Every morning when I open my email, it is the same: 5-10 emails inviting me to submit my "valuable and esteemed" research to a journal that is new to me and just sounds off. Added to these invitations are a couple of requests to present at conferences in far-flung locations, often accompanied by photographs of "honored" presenters, mostly physicians; none of these publications or conferences are in my field, and they have generic titles and focus on general themes, such as "Global Nursing 2017." Every morning, I go through the same exercise: I flag them as junk and assume they will be blocked. But, the next morning, it is the same futile exercise. And I know many of you have the same daily ritual. .
Keywords: predatory journals; publishing; research.