Saturday, January 21, 2017

Knowledge Enterprises, Inc. (KEI Journals), the European Society of Medicine, and the Knowledge Empowerment Foundation

The emails from this "publisher to avoid" (Beall's list) have a personal touch -- if you happen to be "Dr. Dr. Kaye DH". But the people behind the domain are hidden, as DomainsByProxy registered the domain name. LinkedIn (7/2/18) has the following entry for Katerina Bielka, M.D., whose name is on most of the spam: anaesthesiology and intensive care, pain management, Ukraine, Medical Practice, Bogomolets National Medical University, Clinic "Boris", Kiyv city hospital #17.

UPDATE (5/3/18): Medical Research Archives' "confidential" spam now drops any mention of KEI. However, the domain for its email, medicalresearcharchives.com, is registered by GoDaddy.com to KEI Journals NA, 340 S Lemon Ave #7750, Walnut California 91789 US, +1.7632441130, f@zel.li. The address, which also appears in the strange confidentiality notice, is useful to many businesses who want to make it appear that they have a physical presence in California. See How Scitech Central Fakes a US Address and Guide for Setting Up 'Virtual Office' (in US). According to Bizapedia,

Knowledge Enterprises Incorporated is a Minnesota Business Corporation (Domestic) filed on December 6, 2011. The company's filing status is listed as Active / In Good Standing and its File Number is 451950700027. The Registered Agent on file for this company is Dylan Fazel and is located at 3357 Aldrich Ave, Anoka, MN 55303. The company's principal address is 3357 Aldrich Ave, Anoka, MN 55303.

The Bizapedia entry also lists Mr. Fazel as "Chief Executive Officer, 340 S Lemon Ave #7750, Walnut, CA 91789." Some of the fonts in the emails are in the mso-fareast font family.

The signature line of the MRA email concludes with the following flourish: "NLM (PubMed) ID: 101668511." The National Library of Medicine catalog does indeed have such an ID number -- for a journal that is "[n]ot in the NLM Collection" and "[n]ot currently indexed for MEDLINE" because the articles were not "deposited in PubMed Central (PMC) in compliance with public access policies." (Thanks to Catherine Arnott Smith, an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin's Information School (?), for pointing out this deceptive practice and providing the NLM link in a comment below).

UPDATE (11/27/20): KEI seems have rebranded itself as the European Society of Medicine (discussed on the Flaky Conferences blog). The webpage "journals.ke-i.org" redirects traffic to "esmed.org/MRA/", and KEI's Medical Research Archives is now "The official general medicine journal of the European Society of Medicine." The acronym ESMED is plastered on the KEI pages. The quick link to the "Code Of Ethics" draws a blank. The address for "ESMED Journals" remains 340 S Lemon Ave #7750, Walnut CA 91789 USA, Phone: 612-524-5565, Email: office@ke-i.org. This "European" organization advertises "over 1200 open access articles" in six journals, including a "Quarterly Physics Review" and a "Journal of Economics and Banking." Not bad for a medical society.

UPDATE (3/1/21): KEI has created the "Knowledge Empowerment Foundation ... registered by Govt. of India (Reg.no.E/11049/Rajkot)." It uses the domain name kemfo.org, which was registered by Namecheap.com in 2018. It sells four books and has a tab named "journal" leading nowhere. Note: When updating this entry on KEMFO on 3/27/21 to its own, expanded entry, I was unable to document the connection I saw to KEI. Accordingly, the association should be regarded as tentative.

