title: Fraud in Academic Publishing: Researchers Under Cyber-Attacks.
abstract: Day by day, researchers receive new suspicious e-mails in their inboxes. Many of them do not have sufficient information about these types of e-mails, and may become victims of cyber-attacks. In this short communication, we review current cyber threats in academic publishing and try to present general guidelines for authors.
authors.affiliation: Information Science Scientist, Isfahan, Iran. Electronic address: dadkhah1992@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Mehdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dadkhah
authors.affiliation: Progressive Science Institute, Berkeley, Calif.
authors.forename: Glenn
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Borchardt
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Sciences, Pomeranian University in Słupsk, Poland.
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maliszewski
mesh_terms: D016494:Computer Security; D005607:Fraud; D006801:Humans; D011643:Publishing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012108:Research Personnel; D015871:Scientific Misconduct
keywords: Bogus metric; Fraud; Predatory journal; Spam e-mail