NUTR 100 Nutr & Dietetics as a Health Profession: Trends: Is it Real? Accurate? AI? Original data?

Description - What to look out for:
journals spamming researchers with invitations to publish, lacking sufficient quality control while pretending the opposite, asking for previously non-disclosed and excessive publication fees, or having poor copyediting or web design as examples,
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Jeffrey Beall, a University of Colorado-Denver librarian maintained an updated list of individual journals and publishers that he viewed as "potentially predatory." In January 2017, it was taken offline. This is a mirror site.

Predatory conferences are big business, organized with the primary goal of profit generation. In particular, they are set up to scam people out of registration and publishing fees, and as a result, organizers are known to accept every proposed submission regardless of merit, as long as it is accompanied by a registration fee. Description: The conferences thus lack the scientific and editorial integrity required of a legitimate academic meeting.source-https://eos.org/opinions/the-alarming-rise-of-predatory-conferences

Peer reviewed journal articles can still be withdrawn due to many reasons.

ORI sanctions former University of Kentucky nutrition researcher for faking dozens of images in 10 papers....................pdate, 3:30 p.m. Eastern, 11/20/12: The university sent us this statement from Jay Blanton, Executive Director, University of Kentucky Public Relations and Marketing:

Dr. Eric Smart is no longer employed by the University of Kentucky. The university conducted a rigorous and comprehensive examination of the research misconduct case under faculty oversight as required by university administrative regulations, which are consistent with federal regulations. Recommendations made to the administration were followed to the letter. The process was also reviewed by the offices of the Provost, Vice President for Research, and General Counsel.