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The Predatory Journal Issue: Part II.

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Every morning when I open my email, it is the same: 5-10 emails inviting me to submit my "valuable and esteemed" research to a journal that is new to me… Click to show full abstract

Every morning when I open my email, it is the same: 5-10 emails inviting me to submit my "valuable and esteemed" research to a journal that is new to me and just sounds off. Added to these invitations are a couple of requests to present at conferences in far-flung locations, often accompanied by photographs of "honored" presenters, mostly physicians; none of these publications or conferences are in my field, and they have generic titles and focus on general themes, such as "Global Nursing 2017." Every morning, I go through the same exercise: I flag them as junk and assume they will be blocked. But, the next morning, it is the same futile exercise. And I know many of you have the same daily ritual.
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Keywords: issue part; predatory journal; oncology; morning; journal issue

Journal Title: Oncology nursing forum
Year Published: 2017

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