Why I published in a predatory journal
I've spent basically zero time in academia.  I've heard the phrase 'publish or perish', and I know the evils of Elsevier, and the popularity of sci-hub - but that's about it.How are these guys making money?  Is it just the 'editing fees' for people trying to publish?   Presumably advertisers are savvy enough to not throw money at these types of journals?   Proper scientists / researchers are (hopefully) also not easily fooled - and whoever peer reviewed this article (assuming it actually was peer reviewed, as claimed) won't want their name attached to the publication.These stories come up often enough to suggest it's a well known problem, and the culprits are easy enough to identify.   But that these stories do keep coming up suggests there's good money being made somehow, and attempts to thwart these publications are failing.