Rise of the predators: Business is booming in the murky global market of suspect and sham publishers and journals - Nelson - 2016 - Cancer Cytopathology - Wiley Online Library

"One Russian-owned journal that may or may not be based in Warsaw, Poland, appears to have a fake editorial board and a bogus impact factor. Another publisher and prolifi c spammer with a posted address in Wilmington, Delaware, but a more likely base in Hyderabad, India, has closely copied the scope and aims of legitimate medical journals published by Amsterdam-based Elsevier. A third publishing company based in Delhi, India, recently launched with 61 journal titles. The only journal with articles published as of mid-February falsely claimed to be a member of the respected Committee on Publication Ethics and included 4 articles and a review, all coauthored by its editor-in-chief. The Scholarly Open Access blog, fueled by tips from readers around the world, reads like a curio cabinet of questionable publication practices. As recounted by blogger Jeffrey Beall, associate professor and scholarly communications librarian at the University of Colorado in Denver, some e-mail requests to submit manuscripts have the awkward wording of a document run through Google Translate. Others suggest a more sophisticated attempt to deceive, and a few publishers and journals have even copied the names and logos of reputable counterparts to fool unwary researchers. Beyond his blog, Mr. Beall compiles lengthy annual lists of shady publishers and stand-alone journals. In a broad sense, he says, they all share 3 traits: they lack transparency, use deception, and do not adhere to industry standards for scholarly publishing ..."