'Predatory' Online Journals Lure Scholars Who Are Eager to Publish - Publishing - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Only the intro to this article is OA. Excerpt from the TA part of the text: "The editorial boards of the OMICS journals, which typically list several dozen members, serve to attract submissions as well as the support of those who serve on those boards. For some faculty, joining OMICS editorial boards appears to offer an easy means of professional advancement. Several professors and researchers said they agreed to serve on OMICS editorial boards to add a line to their résumés; others said they joined because were intrigued by a new journal in their field of study. Nearly all of the half-dozen editorial board members contacted for this story had limited knowledge of how OMICS operates and how the peer-review process works...."