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Researchers receive a high volume of email invitations (averaging 4.4 per day) from potentially predatory journals, highlighting the need for widespread education to mitigate the damage of this profit-driven industry. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

What question did this study set out to answer?

This analysis aims to understand the frequency of email invitations to publish in potentially predatory journals.

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Invitations to Publish in a Journal by Email: A Prospective Analysis

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This analysis aims to understand the frequency of email invitations to publish in potentially predatory journals.
Collected data on the number of email invitations received daily for publishing in journals.
Focused on invitations specifically related to predatory publishing.
Did not include invitations for fake congresses.
Received an average of 4.4 emails per day inviting publication in potentially predatory journals.
Identified the need for timely education of researchers at all levels regarding predatory publishing.

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Prospective analysis reveals frequent email invitations to publish in predatory journals, suggesting the need for researcher education.

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Thallinger et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a080af2a487c87a6a40d0e4 https://doi.org/10.1002/leap.2076

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