Email
Medical Research Archives
  • 6/13/16: Dr. Kaye DH,
    I hope this email finds you well. My colleague Reni asked if I could get in touch with you about your paper titled The good, the bad, the ugly: the NAS report on strengthening forensic science in America.. Firstly thank you for taking the time to publish this, it was an interesting read. I am hoping to have the opportunity to discuss having a short followup or perhaps a review article published in one of the next issues of our journal. I think our readers could be interested in a paper with information from any continued research or new data since this was published. It would not have to be a long article, but if you don't have time for this perhaps you could also reach out to the co-authors or one of your students to collaborate. ... If you have any questions about whether or not a certain subject fits the scope of the Medical Research Archives I can put you in contact with Dr. Steven Lindheim from our editorial board. Could you please let me know your thoughts on this?
    Sincerely,
    Dr. Kateryna Bielka, M. D.
    Medical Research Archives, www.journals.ke-i.org/mra
  • Date: 12/31/16
    Dear Dr. Dr. Kaye DH,
    I hope you are enjoying the holidays. We were in contact a few months ago about your paper entitled "The good, the bad, the ugly: the NAS report on strengthening forensic science in America.". I wanted to check-in with you again about the possibility of publishing a followup/update to this paper in one of the next issues of the Medical Research Archives. I still think that such an article could be of much interest to our readers and am hoping that you are in a better position to write something now that the new year is starting. The length of the article and timing of submission are flexible. If there is any way I can assist in making this happen please do not hesitate to ask. Would you be available to proceed with this in the next 2-3 months?
    Sincerely,
    Dr. Kateryna Bielka, M. D.
    Senior Editor, Medical Research Archives, www.journals.ke-i.org/mra
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  • From: Dr. Kateryna Bielka, M.D. [kateryna.bielka@journals.ke-i.org]
    Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2017 2:09 PM
    To: [someone who wrote to me for advice on how to stop this spam]
    Subject: Re: Article submission
    Dear Dr. ____, I hope your year is going well. Perhaps you remember I emailed you last year about your paper "Human germ line _______.". If you ever have the occasion to write a followup to this article my invitation still stands. I wanted to contact you today because I will be editing a special issue this summer in which all articles will have free full-text available to readers. I would be very appreciative if you would consider submitting an article. More information is available on our website, and in our author guide which I am happy to send to you. The issue will be released in August, and submissions will be accepted through the end of July. Do you think you have time to contribute to this issue?
    Sincerely,
    Dr. Kateryna Bielka, M. D.
    Senior Editor, Medical Research Archives
  • From: Dr. Kateryna Bielka, M.D. [kateryna.bielka@journals.ke-i.org]
    Sent: Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017, 6:08 PM
    Subject: Manuscript Submission
    Dear Dr. Kaye DH,
    I hope all is well. An article you authored a while back entitled "The good - the bad - the ugly: the NAS report on strengthening forensic science in America." caught my interest and I thought I would contact you about it. I am wondering if you or any of your co-authors have continued working in this line of research because I think it would fit nicely into an issue of the Medical Research Archives. I will be editing the next few issues of the journal and would be delighted if we could include an article from you.
    The parameters of the article would be up to you of course but I was thinking an updated review article might be nice. I am happy to look at any material you have to let you know if it fits our scope. I am also including a link to the journal's previous issue below so you may get a sense of the kinds of articles we accept. Please let me know if this is a possibility for you.
    Sincerely,
    Kateryna Bielka, M. D.
    Senior Editor, Medical Research Archives
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  • From: Dr. Kateryna Bielka, M.D. [editorialboard@mrajournal.org]
    Date: Fri 1/26/2018 11:21 AM
    Subject: re: The good - the bad - the ugly: the NAS report on strengthening forensic science in America.
    Dear Dr. Kaye DH,
    An article you authored a while ago entitled "The good - the bad - the ugly: the NAS report on strengthening forensic science in America." caught my interest and I wanted to contact you about it. I am wondering if you or any of your co-authors have continued working in this line of research because I think it would fit nicely into an issue of the Medical Research Archives. I am editing the next several issues of the journal and would be very pleased if we could include an article from you.
    The parameters of the article would be up to you but I was thinking an updated review article might be good. I am happy to look at any text you have to let you know if it fits our editorial line. I am including a link to the journal's previous issue below so you may get a sense of the kinds of articles we publish. Would you be able to prepare an article in the next few months?
    Thank you,
    Kateryna Bielka, M.D.
    Editorial Board, Medical Research Archives
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  • From: Dr. A. Phiri (a.phiri@medicalresearcharchives.com)
    Date: Wed 5/2/2018 2:05 AM (and 4/30/18)
    Subject: Update to "The good - the bad - the ugly: the NAS report on strengthening forensic science in America."
    Dear Dr. Kaye DH
    We are planning the next few issues of the journal and I thought I would get in touch with you. Your article from a while ago titled "The good - the bad - the ugly: the NAS report on strengthening forensic science in America." was an interesting read and I think another article from you would fit well into the journal. Would you consider submitting either an update to this article or something new? May I send along more information?
    Thank you,
    A. Phiri, M.D.
    Editorial Board, Medical Research Archives
    NLM (PubMed) ID: 101668511
    This email and attachments sent along with it are confidential and only for use by the person or business to whom they are addressed. This message is a solicitation. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender. If you are not the named addressee you should not read, forward, or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail or at 340 S Lemon Ave Walnut California 91789. If you have received this email by mistake and delete this email from your system. Unless you are the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you no longer wish to receive emails from this address please reply to indicate such in the subject line.
  • From: Dr. A. Phiri [a.phiri@medicalresearcharchives.com]
    Sent: Sat 5/5/2018 7:04 PM
    Subject: Update to "The good - the bad - the ugly: the NAS report on strengthening forensic science in America."
    Dear Dr. Kaye DH,
    I don't think I got a reply to this yet, please let me know if you preparing an article is a possibility.
    Thank you,
    A. Phiri, M.D.
  • From: K. Bielka [k.bielka@medicalresearcharchives.com]
    Sent: Sun 7/1/18
    Subject: Writing an article
    Dear Dr. Kaye DH,
    I wanted to get in touch with you about the idea of preparing an article that is related to the article you published some time ago titled "The good - the bad - the ugly: the NAS report on strengthening forensic science in America.". I serve on the board of the Medical Research Archives and would be happy to work with you to get such an article published this year. Please let me know if this is of interest to you and I will send along all of the details.
