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Several "mega journals" (ie IJERPH which published 17000 papers in 2022) are getting delisted due to concerns around lack of quality control / peer review. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/sanctioning-of-50-journals-raises-concerns-over-special-issues-in-mega-journals/4017315.article
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Some of this volume is attributed to paper mills - - these are groups that sell "ready to publish" research papers to academics to inflate a career advancing metric of published articles. Unfortunately, many paper mill research papers are often falsified / use made up data
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