Last week, we learned about Elsevier publishing a bogus journal for Merck. Now, several librarians say that they have uncovered an entire imprint of advertorial
publications. Excerpta Medica, a strategic medical communications agency
, is an Elsevier division. Along with the now infamous Australasian Journal of Bone and Joint Medicine, it published a number of other journals
. Elsevier CEO Michael Hansen now admits that at least six fake journals were published for pharmaceutical companies — via Slashdot
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