#PredatoryPublisher
January 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I've started a Research Integrity Feed populated by hashtags below & choice users. For the #SciPub / #AcademicPublishing sleuths 📊🔍👀

Plus it's got a cute furry mascot! 😘
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#ResearchIntegrity
#PredatoryPublisher
#PredatoryPublishing
#EditorialIndependence
#SciRetraction
January 4, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Nice. Too many to include in the description, but these ones below are all entered now. Will update 1st post with list later.

#ResearchIntegrity
#PredatoryPublisher
#PredatoryPublishing
#EditorialIndependence
#SciRetraction
#PaperMill
#FoSci
#HijackedJournal
#DoctoredImage
#ImageForensics
January 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I often receive cringeworthy mail from people who cosplay journal editors. This one is for a dubious "Scholarly Special Edition" on "Birds" in the so-called Journal of Veterinary Medicine & Research.

It seems irrelevant to them that I have no expertise in vet medicine or birds. #predatorypublisher
March 19, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Good to see that many researchers in my field also consider this a totally wrong move to spotlight #predatoryPublisher. Still puzzled that others in my bubble consider MDPI acceptable. Ignorance? Lack of awareness? Denial? External forces?
So, are we gonna talk about how someone thought it was a good idea to see if they could do ResearchGate worse than Elon did Twitter?

🌍🧪 #AcademicSky #HigherEd #WomeninSTEM
November 20, 2023 at 7:54 AM
December 29, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Jetzt schaffen des die #PredatoryPublisher Spammer nicht mal mehr, die Anrede richtig zu schreiben und nehmen einfach den Konferenztitel statt des Namens.

KI zur Hilf! 😉
July 6, 2026 at 10:35 AM
I only post #PrePrints of submitted #manuscripts. Sometimes even stated on the preprint or is out from the journal itself - yet for some reason, #PredatoryPublisher still thinks it's an invitation to try to get me to their grift.
May 14, 2024 at 3:53 AM
journal.ypidathu.or.id
🦈Probably the worse #PredatoryPublisher ever🤦‍♂️
❌ Methods are in Results, but no results
❌ References not cited in text
❌ Citations out of topic (SARS-CoV-2 and firearms)
❌ 🏴‍☠️ doi links don’t work
What is wrong with them?🤔
#ScientificIntegrity #ScientificPublishing
Journal Yayasan Pedidikan Islam Daarut Thufulah
journal.ypidathu.or.id
July 9, 2024 at 8:51 AM
Hi, everyone, I want to ask for some input. I came across a publisher in the United States, ConnectSix Scholar Publishing INC (journal.cscholar.com), specifically targets authors from China. I suspect it may be a #PredatoryPublisher. But I am not familiar to this matter.
ConnectSix Scholar Publishing INC
journal.cscholar.com
September 29, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Good to see that many researchers in my field also consider this a totally wrong move to spotlight #predatoryPublisher. Still puzzled that others in my bubble consider MDPI acceptable. Ignorance? Lack of awareness? Denial? External forces? https://twitter.com/ResearchGate/status/1724759715358351423
November 22, 2024 at 12:44 PM