<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear James,</div><div><br></div><div>I believe those are pretty common, and if you check your spam folder you might find even more of them.</div><div>It's all among those "predatory journal/conference" types of scams, I believe.</div><div>They try to get you to submit work and then pay a publication fee of some kind.</div><div>Some sites have lists of predatory publishing groups and companies to avoid.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Iam<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 7:15 PM Todd, James <<a href="mailto:todd.44@osu.edu">todd.44@osu.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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I have recently been inundated with strange requests to submit articles to journals on topics that have no possible connection to my research, or to present invited papers at technical conferences in fields that are unrelated to mine. I have included a single
example below. Have any of you received similar solicitations? It seems pretty obvious this is part of a scam, but I am curious about the motivation for it. Do they expect to make money off of page charges?</div>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt"><span style="margin:0px;line-height:15.6933px"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><span style="margin:0px;line-height:17.12px"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear
Dr. James T Todd,</span></span></span></b></span></span></span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt"><span style="margin:0px;line-height:15.6933px"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><span style="margin:0px;line-height:17.12px"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Greetings
from Scientific Archives!</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt"><span style="margin:0px;line-height:15.6933px"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><span style="margin:0px;line-height:17.12px"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">It
gives us immense pleasure to invite you to write a review on your research interest<span> </span><b>“The many facets of shape.”<span> </span></b>for consideration and publication in forthcoming issue to be published in</span></span></span><br>
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://mail.scientificarchive.org/lists/lt.php?tid=KRpQVVcBUQAABRlTBlIGFVJTAVEaCAYHVx5VBVQCClUCVFFVBAdJVw4HUFQFUgQVUQMOURoEAVVRHlkDVVYeAVYDBgJQAVRQWQAHTVBTUA9fAAFUGgIDUVYeVQYCAh4HB1BVGVQEBFcKBg1VAgJVWw__;!!KGKeukY!3pLuKsZB0L3sI8gjvZJhweQNq6qN8qcmXJD8dOFl7ReQowZCrWkVfxfKrsBjiYyNNeX_z4giz7CjY1BVulXPqzViPIlPk8s$" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Journal
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt"><span style="margin:0px;line-height:15.6933px"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><span style="margin:0px;line-height:17.12px"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Basic
Guidelines for Review article:</span></span></span></b></span></span></span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify;margin-left:8px"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt"><span style="margin:0px;line-height:15.6933px"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><span style="margin:0px;line-height:17.12px"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Review
article should contain abstract (maximum of 300 words) and 5-7 keywords.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li><li style="text-align:justify;margin-left:8px"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt"><span style="margin:0px;line-height:15.6933px"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><span style="margin:0px;line-height:17.12px"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">There
is no limit for number of words, images, and tables. However, in case of mini review, it should not exceed 3000 words.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li><li style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:11px;margin-left:8px"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt"><span style="margin:0px;line-height:15.6933px"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><span style="margin:0px;line-height:17.12px"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">You
have the freedom to restate the issues discussed but do not summarize the focal articles exactly in the same way.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li></ul>
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are also considering original research, reviews, case studies, commentaries, letters</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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let me know as soon as possible if you are interested in submitting a manuscript for our journal issue. It is an opportunity to take part in and to influence future trends in one of the fastest growing fields of research.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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