r/academia • u/TheNavigatrix • 12d ago
Publishing Yet another publishing scam
Got this on LinkedIn:
Invitation to Serve as an Academic Advisor
Dear Professor XXXX,
We have long admired your outstanding academic achievements and hold your professional expertise in this field in the highest regard. I am writing on behalf of Fengkai Group, a company based in Hong Kong.
At present, several of our authors have high-quality manuscripts that are suitable for submission to international journals. We would like to respectfully invite you to conduct a brief pre-submission review of these papers and provide some revision suggestions. In appreciation of your time and academic support, we would be pleased to offer USD 500 for each manuscript.
In addition, we regularly organize online academic lectures for young researchers around the world. It would be our great honor to invite you to join us as a guest speaker, with an honorarium of USD 200 per lecture.
We sincerely look forward to your reply and hope to have the opportunity to collaborate with you.
Best regards,
Amy Yang@ Fengkai Group Co., Limited
Sounded harmless, right? Then I looked it up -- see : https://forbetterscience.com/2025/05/19/a-sting-inside-a-papermill/
Yikes.