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1 Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore 575 001, IN
2 Department of Forensic Medicine and
Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur 342 005, IN
3 Department of Anthropology, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160 014, IN
Source
Current Science, Vol 111, No 7 (2016), Pagination: 1133-1133
Abstract
It is not uncommon these days to receive an e-mail to attend a 'world class conference', publish one's research in an 'international journal' or more so, be its editor/member of the editorial board. To be invited is to be considered honourable enough to be fit for the occasion and welcoming it with gratitude is the mark of one's humbleness. But in today's world where a man's motives are driven by his intense and selfish desires, it is imperative not to embrace all invites with open hands. Predatory journals are a coterie of vultures who prey on the researchers, via an invitation and the ignorant researchers, like a flock of sheep happily walk into their trap to be preyed upon.
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