> Included among the articles that were published were arguments that dogs engage in rape culture and that men could reduce their transphobia by anally penetrating themselves with sex toys, as well as a part of a chapter of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf rewritten in feminist language.

Wow!

Indeed, predatory journals have very similar names to legit ones.

south_korea_ln

science

“Get Me Off Your Fucking Mailing List” (2014)

I'd be more interested in how often articles from predatory journals get covered in news outlets, since they usually have pretty distinguished sounding names.

Also, which is worse? A predatory pay to publish journal? Or a legitimate peer reviewed journal that ends up accepting [hoax papers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grievance_studies_affair)?