    Sincerely,
    Dr. Kateryna Bielka, M.D.
    Editorial Board [← Poor Kateryna. Did she lose her position as Senior Editor?]
    Medical Research Archives
    ISSN: 2375-1924 NLM (PubMed) ID: 101668511
    This email and attachments sent along with it are confidential and only for use by the person or business to whom they are addressed. This message is a solicitation. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender. If you are not the named addressee you should not read, forward, or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail or at 340 S Lemon Ave Walnut California 91789. If you have received this email by mistake and delete this email from your system. Unless you are the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you no longer wish to receive emails from this address please reply to indicate such in the subject line.
  • From: K. Bielka [k.bielka@medicalresearcharchives.com]
    Date: Mon July 2, 2018, 2:11 AM
    Subject: Re: Writing an article
    Dear Dr. Kaye DH,
    Please reply to my previous email when you get a chance. I am happy to answer any quesitons you may have.
    Sincerely
    Dr. Kateryna Bielka, M.D.
  • From: A. Phiri, M.D. [aphiri@keimra.org]
    Date: Wednesday, December 12, 2018 5:42 PM
    To: Kaye, David
    Subject: Followup article?
    I am trying to reach the lead author of "[Title]". (quotation marks and brackets in original)
    Would that be you? I wanted to discuss the idea of working on a followup paper which would provide more up to date information on this topic. I have volunteered to edit the next few issues of the Medical Research Archives, and am currently in the process of planning the content which each issue will feature. Have you continued in this line of research at all?
    The Medical Research Archives is unique in that it all articles are published both in an open access online edition and a subscription print edition. I am pasting a link below to some of our more recent open access articles on PubMed so you may get a sense of the sort of articles we publish.
    Is this something you might consider during the next couple of months?
    Sincerely,
    A. Phiri, M.D.
    Medical Research Archives Phone: 612-524-5565 ...
    Notice: This message and any attachments sent with it are only to be used by the person or business to whom they are addressed. If you have received this message by error or do not wish to receive further emails from this sender please notify us by replying to this email, or via mail at 340 S Lemon Avenue Walnut California ZIP Code 91789 USA. If you are not the named addressee you should not read, share, or copy this message
  • From: A. Phiri, M.D. [aphiri@keimra.org]
    Date: Thu 12/13 2018 6:14 AM
    Subject: Re: Followup article?
    I apologize, I noticed that I didn't include the title of the manuacript I was referring to. It is The good - the bad - the ugly: the NAS report on strengthening forensic science in America 
  • From: LM Smith [lmsmith02@medicalresearcharchives.com]
    Date: Thu Nov. 28, 2019 8:40 PM
    Subject: question for you
    I hope this email finds you well. I was reading your article "The good - the bad - the ugly: the NAS report on strengthening forensic science in America." today and was pleasantly surprised when I noticed that you are at the same institution as Dr. Kariyawasam, who published an article in MRAJ a while back. Their article "Insights from the Whole Genome Sequence of Escherichia coli RS218 in Identifying Potential Virulence Traits Common to E. coli Causing Neonatal Meningitis and Other Extra-intestinal Diseases" was well Sent: [sic]
    received by our readership and I very much enjoyed working with them. I would be happy to send you a copy if you didn't already read it.
    I'm not sure if you are still working in this field but I thought you might be interested in composing an article for a special theme issue on forensic medicine research which I am organizing for next April. The issue will focus on research completed in the last year but will also include several review and commentary articles.
    Can we discuss this further?
    Best Regards,
    Dr. L. Smith, M.D.
    Medical Research Archives (MRAJ)
    612-524-5565 ...
  • From: LM Smith [lmsmith02@medicalresearcharchives.com]
    Sent: Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019 7:44 PM
    Subject: Re: question for you
    Dr. Kaye,
    I was taking some notes on what topics would be nice to include in the theme issue on forensic medicine and was hoping to get your input.
    Have you thought about the idea of contributing an article?
    The submission deadline is flexible, and you would be welcome to have a colleague or student co-author the article with you.
    Best Regards,
    Dr. L. Smith, M.D.
    Medical Research Archives (MRAJ)
    612-524-5565 ...
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  • From: L. Smith, M.D. [l.smith@med.esmed.org]
    Date: Sun, Apr 11 at 3:07 PM
    Subject: genetics
    Dear Dr. David H. Kaye,
    One of your articles caught my interest recently and I thought I might get in contact with you. It was your article "The design of "the first experimental study exploring DNA interpretation"". I am serving as the editor of a special issue [← of what?] on Advancements in Genetics and I am wondering if you would be interested in composing something to be included in the issue.
    Might this be possible?
    Sincerely,
    L. Smith, M.D.
    Medical Research Archives
    European Society of Medicine
    Online ISSN: 2375-1924 Print ISSN: 2375-1916
    PubMed ID: 101668511
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  • From: L. Smith, M.D. [l.smith@med.esmed.org]
    Date: Thu, Sep 9, 2021, at 8:14 AM
    Subject: genetics research?
    Dear Dr. David H. Kaye,
    If you have a few minutes I wanted to discuss your genetics research. I am serving as the editor of a special theme issue on Advancements in Medical Genetics which will be released by the European Society of Medicine at the end of this year and I was thinking that something related to your work on "The design of 'the first experimental study exploring DNA interpretation'" [has nothing to do with medical genetics] would be interesting to include in the issue. Perhaps you could tell me more about your research in this area.
    This could be in the form of a research article or even a review article.
    Might this be a possibility?
    Sincerely,
    L. Smith, M.D.
    Medical Research Archives
    European Society of Medicine
    Online ISSN: 2375-1924 Print ISSN: 2375-1916
    PubMed ID: 101668511
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  • From: L. Smith, M.D. [smith@eu.esmedonline.org]
    Date: Mon, Sep 13 at 8:57 AM
    Subject: genetics research?
    I hope your week is going well. I am trying to finalize the plan for the special issue on Genetics and was wondering if you had a chance to think about contributing an article?
    Sincerely,
    L. Smith, M.D.
    Medical Research Archives
    European Society of Medicine
  • From: Genetics Editorial Committee [editor@medicalresearcharchives.com]
    Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at 04:29:33 PM EDT
    Subject: The design of “the first experimental study exploring DNA interpretation” article
    Dear Dr. David H. Kaye,
    I wanted to get in touch with you about your genetics work. I enjoyed your article "The design of “the first experimental study exploring DNA interpretation”" and was wondering what further research you have done on this topic. This year I am helping to create a special theme issue titled New Perspectives on Genetics which will be published in the official journal of the European Society of Medicine. Your work could be a valuable addition to the theme issue and I hope you would be willing to discuss the possibility of preparing an article.
    Is this something you might consider?
    Best Regards,
    Section editor
    Genetics Editorial Committee
    Medical Research Archives
    European Society of Medicine

