Stinging the Predators: A collection of papers that should never have been published Zen Faulkes 10.6084/m9.figshare.5248264.v7 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Stinging_the_Predators_A_collection_of_papers_that_should_never_have_been_published/5248264 This ebook collects academic papers and conference abstracts that were meant to be so terrible that nobody in their right mind would publishable them. All were submitted to journals and conferences to expose weak or non-existent peer review and other exploitative practices. Each paper has a brief introduction. Short essays round out the collection.<br><br>177 pages (version 5.0).<br><br>Version 1.0 released 26 July 2017.<br>Version 2.0 released 28 July 2017 (two new entries).<br>Version 3.0 released 31 July 2017 (two new entries).<br>Version 3.1 released 7 August 2017 (error corrected).<br>Version 4.0 released 16 February 2018 (one new entry).<br><div>Version 4.1 released 16 February 2018 (Journal PDF replaced copied text).</div><div>Version 5.0 released 4 July 2018 (one new entry).<br></div> 2018-07-05 03:05:12 Open Access Literature science publication journal evaluation fake publisher predatory publishing predatory publishers scientific publishing open access journals peer Review Quality anthology Science Policy