今天接到了一封邮件，来自我们很熟悉、很尊敬的一位大学校长。他转来一封“爱思唯尔约稿信”，代表“爱思唯尔所有期刊主编”，邀请来自所有领域的论文。落款是Philip Mcgregor 教授。
令人啼笑皆非！明眼人一看就知道这是假的，我们已经在有关媒体发过相关声明，我不打算再发了。但这样的假信竟然发到了大学校长手里，我就不能不在博客里说一说了。
首先，爱思唯尔从来没有一位主编会代表其它1800多个期刊的主编向全球科研人员发约稿信。爱思唯尔内部的工作人员也不会，因为公司的政策是绝对尊重期刊主编（各领域科学家、非爱思尔员工）的决定。
其次，爱思唯尔从来不向作者收费发表论文。为什么提这点呢，如果有人上当，把稿子投过去，下一封信就会向你索取费用。我在某大学出差时，一位老师就提到过此事，他看到了收费的信，马上意识到上当了，于是不再理他们了。唯一的例外是爱思唯尔有部分尝试性的OA期刊，给作者提供一个选择，在你的论文被同行审评接受之后（这一点很关键！），如果你愿意选择OA模式，支付一定的费用，你的论文就可以free access to everybody。假冒出版公司或学会名义，利用作者急于发表论文的心理骗取钱财，就像利用地震骗取捐款一样可恶。
第三，这样的信总有很多漏洞。试举几点：1）电子邮件的后缀不对，正经的公司、学会都有自己的邮件系统，比如爱思唯尔所有员工都有@elsevier.com的后缀。主编们也有所属大学、研究机构的后缀。2）爱思唯尔有专门的EES电子投稿系统，一般投稿都在网上进行，省时省力，效率很高。爱思唯尔官方网站有专门的作者园地，详细信息可以登陆http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/authorshome.authors 查询。
经费得来都不易，特别是年青的研究生们，手头都不宽裕，千万不要上当。为了帮助大家辨别真伪，我把这封假信贴在下面：
ELSEVIER:
BUILDING INSIGHTS; BREAKING BOUNDARIES
MANUSCRIPTS SUBMISSION
On behalf of all the Editors-in-chief of Elsevier Journals, we wish to
Communicate to you that we are currently accepting manuscripts in all
Fields of human Endeavour. Authors are invited to submit manuscripts
Reporting recent developments in their fields. Papers submitted will
Be sorted out and published in any of our numerous journals that best
Fits. This is a special publication procedure which published works
Will be discussed at seminars (organized by Elsevier) at strategic
Cities all over the world. Please maximize this opportunity to
Showcase your research work to the world.
The submitted papers must be written in English and describe original
research not published nor currently under review by other journals.
Parallel submissions will not be accepted. Our goal is to inform
authors about their paper(s) within one week of receipt.
All submitted papers, if relevant to the theme and objectives of the
journal, will go through an external peer-review process. Submissions
should include an abstract, 5-10 key words, the e-mail address of the
corresponding author. The paper Length should not exceed 30
double-spaced pages including figures and references on 8.5 by 11 inch
paper using at least 11 point font. Authors should select a category
designation for their manuscripts (article, short communication,
review, etc.).
Papers should be submitted electronically via email in Microsoft Word
or PDF attachments; and should Include a cover sheet containing corresponding
Author's name, Paper Title, affiliation, mailing address, phone, fax number, email
address etc .
Would-be authors should send their manuscript to:
Kind Regards,
Philip Mcgregor (Prof.)
Manuscript is not ready but will be ready soon.
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