Phys.org July 22, 2019
Several websites are reporting the entity accused of selling authorships is International Publisher. Translations made by Science Chronicle suggest the group behind the site is selling authorships on finished articles listed in Scopus—and some listed by Web of Science. There are apparently authorship guarantees and tiered pricing. 73 of the papers are to be published in India-based journals, 54 based in Venezuela, 48 in the U.S., 33 in Russia and 28 in Pakistan—the names of the journals are not given. Retractionwatch is reporting that they have found evidence of 10,000 researchers paying to have their names added to over 2000 published articles they played no role in creating. They further claim that they have found evidence of paper authorships being sold for as much as $500 for first authorship…read more.
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