ArticleThe oncologist2017
Predatory Invitations from Journals: More Than Just a Nuisance?
Article in The oncologist, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.
What it found
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
18 citing papers in PubMed.
- Knowledge, practices, and perception of predatory journals among North-African Dental University Hospital Doctors.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- The burden of unwanted e-mails in academic surgery: a cross-sectional study.International journal of surgery (London, England) · 2025Article
- Email invitations to publish: Academically sound (such as SAFP) versus potentially predatory journals.South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care · 2024Article
- "Dear Doctor, greetings of the day!": A 1-year observational study of presumed predatory journal invitations.Progress in orthodontics · 2023Article
- Unsolicited solicitations: identifying characteristics of unsolicited emails from potentially predatory journals and the role of librarians.Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA · 2022Article
- Avoiding predatory publishing for early-career ophthalmologists.Indian journal of ophthalmology · 2021Article
- Thinking Outside the Inbox: Use of Slack in Clinical Groups as a Collaborative Team Communication Platform.AEM education and training · 2021Article
- Top health research funders' guidance on selecting journals for funded research.F1000Research · 2021Article
- Predatory Journals: What They Are and How to Avoid Them.Toxicologic pathology · 2020Article
- Perspectives From Authors and Editors in the Biomedical Disciplines on Predatory Journals: Survey Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Review
- Knowledge and motivations of researchers publishing in presumed predatory journals: a survey.BMJ open · 2019Article
- Problems and challenges of predatory journals.Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV · 2018Review
- Review
- Invitations received from potential predatory publishers and fraudulent conferences: a 12-month early-career researcher experience.Postgraduate medical journal · 2018Article
- Physician "out of office" alert: does it work?Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2017Article
- Too Many Journals.The oncologist · 2017Article
- Academic E-Mail Overload and the Burden of "Academic Spam".Academic pathologyReview
- Predatory conferences in biomedical streams: An invitation for academic upliftment or predator's looking for prey.Saudi journal of anaesthesiaReview
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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
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.
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