Neuroscience
I have a new term for describing excessive journal articles published by an individual that all contain the same or similar crap content: "journal spam". It seems particularly apt for describing a lot of the articles I've come across by certain individuals (whose names will be withheld as a professional courtesy). I find myself asking, why do these people waste their time publishing the same crap over and over? Some are editors of journals, so this may play a role. However, there must be some other motive at work here. No doubt vanity plays a big role. It's unfortunate that the noble pursuit of truth is for many people degraded to a mere vanity show. It annoys me somewhat because, just like regular (unfiltered) email spam, I need to wad through it to get to real content....
- Is It Measured In Voxels?
A Cup of Neuropsychology? is an archive by Anthony H. Risser, Ph.D spanning years of his professional life as a consulting neuropsychologist. It's a body of work encompassing articles such as Repress Yourself - Repression as a good thing (New York...
- Medical Research Paper For Sale: A Laughable Publishing Scam
Medical ResearchMedical Research Paper For SaleJack,Ph.D.Supervisor Hello,My name is Jack,Ph.D. Supervisor, Welcome to My WebSite E-Mail:[email protected] TEL:1-888-786-998A © 2011 Medical Research. All rights reserved. This morning, I saw a link...
- Is It Unusual To Have 165 Papers In One Journal?
How about if you've been Editor-in-Chief of the journal for the past 15 years? Hagop Akiskal, M.D is Professor of Psychiatry and Director of International Mood Center San Diego Veterans Administration Medical Center. Since 1996, he has been...
- Scam Journals Uncovered By Improbable Research
Improbable Research has recently reported on some unbelievably brash copyright violations by a set of scam journals: Strange academic journals: Scam?We have discovered what may be the world’s strangest collection of academic journals. Published by a...
- This Message Has Been Sent To You Because Of Your Eminence In The Field.
More Obsequious Science Spam... This one's from Bentham Open. Maybe you or one of your friends have gotten a similar pitch. First, the story circa early 2007. The Open Neuroscience Journal Dear Scientist. Bentham Science Publishers have gained...
Neuroscience
Journal Spam
I have a new term for describing excessive journal articles published by an individual that all contain the same or similar crap content: "journal spam". It seems particularly apt for describing a lot of the articles I've come across by certain individuals (whose names will be withheld as a professional courtesy). I find myself asking, why do these people waste their time publishing the same crap over and over? Some are editors of journals, so this may play a role. However, there must be some other motive at work here. No doubt vanity plays a big role. It's unfortunate that the noble pursuit of truth is for many people degraded to a mere vanity show. It annoys me somewhat because, just like regular (unfiltered) email spam, I need to wad through it to get to real content....
- Is It Measured In Voxels?
A Cup of Neuropsychology? is an archive by Anthony H. Risser, Ph.D spanning years of his professional life as a consulting neuropsychologist. It's a body of work encompassing articles such as Repress Yourself - Repression as a good thing (New York...
- Medical Research Paper For Sale: A Laughable Publishing Scam
Medical ResearchMedical Research Paper For SaleJack,Ph.D.Supervisor Hello,My name is Jack,Ph.D. Supervisor, Welcome to My WebSite E-Mail:[email protected] TEL:1-888-786-998A © 2011 Medical Research. All rights reserved. This morning, I saw a link...
- Is It Unusual To Have 165 Papers In One Journal?
How about if you've been Editor-in-Chief of the journal for the past 15 years? Hagop Akiskal, M.D is Professor of Psychiatry and Director of International Mood Center San Diego Veterans Administration Medical Center. Since 1996, he has been...
- Scam Journals Uncovered By Improbable Research
Improbable Research has recently reported on some unbelievably brash copyright violations by a set of scam journals: Strange academic journals: Scam?We have discovered what may be the world’s strangest collection of academic journals. Published by a...
- This Message Has Been Sent To You Because Of Your Eminence In The Field.
More Obsequious Science Spam... This one's from Bentham Open. Maybe you or one of your friends have gotten a similar pitch. First, the story circa early 2007. The Open Neuroscience Journal Dear Scientist. Bentham Science Publishers have gained...