Predatory Conferences

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* 1. Predatory conferences or predatory meetings are meetings set up to appear as legitimate scientific conferences but which are exploitative as they do not provide proper editorial control over presentations, and advertising can include claims of involvement of prominent academics who are, in fact, uninvolved

True

False

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* 2. Warning signs of a predatory conference include:

Conference invitations sent by unsolicited email

A poorly made website

Overly broad scope

Too little time between the submission deadline and the conference for proper peer review

All of the above

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* 3. Beall's list of predatory journals and conferences https://beallslist.weebly.com, is a list of potential predatory open access publishers and conferences.

True

False

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Educational

Entertaining

Both

None of the above

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