List of scholarly publishing stings

This is a list of scholarly publishing "sting operations" such as the Sokal affair. These are nonsense papers that were accepted by an academic journal or academic conference; the list does not include cases of scientific misconduct. The intent of such publications is typically to expose shortcomings in a journal's peer review process or to criticize the standards of pay-to-publish journals. The ethics of academic stings are disputed, with some arguing that it is morally equivalent to other forms of fraud.

Notable examples

Financial stings

The definition of a 'sting' can also include a researcher failing to pay publication fees.

See also

• List of animals with fraudulent diplomas
• List of hoaxes
• List of religious hoaxes
• Predatory open-access publishing
• Parody science

References

1. Academic publishing
2. Sting operation
3. Sokal affair
4. List of animals awarded human credentials
5. Predatory publishing
6. Academic journal
7. Grievance studies affair
8. Beall's List
9. Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association
10. List of scientific misconduct incidents
11. Jeffrey Beall
12. Hindawi (publisher)
13. Politicization of science
14. Open access
15. Who's Afraid of Peer Review?
16. OMICS Publishing Group
17. MDPI
18. Sage Publishing
19. List of British Jewish writers
20. Index Copernicus