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URL::http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2009/06/10/nonsense-for-dollars/ title::Open Access Publisher Accepts Nonsense Manuscript for Dollars when posted::Jun 10, 2009 author::Phil Davis blog::the scholarly kitchen site::Society for Scholarly Publishing topic::Bentham Science Publishers topic::hoaxes topic::peer review

Summary
Would a publisher accept a completely nonsensical manuscript if the authors were willing to pay Open Access publication charges? After being spammed with invitations to publish in Bentham Science journals earlier this year, I decided to find out. ... Bentham confirmed receipt of my submission the very next day (January 30, 2009). Nearly four months later, I received a response — the article was accepted.

Commentary

 * 2011-12-10 David Gerard