title: Predatory Invitations from Journals: More Than Just a Nuisance?
abstract: Physicians and academic researchers are frequently targeted with spam invitations to submit manuscripts to predatory journals. This study was conducted to understand the nature and characteristics of these invitations. All spam e-mails received by an academic medical oncologist over a 3-month period were collected and categorized. Presumed predatory journal invitations were analyzed and cross-checked against Beall's list of "potential, probable, or possible predatory" journals and publishers. Invitations to submit to predatory journals were the most common single type of spam received.The Oncologist2017;22:236-240.
authors.affiliation: School of Epidemiology, Public Health, and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada mclemons@toh.on.ca.|Division of Medical Oncology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.|Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.|Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Clemons
authors.affiliation: Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada.
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Costa E Silva
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology.|Division of Medical Oncology, University of Alberta, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Canada.
authors.forename: Anil Abraham
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Joy
authors.affiliation: School of Epidemiology, Public Health, and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.|Clinical Epidemiology Program, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.|Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland.
authors.forename: Kelly D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Cobey
authors.affiliation: Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada.
authors.forename: Sasha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mazzarello
authors.affiliation: Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada.
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stober
authors.affiliation: School of Epidemiology, Public Health, and Preventative Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.|Clinical Epidemiology Program, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hutton
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D034742:Electronic Mail / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D018156:Journalism, Medical; D011643:Publishing