47 comments:

  1. I have received the same solicitation and am now discovering (disappointingly) that this appears to be a scam. Glad I did before spending valuable hours composing a manuscript! Thank you for sharing, this is important to educate researchers who are hungry for publications and can be vulnerable to scammers!

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  2. The same predatory Publisher.

    Dear Dr. XXX,

    A paper you authored a while back entitled "xxxx" caught my interest and I wanted to contact you about it. I am wondering if you or any of your co-authors have continued working in this line of research because I think it would fit nicely into an issue of the Medical Research Archives. I am editing the next several issues of the journal and would be very pleased if we could include an article from you.

    The parameters of the article would be up to you but I was thinking an updated review article might be good. I am happy to look at any text you have to let you know if it fits our editorial line. I am including a link to the journal's previous issue below so you may get a sense of the kinds of articles we publish.

    Could you or one of your students contribute an article?
    Sincerely,

    Kateryna Bielka, M.D.

    Editorial Board

    Medical Research Archives

    ReplyDelete
  3. Same excrement, different diem:

    Dear Dr. Hofmeyr,

    The article you authored some time ago titled "Preeclampsia in 2017: Obstetric and Anaesthesia Management" caught my interest and I wanted to contact you about it. I am wondering if you or any of your co-authors have continued working in this line of research because I think it would fit nicely into an issue of the Medical Research Archives. I am editing the next several issues of the journal and would be very pleased if we could include an article from you.

    The parameters of the article would be up to you but I was thinking an updated review article might be good. I am happy to look at any text you have to let you know if it fits our editorial line.

    Would you be able to prepare an article in the next few months?

    Sincerely,



    Dr. Kateryna Bielka, MD

    Editorial Board

    Medical Research Archives

    NLM (PubMed) ID: 101668511

    ReplyDelete
  4. I received today a similar request, but this was to write a review follow-up for an editorial I wrote in 2014 named: Presentation of the 2014 Morris F. Collen award to Charles Safran - MD. I receive these emails since 2016. When you reply to them, to do not respons. I got a similar email last year from the Internal Medicine Review. Similar wording, referring to the same editorial.

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    Replies
    1. An additional note: the small print of the Internal Medicine Review contains an address in Washington DC

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  5. She is sending me the same email about a paper I wrote over 10 years ago.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Dear Dr. Rahman NA,

    We are planning the next few issues of the journal and I thought I would get in touch with you. Your article from a while ago titled "Serotyping of Brunei pneumococcal clinical strains and the investigation of their capability to adhere and invade a brain endothelium model." was an interesting read and I think another article from you would fit well into the journal.

    Would you consider submitting either an update to this article or something new? May I send along more information?


    Thank you,


    A. Phiri, M.D.

    Editorial Board

    Medical Research Archives

    NLM (PubMed) ID: 101668511

    ReplyDelete
  7. I'm presenting a study on predatory publishers' presence in databases, including PubMed, later this month so I was fascinated to see the "NLM (PubMed) ID" added to these highly personal messages. NLM states about this journal:

    "Not currently indexed for MEDLINE. Citations are for articles where the manuscript was deposited in PubMed Central (PMC) in compliance with public access policies. For further information, see Author Manuscripts in PMC." [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/101668511]

    I feel like writing Dr Phiri and thanking him for the additional fodder for my presentation.

    ReplyDelete
  8. Dr. Kateryna Bielka, M.D. contacted me regarding my published paper on graphene electronics. Speaks volumes about their editorial policy...

