This is a series of
emails I've received recently from a predatory journal titled
Medical Research Archives. The personal nature of the emails is
noteworthy. It is spam however; see
the
link here.
For example, the signature line of the MRA email
concludes with the following flourish: NLM (PubMed) ID:
101668511.
The National Library of Medicine catalog does indeed have such an ID
number -- for a journal that is [n]ot in the NLM Collection
and
[n]ot currently indexed for MEDLINE
because the articles were
not deposited in PubMed Central (PMC) in compliance with public
access policies.
(Thanks to Associate Prof Catherine Arnott Smith at the University of Wisconsin for pointing out this deceptive practice).
-------- Forwarded Message --------
Fwd: Re: Update to "The unfolding mechanism of monomeric
mutant SOD1 by simulated force spectroscopy"
Dear Dr. Plotkin,
I don't think I got a reply to this yet, please let me know if you
preparing an article is a possibility.
Thank you,
A. Phiri, M.D.
From: A. Phiri,
M.D. (a.phiri@medicalresearcharchives.com)
Sent: May 23, 2018
To: (MY EMAIL) phas.ubc.ca
Subject: Update to "The unfolding mechanism of
monomeric mutant SOD1 by simulated force spectroscopy"
Dear Dr. Plotkin,
We are planning the next few issues of the journal and I thought I
would get in touch with you. Your article from a while ago titled
"The unfolding mechanism of monomeric mutant SOD1 by simulated
force spectroscopy" was an interesting read and I think another
article from you would fit well into the journal.
Would you consider submitting either an update to this article or
something new? May I send along more information?
Thank you,
A. Phiri, M.D.
Editorial Board
Medical Research Archives
NLM (PubMed) ID: 101668511
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Lo and behold, I've
received another email with the same format as
above, this time from SPG BioMed, a journal in the
so-called Science Publishing Group
. Again the pseudo-personal follow-up to their
utterly-ignored initial email is noteworthy. The demonic face of
spam once again rears its ugly cargo-cult-constructed head
however, as the journal is
indeed predatory.
-------- Forwarded Message --------
Fwd: Re: Review article?
I am following up on this as I don't think I got a reply from you
yet. Would it be feasible for you to prepare an article in the
coming weeks or months?
From: K. Gyamdjyan, (k.gyamdjyan@spg.eu.com)
Sent: May 29, 2018
To: steve@phas.ubc.ca
Subject: Your paper "The unfolding mechanism of
monomeric mutant SOD1 by simulated force spectroscopy"
Dear Dr. Plotkin,
I am working on putting together the next couple of issues of SPG
BioMed and wanted to get in contact because I think your work may
be a good fit for the journal. I came across the article you
published a while ago which was titled "The unfolding mechanism of
monomeric mutant SOD1 by simulated force spectroscopy". I think a
new article that updates this research would be valuable. Or
if you have moved on from this research you could certainly
prepare an article on another topic.
Do you still work in this area? I was trying to find your
University of British Columbia profile page but was unable to do
so.
Could we discuss the idea of you preparing a manuscript?
Best Regards,
K. Gyamdjyan, M.D., Ph.D.
Editorial Board
SPG
Biomed
k.gyamdjyan@spg.eu.com
+41 43 5082905
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