PredatoryJournalEmails

Academic spam has become positively Orwellian. @GreetingsForDay @PredJrnlEmails

Greetings For The Day, esteemed colleagues! I wish to retweet this eminent and informative article.

Academic spam can be funny if you know how to spot it. But those who are new to research can be sucked in and have their time wasted. We need to prepare people to hit delete, says @djrobotham mcpin.org/%EF%BB%BFpreda… #academicspam #spam #peerresearch @mental_elf @GreetingsForDay

Not going to lie...this email almost got me close to consider submitting. Have a righteous and groovy Friday y’all!!!! @PredJrnlEmails @pwierusz #thinkchecksubmitdotorg #PredatoryJournals #authorsafety

@SaraCowan13 @PredJrnlEmails If you would like to submit a commentary on the methodology we've used in spelling your name, we can perform same-day peer review. This can also be made open access for 250 USD.

My forthcoming fake dental journal article will be called "Patient perceptions following root canal surgery : ow" @PredJrnlEmails

Always the classic @GreetingsForDay

@MikeTPhD @ADAlthousePhD @PredJrnlEmails @ShohamTxID @drchadb @mad_sters @UM_IHPI A glorifying platform!

@MikeTPhD @ADAlthousePhD @ShohamTxID @drchadb @mad_sters @UM_IHPI Would you please submit article at earliest convenience? We take 50 percent off article processing charge if you submit by midnight tonight!

@ADAlthousePhD @PredJrnlEmails @ShohamTxID @drchadb @mad_sters @UM_IHPI @PredJrnlEmails is going full infomercial. There has to be a better way!

Predatory journal/conference emails are an irritant to any academic. But, when life hands you lemons, make lemonade! Share/screenshot the most bizarre or favorite predatory email you have received, and we can all laugh together (and then immediately mark them as spam).

@SarahBAndrea We deep apologize if we offend your eminent research. Would you like to be Editor in Chief of journal?

Dear Predatory Journals, Don't tell me to smile. Sincerely, Her Eminence @PredJrnlEmails

Warm greetings @GreetingsForDay! They want me to publish *and* join their editorial board! At least this one was signed off with 'Please kindly let us know if you have any doubt'...

@mathoncbro @LizzieCoker @GreetingsForDay We are suing @GreetingsForDay for stealing our idea. We demand that their founder submit 1 article for publication by March 11 or we will continue this action.

@LizzieCoker @GreetingsForDay Oh my goodness, I love that someone made a Twitter handle for this!

@emilycob @PhDemetri Greetings for the day! We would be delight to make you Editor in Chief. Submit your article by Friday for big discount on article processing charge!

@PhDemetri Follow @PredJrnlEmails to get a flavor

@MikeTPhD @ADAlthousePhD @PredJrnlEmails @ShohamTxID @drchadb @mad_sters @UM_IHPI Here’s another one: “unite the best of cerebrums for dialog on the topic...”.

Not a @PredJrnlEmails, but this spam email was just too good to pass up.

We are search for keynote speaker!

@MikeTPhD @emilycob Greetings for the day! We hope life has bring you much joy.

@emilycob @PredJrnlEmails It’s amazing, some of the emails people receive are hilarious

New favorite predatory journal email introduction: “Dear Dr. O’Brien, We hope you’re enjoying your life.”

@PredJrnlEmails Should be Scholars Cheaters of Applied Medical Sciences ( SCAMS)