Beware of scientific scams! Hints to avoid predatory publishing in biological journals

• Published in: Neotropical biology and conservation Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 97 - 105
• Main Authors: Pereira, Cássio Cardoso, Mello, Marco A. R., Negreiros, Daniel, Figueiredo, João Carlos Gomes, Kenedy-Siqueira, Walisson, Maia, Lara Ribeiro, Fernandes, Stephannie, Fernandes, Gabriela França Carneiro, Ponce de Leon, Amanda, Ashworth, Lorena, Oki, Yumi, de Castro, Gislene Carvalho, Aguilar, Ramiro, Fearnside, Philip M., Fernandes, G. Wilson
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 02.08.2023
• Subjects: biodiversity; chaff; climate change; motivation; Neotropics; risk; society; wheat

Our motivation for writing this editorial is to alert the academic community about the risks of predatory publishing in Biology. By piggy-backing on the open access (OA) movement and taking advantage of the “publish or perish” culture in a system that prioritises quantity over quality, predatory pub...