Email safety
Spam prevention for journal invitations
Predatory journal and conference invitations often arrive through bulk email. This page provides context for spam filtering and safe handling of unsolicited scholarly publishing messages.
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How to handle suspicious invitations
Do not click payment links, attachment links, or login links in unsolicited journal emails. Search the journal and publisher independently. If an email claims indexing or impact factor status, verify the claim at the official source before replying.
For institutional mail systems, repeated sender domains can be added to filters, but filtering should be reviewed periodically to avoid blocking legitimate correspondence.
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Useful external references
These links are included because they are practical, public starting points for researchers. They should be used alongside local institutional policies and the current evidence for a specific journal or publisher.