In China, some researchers are attending academic conferences that do not exist (opens original article in a new tab)

Academic conferences in China are being exploited by scammers who offer fake publication opportunities, leading researchers to pay fees for non-existent events and obscure journals.

• Scammers in China target academics with fake conferences offering false publication opportunities
• Researchers paid fees for conference papers that were later found to be in obscure, non-indexed journals
• The fabricated conferences promised indexing in reputable databases like Compendex but did not deliver