To: All Users

Beware of the email invitation sent by organizations such as Medical Research Archives or European Society of Medicine, etc. Although their invitation is seemingly cordial, attention should be paid to its predatory business practices involving significant publication fees (https://esmed.org/author-center), and submitting research papers to them or speaking at their annual meetings may result in loss of money or time.

As reported by Flaky Academic Conferences website (https://flakyc.blogspot.com/2020/11/european-society-of-medicine-esmed.html). The website notes that it is not entirely clear what the European Society of Medicine is. It may be a product of the alleged predatory publisher Knowledge Enterprises, Inc. (KEI).

Below is further information and related discussion for your reference:

• More in-depth discussion in the ResearchGate related discussion forum (https://www.researchgate.net/post/European_Society_of_Medicine)
• Beall’s List of potentially predatory open access publishers (https://beallslist.net)
• ThinkCheckSubmit website also provides additional advice on choosing a trustworthy publishing platform (https://thinkchecksubmit.org)

Sample of the emails:

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