Flattering emails will get you everywhere, except when they're from junk journals
- Written by Simon Chapman, Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
I wrote last year about junk research journals and conferences when I explored the intriguing case of a Philip Morris employee speaking at one of these conferences in Brisbane.
Every researcher I know receives dozens of gushing emails every week from the organisers of these conferences and editors of the journals.
There is barely any sub-specialist...
