procedia
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Procedia is an open access journal series published by Elsevier.
The purpose of Procedia is to publish, for a fee, "proposed conference proceedings" in a "dedicated online issue". Elsevier advertises this product as having a focus on delivering high quality content and maintains "Peer-review is under the responsibility of the conference organizers."{{cite web|url=https://www.elsevier.com/journals/procedia-computer-science/1877-0509/guide-for-authors|title=Guide for Authors|year=2019|publisher=Elsevier}}{{cite web|url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/procedia-iutam|title=Procedia Iutam|year=2019|publisher=Elsevier}}{{cite web|url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/procedia-cirp|title=Procedia CIRP|year=2019|publisher=Elsevier}}{{cite web|url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/procedia-manufacturing|title=Procedia Manufacturing|year=2019|publisher=Elsevier}}
Controversy
Elsevier formerly published Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences in which authors were permitted to directly self-publish. The only requirements for publishing in this journal were to grant Elsevier exclusive publishing rights, to promise the paper would be peer reviewed at some point in the future and to promise the paper was their own original work and of course, pay the publishing fee.{{cite web|title=Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences|url=https://www.myhuiban.com/journal/419?lang=en_us|publisher=myhuiban|year=2019}}
In 2011, Iranian political prisoner and mystic, Mohammad Ali Taheri, was sentenced to a five year prison sentence. Among his charges were "interfering in medical science" and "illegitimate use of academic titles". Many of his claims of medical research were published in Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences.{{cite web | title=After Years in Solitary Confinement, Mohammad Ali Taheri Faces New Trial on Corruption on Earth Charges | website=International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran | date=20 February 2015 | url=http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2015/02/mohammad-ali-taheri-2/ | accessdate=26 June 2015}}
In 2017, it was discovered that a fake example reference listed on Elsevier's citation guide had been cited over 400 times in published articles. Over 90% of these citations occurred in Procedia journals.{{cite web|url=https://retractionwatch.com/2017/11/14/phantom-reference-made-article-got-almost-400-citations/|date=November 14, 2017|title=The "phantom reference:" How a made-up article got almost 400 citations, same thing happened in Procedia Engineering-Published low quality papers that get hundreds of citations in 2-3 years, unfortunately these conference papers have no real scientific value|publisher=Retraction Watch}}{{cite web|url=https://harzing.com/publications/white-papers/the-mystery-of-the-phantom-reference|title=The mystery of the phantom reference|first1=Anne-Wil |last1=Harzing|first2=Pieter|last2=Kroonenberg|date=October 26, 2017}}
In 2018, Albania was hit with a scandal in which high-ranking politicians had faked their academic credentials by publishing fraudulent articles in Procedia.{{cite web|url=https://exit.al/en/2018/12/25/massive-plagiarism-scandal-hits-albanian-officials/|title=Massive Plagiarism Scandal Hits Albanian Officials without Consequences|publisher=Exit|first1=Vincent W.J.|last1=Van Gerven Oei|date=December 25, 2018|access-date=February 28, 2019|archive-date=December 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230233833/https://exit.al/en/2018/12/25/massive-plagiarism-scandal-hits-albanian-officials/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://exit.al/en/2018/12/27/publishers-respond-articles-plagiarized-by-politicians-will-be-retracted/|publisher=Exit|first1=Vincent W.J.|last1=Van Gerven Oei|title=Publishers Respond: Articles Plagiarised by Politicians Will Be Retracted|date=December 27, 2018}}
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