Experimental & Clinical Cardiology published for 17 years out of Oshawa, ON, but is now owned by shadowy figures in Switzerland, whose payments are processed through Turks and Caicos, and they'll publish anything under the journal's banner, provided it's accompanied by a payment of $1200.
This is paying off spectacularly. Experimental & Clinical Cardiology published 142 articles in July alone, worth a total of $170,000 U.S. for one month. It operates online only and doesn't bother with editing, so it has almost no costs.
The result is sloppy, or worse. Some articles are called "Enter Paper Title" — the layout instructions instead of the intended title. One is filled with visible paragraph markers (¶). Some authors' names are missing.
Respected medical journal turns to dark side [Tom Spears/Post Media]
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