    ReplyDelete
  9. I just replied with this email. Hopefully it will work!! :-)

    Dear Dr. Bielka,

    Thank you for the invitation, I will contribute with great pleasure! I charge $7,000 fee per article, plus $200 per manuscript page and $500 per image. I would thus estimate, with 15 pages and 2 figures, a total cost of $11,000. Of course, I expect the Journal to cover all publication costs.

    You can send the check to my address, I will have the manuscript completed approximately 6 months after receipt of the payment.

    I look forward to working with you, thank you for the wonderful opportunity

    Sincerely

    MM

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    Replies
    1. LOVE! I was just planning not to reply at all, but this is good...

      Delete
  10. Dear xxxxx,

    I am working on organizing a special issue on Pharmacology and Toxicology, and am looking for some input on what topics would be the most relevant and important given the current state of the field. Are you still working in this area? I saw that you published the paper "xxxxxxxxx".

    More details on the special issue are available at https://journals.ke-i.org/index.php/mra/specialissue3

    The issue will probably be published around November of this year. What do you think about preparing a short article?
    #2tag

    Sincerely,

    A. Phiri, M.D.
    Medical Research Archives
    Phone: 612-524-5565
    Online ISSN: 2375-1924
    Print ISSN: 2375-1916
    PubMed ID: 101668511

    ReplyDelete
  11. A. Phiri reached out to me for contact information for my former PI.

    Dr. XXXXXX,

    I still haven't been able to reach Dr. YYYYYYYY. If you could please help me get in touch with them I would appreciate it very much.


    On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 1:24 PM, "A. Phiri, M.D." wrote:

    Dr.XXXXXXX,

    I am trying to contact Dr. YYYYYYYY regarding their work and thought that since you wrote an article with them a while back you may have their contact info.

    Could you please check if you have their contact details and let me know?


    Sincerely,

    A. Phiri, M.D.
    MRA
    340 S Lemon Ave
    Walnut California 91789
    612-524-5565

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    Replies
    1. I got this one too! Luckily this site made it easy to rule it out as not serious. Thanks.

      Delete
    2. Yup, same one here. Always, *always* Google the exact text of strange-sounding academic emails.

      Delete
    3. I got the same e-mails. I am so happy that I saw this posting before I am about to reply this email. Thank you so much to all sharing.

      Delete
  12. I've got a same e-mail..


    Dr. xxxxx,

    I am trying to contact Dr. xxxxxxxx regarding their work and thought that since you wrote an article with them a while back you may have their contact info.

    Could you please check if you have their contact details and let me know?


    Sincerely,

    A. Phiri, M.D.
    MRA
    340 S Lemon Ave
    Walnut California 91789
    612-524-5565

    Notice: This email and attachments sent along with it are only for use by the person or business to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error or do not wish to receive further emails from this server please notify the sender by replying to this email. If you are not the named addressee you should not read, forward, or copy this e-mail.

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  13. From: "A. Phiri, M.D."
    Reply-To: "office@journals.ke-i.org"
    Date: Wednesday, 29 August 2018 at 07:17

    Subject: Fw: Dr. XXX

    Dear Dr. XXX

    I wanted to get your opinion on an issue we are planning and Dr. X kindly gave me your contact info.

    I am working on organizing a special issue on Depression, and am looking for some input on what topics would be the most relevant and important given the current state of the field. Are you still working in this area? I saw that you published the paper "XXXX" with Dr. X

    More details on the special issue are available at https://journals.ke-i.org/index.php/mra/specialissue8

    The issue will probably be published around November of this year. What do you think about preparing a short article?
    #2tag
    Sincerely,

    A. Phiri, M.D.
    Medical Research Archives
    Phone: 612-524-5565
    Online ISSN: 2375-1924
    Print ISSN: 2375-1916
    PubMed ID: 101668511

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  14. I got exactly the same emails about the current address of my former postdoc:

    Dr. XXX,

    I still haven't been able to reach Dr. YYY If you could please help me get in touch with them I would appreciate it very much.


    On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 3:43 PM, "A Phiri, M.D." wrote:
    Dr. ,

    I am trying to contact Dr. YYY regarding their work and thought that since you wrote an article with them a while back you may have their contact info.

    Could you please check if you have their contact details and let me know?


    Sincerely,

    A. Phiri, M.D.
    MRA
    340 S Lemon Ave
    Walnut California 91789
    612-524-5565

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  15. Same here as the above commenter:

    Dr. XXXXXX

    I am trying to contact Dr. YYYYYYY regarding their work and thought that since you wrote an article with them a while back you may have their contact info.

    Could you please check if you have their contact details and let me know?


    Sincerely,

    A. Phiri, M.D.
    MRA
    340 S Lemon Ave
    Walnut California 91789
    612-524-5565

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    1. Same here! I got:
      A. Phiri, M.D.
      09:19 15/09/18

      Dr. xxxx

      I am trying to contact Dr. xxxx regarding their work and thought that since you wrote an article with them a while back you may have their contact info.

      Could you please check if you have their contact details and let me know?

