That may not be the worst outcome in the world if the reviews are obviously flawed or silly. But what if they are at least average? Or even slightly above average?

April 04, 2026 - 02:12 UTC

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One of my bits on twitter was the idea of a performance art bit where you flooded an obviously fake/predatory journal with high quality submissions and dedicated expert reviewers, thus hijacking it into a passable journal.
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The thing about 'predatory' journals is that it attracts low quality submissions, but sometimes they attract decent articles.

How hard would it be to gin up a journal that used AI to actually screen for quality submissions, and provide apparently rigorous peer review?
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