Got $300? Then you can be added as an author to a paper – even if you had no role in the research.
A new and pretty low development for illegitimate publishers
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Presenting his findings at the Eighth Peer Review Congress this week in Chicago, Bolshete reported that, after sending hundreds of emails to publishers considered predatory according to the now-defunct (and controversial) list compiled by librarian Jeffrey Beall, 16% agreed to add an author to a paper.
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