      Sincerely,

      A. Phiri, M.D.
      MRA
      340 S Lemon Ave
      Walnut California 91789
      612-524-5565

      Delete
  16. Same here as well:
    Dr. XXX,

    I still haven't been able to reach Dr. YYY. If you could please help me get in touch with them I would appreciate it very much.


    On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 10:48 AM, "A Phiri, M.D." wrote:
    Dr. XXX,

    I am trying to contact Dr. YYY regarding their work and thought that since you wrote an article with them a while back you may have their contact info.

    Could you please check if you have their contact details and let me know?


    Sincerely,

    A. Phiri, M.D.
    MRA
    340 S Lemon Ave
    Walnut California 91789
    612-524-5565

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  17. Same here. First I get this two days ago:

    Dr. XXXXXXX

    I am trying to contact Dr. YYYYYYY regarding their work and thought that since you wrote an article with them a while back you may have their contact info.

    Could you please check if you have their contact details and let me know?


    Sincerely,

    A. Phiri, M.D.
    MRA
    340 S Lemon Ave
    Walnut California 91789
    612-524-5565

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    And today I get this follow up:

    Dr. XXXXXX,

    I still haven't been able to reach Dr. YYYYYY. If you could please help me get in touch with them I would appreciate it very much.

    Sincerely,

    A. Phiri, M.D.
    MRA
    340 S Lemon Ave
    Walnut California 91789
    612-524-5565

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  18. I'm getting a different type of email from them:

    Dr. XXXXX

    I am trying to contact Dr. YYYY regarding their work and thought that since you wrote an article with them a while back you may have their contact info.

    Could you please check if you have their contact details and let me know?


    Sincerely,

    A. Phiri, M.D.
    MRA
    340 S Lemon Ave
    Walnut California 91789
    612-524-5565

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  19. Here is what I got recently. The Hyper link turned out to be a spam/security blocked site and the reply to the mail came back undelivered

    Dear Dr. Xxxxxx,

    Thank you for your email. I am working on organizing a special issue on Surgery, and am looking for some input on what topics would be the most relevant and important given the current state of the field. Are you still working in this area? I saw that you published the paper "Doxyxxxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx" with Dr. Xxxx.

    More details on the special issue are available at https://journals.ke-i.org/index.php/mra/specialissue10

    The issue will probably be published around November of this year. What do you think about preparing a short article?
    #2tag

    Sincerely,

    A. Phiri, M.D.
    Medical Research Archives
    Phone: 612-524-5565
    Online ISSN: 2375-1924
    Print ISSN: 2375-1916
    PubMed ID: 101668511

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  20. I also received a similar e-mail asking for contact information about my former undergraduate research assistant whose only publication is with me.

    Dr. Clark

    I am trying to contact Dr. Jane Doe regarding their work and thought that since you wrote an article with them a while back you may have their contact info.

    Could you please check if you have their contact details and let me know?


    Sincerely,

    A. Phiri, M.D.
    MRA
    340 S Lemon Ave
    Walnut California 91789
    612-524-5565

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  21. My colleague got the same spam asking about my contact info today:

    I am trying to contact Dr. [AAAA] regarding their work and thought that since you wrote an article with them a while back you may have their contact info.

    Could you please check if you have their contact details and let me know?


    Sincerely,

    A. Phiri, M.D.
    MRA
    340 S Lemon Ave
    Walnut California 91789
    612-524-5565

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  22. This landed in my inbox today:
    Dear Dr.,

    I wanted to get your opinion on an issue we are planning and Dr. X kindly gave me your contact info.

    I am working on organizing a special issue on Pain and Pain Management, and am looking for some input on what topics would be the most relevant and important given the current state of the field. Are you still working in this area? I saw that you published the paper with Dr. X.

    More details on the special issue are available at https://journals.ke-i.org/index.php/mra/specialissue18

    The issue will probably be published around November of this year. What do you think about preparing a short article?
    #2tag
    Sincerely,

    A. Phiri, M.D.
    Medical Research Archives
    Phone: 612-524-5565
    Online ISSN: 2375-1924
    Print ISSN: 2375-1916
    PubMed ID: 101668511

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  23. Just get same email today.

    I am trying to contact Dr. XX regarding their work and thought that since you wrote an article with them a while back you may have their contact info.

    Could you please check if you have their contact details and let me know?


    Sincerely,

    A. Phiri, M.D.
    MRA
    340 S Lemon Ave
    Walnut California 91789
    612-524-5565

    ReplyDelete
  24. Yesterday, I received a forwarded email from Dr. Phiri from a colleague in Boston. Same Old S.

    I believe that my colleague had sent me a similar mailing a while ago. We joked about predatory journals. This time, all I needed to do was put the name Phiri and kei and here is your blog. Now to email your blog address to my colleague.

    Thanks for your efforts. The forwarded slightly redacted email is below.

