Scammers hijack journal’s peer-review process https://nature.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c6057c528fdc6f73fa196d9d&id=8da166065a&e=9dc40acf40 A ‘rogue editor network’ infiltrated a journal’s peer-review system in an attempt to publish sub-standard papers https://nature.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c6057c528fdc6f73fa196d9d&id=a2a170dc07&e=9dc40acf40. The hijackers created fake e-mail accounts and web domains to impersonate respected academics, and managed to accept 19 papers for publication at *The Journal of Nanoparticle Research*, before suspicious activity was flagged by journal editors and by the research-integrity department of the publisher (Springer Nature). https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/imposters-hijack-journals-peer-review-pr... Quite surprising and clever move -- hrmohan -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.