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To: catnipman

“forget about kirsch ... look at the source material, the research article published in the Journal of Clinical & Experimental Immunology”

That “journal” is an imitation of an actual medical journal published by Oxford University Press.

It even gives itself a name virtually identical to the Oxford U. Press publication “Clinical & Experimental Immunology”.

But it’s not real, it’s a fake. The “Journal of Clinical & Experimental Immunology” is put out by some outfit called Opast Publishing Group.

https://predatory-publishing.com/checking-out-opast-publishing-group/

When you follow the ISSN number it takes you here where there is no article nor any journal:

https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/2475-6296

The Oxford University site of the real “Clinical & Experimental Immunology” is here:

https://academic.oup.com/cei

The authors of that “study” will know it’s not the real Oxord journal having virtually the same name. You didn’t and they are counting on that.


25 posted on 03/03/2023 9:29:34 PM PST by Pelham
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To: Pelham

Re: 25 - I just checked the address for the Opast Publishing Group:

10807 W 145th TER, Overland Park, KS 66221

It’s a house (beautiful home ~ 3500 s.f.) in a large housing development.


28 posted on 03/04/2023 3:52:44 AM PST by Fury
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To: Pelham

BTW, that’s a great website on predatory publishing. Provides lots of good background.


29 posted on 03/04/2023 4:04:03 AM PST by Fury
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