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Nanoscience Journal Victim of ‘Rogue Editor Network’ Attack
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An academic journal s editorial team was unable to contact scammers who d convinced them to pursue a special issue because fake email accounts the scammers used to impersonate well-respected scientists in the field had expired, according to an account published Monday in
Chemistry World.
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Journal of Nanoparticle Research revealed last month that it was the victim of an attack by an “organized rogue editor network.” As a result, the journal accepted 19 articles that did not meet the publication’s quality standards and published several of them online.
In September 2019, the journal received a pitch for a special issue on the “Role of Nanotechnology and Internet of Things in Healthcare.” The proposal was well written and came with a list of potential contributors, the journal wrote in an article about the attack. The journal checked the headers of the emails it received, and they appeared to be
By Jamie Durrani2021-01-18T09:36:00+00:00
Scammers infiltrated a chemistry journal’s peer-review system in order to accept and publish low quality papers. The sophisticated operation highlights the lengths to which some dishonest parties will go to undermine the review process.
The Journal of Nanoparticle Researchannounced that 19 articles were accepted, with some published online, after it fell victim to an attack by ‘an organised rogue editor network’.
Fraudsters impersonating respected academics approached the journal, which is published by Springer Nature, to suggest an idea for a themed issue on ‘the role of nanotechnology and internet of things in healthcare’. The imposters generated fake email addresses that mimicked those of real universities to add credibility to their claims.