CAPTCHA Study

A prospective cross-sectional study of unsolicited predatory email invitations in #colorectalsurgery run by @NCBDresearch - it's time to hunt the predators!

[CAPTCHA Study @CaptchaStudy]

#CAPTCHAstudy update - data collection ended on Tuesday, and we've collected an incredible total of 8412 unsolicited email invitations for analysis! This is more than we could ever have hoped for: thanks so much to our collaborators for making it happen!
Happy weekend everyone 🤖

[CAPTCHA Study @CaptchaStudy]

Some next-level academic fraud going on here - @abolfazl_madani / @zndhehejehr photoshopped his name onto someone else's paper published in Nature Communications, and shared it on a sham website full of predatory conference scams! The deviousness of predators knows no limits 🤖

[Elisabeth Bik @MicrobiomDigest]

New blog post:
Researcher photoshops his name onto a Nature Communications paper
https://t.co/AabUBePrfJ

[Louis Doré-Savard @LouisDSavard]

@paimadhu Because life is a predatory journal.

[Timothy En Haw Chan @timothykoala]

Expression of the pokemon gene and pikachurin protein in the pokémon pikachu. DOI: 10.15413/ajsr.2020.0503

The author demostated how to use Pokemon to detect predatory journal XD

[Fabrizio Ferraro @f_ferraro]

Paper published in predatory journal on Pokemon causing Covid-19. among the authors various other Pokemons and Dr. House! 😂Opinion: Using Pokémon to Detect Scientific Misinformation https://t.co/5nVNNxohNU

[Elisabeth Bik @MicrobiomDigest]

Opinion: Using Pokémon to Detect Scientific Misinformation
@mshelomi: 'Predatory journals are especially dangerous during the COVID-19 pandemic.'
https://t.co/rp3ZoW5bSJ

[CAPTCHA Study @CaptchaStudy]

We have been very busy Sameh, and will be busy for a little while longer yet - our esteemed collaborators were very generous with their emails! The results so far are fascinating, we can't wait to finish the data analysis so we can share our findings with you all 🤖

[Sameh Emile, MD, FACS @dr_samehhany81]

Great to hear from you finally @CaptchaStudy, I assume you were a bit "busy" managing the substantial amount of predatory emails we were forwarding you over an entire month!

[Richard Brady (researchactive.bsky.social) @researchactive]

@CaptchaStudy @davidnnaumann @dnepo @aneelbhangu @adbeggs @rebgross @juliomayol @dr_samehhany81 @bottomdoc @NatalieBlencowe @ramosdelamedina @ewenharrison @DeenaHarji Ha- yes indeed - from small acorns... great to zoom “catch” up with the CAPCHA study group tonight who are processing a mammoth “catch” of predatory emails - a successful hunt indeed - thanks for your leadership @Applemint999 - the results will be massively insightful

[CAPTCHA Study @CaptchaStudy]

@researchactive @davidnnaumann @dnepo @aneelbhangu @adbeggs @rebgross @juliomayol @dr_samehhany81 @bottomdoc @NatalieBlencowe @ramosdelamedina @ewenharrison @DeenaHarji @researchactive I've just seen this and I have to say it sounds like a great idea 🤖 Be careful though, you might end up with quite a lot of emails!

[Andy Nobes @andy_nobes]

Do you ever wonder how fake/predatory conference organisers are adapting to the pandemic? Well WASET have very much pivoted to 'digital', putting on *1,880* virtual conferences 'in Prague' on 3/4 Sept alone! During September they have 25,000 events planned. At €500 per person 🤔

[Dmitry Baranov @bardmital]

didn't know Agatha Christie had a gig to help solicit submission of "transcripts" for a predatory journal. 🤣 I'll pass on this one but still a fan of Poirot and other mystery masterpieces by real @agathachristie

[Damián Gatica @Mizala]

When you almost fall for an email from a predatory journal https://t.co/aJhi5GZ0jp

[Steven White @notstevenwhite]

Is this predatory journal...hitting on me?

[CAPTCHA Study @CaptchaStudy]

This is a well-meaning point, but why should research from developing countries be published in a separate section? Academic publishing is responsible for a lot of the bias against research undertaken in LMICs, which is what drives them to #predatoryjournals in the first place 🤖

[S Kadir @shanilkadir]

Received an email from #predatoryjournal Couldn't help notice that most articles were from low HDI index countries.Wouldn't it be nice if the ⬆️ impact journals have a small separate section for research articles from developing countries. Might help generate interest of research

[Elisabeth Bik @MicrobiomDigest]

Today, I present to you The Paper With More References Than Words.
It has 182 words and 212 references.
All references are from the first author.
Who works at a university that does not appear to exist.

[Jason Rothman @JasonArothman]

“Good wishes for a day”. Thanks predatory journal! I hope I have a day too. #predatorypublishing

[Jason Rothman @JasonArothman]

Whew, thanks for the good news predatory journal! I’m glad that I’m fine. #predatorypublishing

[Professor Graham Kendall @Graham_Kendall]

"Is a DOI an indicator of quality?", enjoying the articles on this #PredatoryPublishing blog. https://t.co/niHwoofe4w #OpenAccess #DOI

[Brad Wright @bradwrightphd]

I had a really good laugh this morning when a predatory journal recruited me for the editorial board. The journal might not be legitimate, but it has the BEST title. I’d say this journal is going places, but it’s already everywhere.

[Javier Escudero 🇪🇺 @jescrod]

When a (probably predatory) journal spams you, but at least they are kind enough to mark the email as "Low importance" 🤣

[CAPTCHA Study @CaptchaStudy]

@dr_samehhany81 @researchactive Hopefully they've become bored and had nothing else to do because nobody has been sending them any articles 🤞🤖

[CAPTCHA Study @CaptchaStudy]

Loving this new fashion for decorative predatory emails! Although not sure how they would illustrate a #colorectalsurgery journal... 🤖

[Gianluca Pellino @GianlucaPellino]

@frasson_matt 😂

@CaptchaStudy #predatoryjournals #huntthepredator