    XXX XXXXXX
    9:42 AM (1 hour ago)
    to me





    From: A. Phiri, M.D. [mailto:a.phiri@keimra.org]
    Sent: Friday, September 28, 2018 8:03 AM
    To: XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
    Subject: Re: Dr. Cembrowski



    Dr. XXXXXXXXXXX,



    I still haven't been able to reach Dr. Cembrowski. If you could please help me get in touch with them I would appreciate it very much.






    On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 02:02 pm +0200, a.phiri@keimra.org wrote:

    Dr. XXXXXXXXXX



    I am trying to contact Dr. Cembrowski regarding their work and thought that since you wrote an article with them a while back you may have their contact info.



    Could you please check if you have their contact details and let me know?





    Sincerely,



    A. Phiri, M.D.

    MRA

    340 S Lemon Ave

    Walnut California 91789

    612-524-5565



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  25. Dr. XXXXXX

    I am trying to contact Dr. XXXXX regarding their work and thought that since you wrote an article with them a while back you may have their contact info.

    Could you please check if you have their contact details and let me know?


    Sincerely,

    A. Phiri, M.D.
    MRA
    340 S Lemon Ave
    Walnut California 91789
    612-524-5565

    ReplyDelete
  26. I also received twice for different co-authors from dr Phiri, but it is not clear to me what it is for? What happens if we send the contact (that they could reach from the web)

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  27. I also got this kind of emails!
    A shame that some people try to manipulate scientists.
    Here are the emails:

    Dr. XXX

    I am trying to contact Dr. Nogueira regarding their work and thought that since you wrote an article with them a while back you may have their contact info.

    Could you please check if you have their contact details and let me know?

    Sincerely,

    A. Phiri, M.D.
    MRA
    340 S Lemon Ave
    Walnut California 91789
    612-524-5565

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    Dear Dr. XXX,

    Thank you for your email. I am working on organizing a special issue on Infectious Disease Medicine, and am looking for some input on what topics would be the most relevant and important given the current state of the field. Are you still working in this area? I saw that you published the paper "Immunological Identification of Fungal Species" with Dr. Kuchler.

    More details on the special issue are available at https://journals.ke-i.org/index.php/mra/specialissue27

    The issue will probably be published around November of this year. What do you think about preparing a short article?
    #2tag

    Sincerely,

    A. Phiri, M.D.
    Medical Research Archives
    Phone: 612-524-5565
    Online ISSN: 2375-1924
    Print ISSN: 2375-1916
    PubMed ID: 101668511


    ReplyDelete
  28. Just received similar message.

    Dr. XXXX

    I am trying to contact Dr. XXX regarding their work and thought that since you wrote an article with them a while back you may have their contact info.

    Could you please check if you have their contact details and let me know?


    Sincerely,

    A. Phiri, M.D.
    MRA
    340 S Lemon Ave
    Walnut California 91789
    612-524-5565

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  29. Same "odd English sentence construction" when asking for the email address of one of my coauthors. I have an archived copy of Beall's list, so a quick check led to this site. I automatically "commit these to the deep" with a press of the delete key without any further consideration.

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  30. Here is the version I received.

    From:aphiri@keimra.org
    Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2018
    To: hmielke@tulane.edu
    Subject: Followup article?

    I am trying to reach the lead author of "[Title]".

    Would that be you? I wanted to discuss the idea of working on a followup paper which would provide more up to date information on this topic. I have volunteered to edit the next few issues of the Medical Research Archives, and am currently in the process of planning the content which each issue will feature. Have you continued in this line of research at all?

    The Medical Research Archives is unique in that it all articles are published both in an open access online edition and a subscription print edition. I am pasting a link below to some of our more recent open access articles on PubMed so you may get a sense of the sort of articles we publish.

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term="Medical%20research%20archives"%5BJournal%5D

    Is this something you might consider during the next couple of months?


    Sincerely,

    A. Phiri, M.D.
    Medical Research Archives
    Phone: 612-524-5565
    Online ISSN: 2375-1924
    Print ISSN: 2375-1916
    PubMed ID: 101668511

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    There was a second message:
    From: A. Phiri, M.D.
    Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2018 5:02 AM
    To: Mielke, Howard W
    Subject: Re: Followup article?

    I apologize, I noticed that I didn't include the title of the manuacript I was referring to. It is Spatiotemporal dynamic transformations of soil lead and childrens blood lead ten years after Hurricane Katrina: New grounds for primary prevention

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  31. I received excactly the same version of the email on December 27th (see below), good that I googled before replying.


    I am trying to reach the lead author of "[title]".

    Would that be you? I wanted to discuss the idea of working on a followup paper which would provide more up to date information on this topic. I have volunteered to edit the next few issues of the Medical Research Archives, and am currently in the process of planning the content which each issue will feature. Have you or maybe a colleague continued in this line of research at all?

    The Medical Research Archives is unique in that it all articles are published both in an open access online edition and a subscription print edition. I am pasting a link below to some of our more recent open access articles on PubMed so you may get a sense of the sort of articles we publish.

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term="Medical%20research%20archives"%5BJournal%5D

    Is this something you might consider during the next couple of months?


