17 January 2024

Anonymous Predatory Reports site is predatory

Some time ago, I wrote about the anonymous website Predatory Reports. Some things about it struck me as sketchy

It looks like my instincts were on the money. 💵 

The commercial journal vetting service Cabells is reporting major misdeeds from Predatory Reports. Specifically that:

  1. The site has a bunch of plagiarized material.
  2. The site owner tried to squeeze money out of Cabells.
I doubt this story is done. This is, I think, only the second act. Since the story isn’t done. I don’t know if it’s appropriate to have a moral quite yet, but it might be one of the academic Moscow rules: always trust your gut.

Hat tip to Anna Abalkina.

External links

Unmasking a predator: PredatoryReports.org

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