<div dir="ltr"><b><font color="#ff0000">When something at the core of scientific publishing begins to rot, the smell of corruption quickly spreads to all areas of science.</font></b> This is because the act of publishing a scientific finding is an essential part of the practice of science itself. You want a job? Tenure? A promotion? A juicy grant? You need to have a list of peer-reviewed publications, for publications are the coin of the scientific realm.<div><br><a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2015/04/fake_peer_review_scientific_journals_publish_fraudulent_plagiarized_or_nonsense.html?wpsrc=fol_tw">http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2015/04/fake_peer_review_scientific_journals_publish_fraudulent_plagiarized_or_nonsense.html?wpsrc=fol_tw</a></div></div>