujaen 🇪🇸 @unb_oficial 🇧🇷 🔹Anonymous 🔷3 review reports 🔷5 Meisam Mahdavi’s articles to be cited 🧵
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Predatory Journals@PredatoryReport
6 Dec 2025
🧪 After 25 years, a landmark study claiming the herbicide Glyphosate/Roundup was “safe” has been officially retracted, due to ghost-writing and clear conflicts of interest. What was once scientific “proof” now collapses. #Science #Glyphosate #Retracted ☣️ theguardian.com/us-news/2025…

Science journal retracts study on safety of Monsanto’s Roundup: ‘Serious ethical concerns’

Paper published in 2000 found glyphosate was not harmful, while internal emails later revealed company’s influence

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🚨 Peer review crisis alert! When journals reject good science simply because they can’t find enough reviewers, the whole integrity of research is on the line. the-scientist.com/when-revie… #AcademicPublishing #PeerReview #ResearchIntegrity #SciencePolicy

When Reviewer Scarcity Becomes a Reason for Rejection, Scientific Integrity Is at Risk | The...

If journals reject papers due to review shortages, the peer review process itself becomes compromised.

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📉 Niche fields, early-career scholars, and emerging topics risk being sidelined — not for lack of merit, but for lack of reviewers. 🔧 Solution? Expand reviewer pools, give credit to reviewers, increase transparency — science must be evaluated on quality, not logistics.
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Predatory Journals@PredatoryReport
17 Jul 2025
1/6 🚨 Springer Nature is retracting an entire book on machine learning. Why? It was full of plagiarized content, nonsensical claims, and had no proper peer review. 🤯 Retraction Watch: 1 Springer’s credibility: 0
Retraction Watch@RetractionWatch
16 Jul 2025
Springer Nature to retract machine learning book following Retraction Watch coverage The move comes two weeks after we reported on the book’s fake references. retractionwatch.com/2025/07/…
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MA Oviedo-Garcia@maoviedogarcia
25 Oct 2025
#MiniReviewMill 58 #FakeReview #CoerciveCitation Reviewers 🔹Monica Butnariu➕Ionel Samfira➕Sarac Ioan University @life_timisoara 🇷🇴 🔹Anonymous 🔷24 verbatim review reports 🔷47 Monica Butnariu’s works to be cited H/T Reese Richardson (database)➕another sleuth (key) 🧵
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Mohammed Al-Amr 🇵🇸@mohd_alamr
24 Oct 2025
Edelweiss Applied Science and Technology (E-ISSN: 2576-8484) is now in @Scopus, yet: ⚠️ Published 12 papers in 2023 → 1,186 in 2024 → 1,068 in 2025. ⚠️ Lists 1,079 editors across 85 countries. ⚠️ Former publisher Edelweiss Publications is on Beall’s List. @Scopus doing great!
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