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Scientific Research Publishing Inc. (SCIRP)

From Wikipedia (7/15/16): [I]ts journals duplicated papers which had already been published elsewhere, without notification of or permission from the original author and of the copyright holder. ... Some of the journals had listed academics on their editorial boards without their permission or even knowledge, sometimes in fields very different from their own. [O]ne of its journals ... accepted a paper written by a random text generator. SCIRP organizes a huge number of conferences, predominantly in China . The Flaky Academic Conferences blog has more on that . Psychology (PSYCH) PSYCH's website (7/15/16) defines the relevant areas, which include " National Psychology ," " Traffic Psychology ," "Scientific Psychology," and "Other." It lists Prof. Peter Walla , University of Newcastle, Australia, as the editor. The US members of the editor board as listed are Dr. Matthew C. Costello , Indiana University South Bend Dr. Jay R. Elliott , Yale Uni...