Predatory Journals

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[Predatory Journals @PredatoryReport]

We’re back, baby! 🔥
More motivated than ever and calling out predatory journals louder.

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[Predatory Journals @PredatoryReport]

🚨 Researchers are pushing back against AI-generated “hallucinated” citations in scientific papers and platforms like @arxiv are starting to crack down. ☢️

https://t.co/lvj3dXvuop

[MA Oviedo-Garcia @maoviedogarcia]

#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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[Dr Balraj | બલરાજ @balrajshukla]

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: https://t.co/yrQEmVcMN0

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[MA Oviedo-Garcia @maoviedogarcia]

#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❓

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[MA Oviedo-Garcia @maoviedogarcia]

#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]

"Academic fraud may be the symptom of a much more systemic problem."
https://t.co/cDEp4ScfRJ

[Ramón A. Feenstra @R_Feenstra]

¿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. 👇
https://t.co/NuFQS8a1KX

#CienciaAbierta #OpenAccess #RRI

[MA Oviedo-Garcia @maoviedogarcia]

#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]

Scientific Reports @SciReports is full of fake and low quality papers. #Predatory 🧐⚠️

[Predatory Journals @PredatoryReport]

⚠️🚨 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. 🤑🤡
https://t.co/hZmKNfmp3G

[Predatory Journals @PredatoryReport]

⚠️🚨 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. 🤑🤡
https://t.co/hZmKNfmp3G

[MA Oviedo-Garcia @maoviedogarcia]

#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]

🧪 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 ☣️
https://t.co/hqYOuk2APm

[Predatory Journals @PredatoryReport]

🧪 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 ☣️
https://t.co/hqYOuk2APm

[Predatory Journals @PredatoryReport]

Scientific Reports @SciReports is full of fake and low quality papers. #Predatory 🧐⚠️

[Spotting @Spottingthespot]

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 👇
https://t.co/10vC6h7W7u

[Predatory Journals @PredatoryReport]

📉 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.

[Predatory Journals @PredatoryReport]

🚨 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.

https://t.co/k3elhsw1C7

#AcademicPublishing #PeerReview #ResearchIntegrity #SciencePolicy

[Predatory Journals @PredatoryReport]

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

[MA Oviedo-Garcia @maoviedogarcia]

#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]

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!