<div dir="ltr">Beall said via email: “This means that Google Scholar cannot be trusted as a source for scholarly metrics. Using predatory publishers, researchers can easily, dishonestly, and quickly increase the metrics that Google Scholars records for them.”<div><br><a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2015/01/21/scholar-accused-bogus-boost-google-rating">https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2015/01/21/scholar-accused-bogus-boost-google-rating</a></div></div>