    Sincerely,

    A. Phiri, M.D.
    Medical Research Archives
    Phone: 612-524-5565
    Online ISSN: 2375-1924
    Print ISSN: 2375-1916
    PubMed ID: 101668511
    ORCiD ID: 0000-0003-0977-6377

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  32. Me Too, A. Phiri emailed in Jan 2019.

    But my paper was on "Steel Columns in Fire" and published in a Civil Engineering journal, so I'm not sure which "Medical" publications database they are using to scrape their email addresses from...

    I have added their domain to my email blacklist, so future solicitations will go straight to my SPAM folder. I suggest everyone else does the same.

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    1. Good idea, I will do that. I just received a new message:

      I hope you are enjoying the new year. I noticed that I have not yet heard back from you about this so I am attempting to get in contact with you again.
      Please give some thought to this. If you are able to contribute an article could you please fill out our Pre-Registration Form?

      Best Regards,

      A. Phiri

      Delete
  33. Identical email to the one in Sofieke received 14 January 2019. Most flaky journal emails are very obvious but this one sounded so natural I had to check...

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  34. I received excactly the same version of the email!!!

    My supervisor replied to him an email he agreed to send him a paper. I am preparing an article to send him the end of January. what should I do please?

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  35. Beware, this is more than just a flaky journal scam. My company received multiple emails from 'A Phiri' containing an obfuscated hyperlink to a domain known for hosting malware.

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  36. Latest one to watch:Dr. xxxxx,
    We were in communication a few months ago regarding preparing an article for the Archives of Psychology. I am wondering if now is a better time for you to consider this. Please let me know if you could possibly fit it into your schedule sometime in the next few months. I am happy to help in any way I can.

    Sincerely,

    L. Betancourt, PsA
    Head of Advisory Board
    Archives of Psychology
    4607 Library Rd Suite 220-1048
    Bethel Park, PA 15102
    Phone: 215-207-0125

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  37. 'I have volunteered to edit a special issue of the Archives of Psychology entitled "2019 Advancements in Psychology" and am hoping you would consider assisting with the issue either as a peer-reviewer or by contributing a short article. The issue will be released in the first quarter of 2020. I am also looking for someone to compose a review article which would serve as a sort of introduction to the issue and summarize the major progress in the field during the last year. More details are available on the journal's website at https://archivesofpsychology.org/index.php/aop/author-center

    What do you think about this?

    Sincerely,
    L. Betancourt, PsA.

    Head of Advisory Board'

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  38. On 16 Apr 2020, at 13:18, L. Smith, M.D. wrote:

    I am still trying to get in touch with the corresponding author of "XXXXXXX". If you could please put me in contact with them it would be much appreciated.


    Are you still conducting research in this area?


    Best Regards,

    L. Smith, M.D.

    From: L. Smith, M.D.
    Sent: Sunday, April 7, 2020
    To: XXXXXXXXX
    Subject: idea

    Dear Dr. XXXXXXX,


    I am hoping to contact the corresponding author of "XXXXXXXXX"

    Would that be you? I was wondering if you are still working in this field as it aligns well with one of the theme issues I am planning for this year. Perhaps you could tell me more about your work in this area.


    Could you please get in touch with me so we may discuss this?



    Best Regards,


    L. Smith, M.D.

    Medical Research Archives(MRAJ)

    Phone: +1.612.524.5565

    Online ISSN: 23751924

    Print ISSN: 23751916

    PubMed ID: 101668511



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  39. From: L. Smith, M.D. Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2020, 6:44 AMTo: :XXXXX Subject: idea





    Dear Dr. Dr. XXXXX,
     
    I am hoping to contact the corresponding author of "Contemporary Reviews in Critical Care Medicine: Anaphylaxis"
    Would that be you? I was wondering if you are still working in this field as it aligns well with one of the theme issues I am planning for this year. Perhaps you could tell me more about your work in this area.
     
    Could you please get in touch with me so we may discuss this?
     

    Best Regards,
     
    L. Smith, M.D.
    Medical Research Archives(MRAJ)
    Phone: +1.612.524.5565
    Online ISSN: 23751924
    Print ISSN: 23751916
    PubMed ID: 101668511
     
     
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    or via mail at 340 S. Lemon Ave Walnut California ZIP Code 91789- USA. If you are not the named addressee you should not read, share, or copy this message.

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  40. Dear Dr. M*** P***,
    I wanted to get in contact with you regarding your oncology work. Recently, I quite enjoyed your article "3D QSAR and pharmacophore studies ***" and was wondering if you have continued any research in this field. This year I am editing a special theme issue titled Challenges and Opportunities in Oncology which will be published in the official journal of the European Society of Medicine. The aim of this special issue is to showcase the latest advances and challenges in oncology, from basic science to clinical practice.
    Your work and insight in this area would be very valuable for this special issue and I hope you would be willing to discuss the idea of preparing an article to be included in the issue.
    An overview of the theme issue is available here: Challenges and Opportunities in Oncology.
    Are you open to this possibility?

    Best Regards,

    Section Editor
    Oncology Editorial Committee
    Medical Research Archives
    European Society of Medicine
    ISSN: 2375-1924
    NLM (PubMed) ID: 101668511

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