Cat has done way too many of those "write the letter you'd like to send, then delete and send a sanitised version" emails today.
I generally tend to sympathise with #authors a lot, but today's lot, oh dear Zeus, spare me #OverlyExasperatedEditor #PeerReviewWarStories #PeerReview #ResearchEthics
An interesting (case) study of email practices by predatory publishers:
https://doi.org/10.1002/leap.1500
"Analysis of predatory emails in early career academia and attempts at prevention" by Owen Tomlinson. I am saying case study, since it is author's individual experience, but given the scale: it is a study in its own right (if a natural experiment really).
Nothing we wouldn't know: there is a lot of academic spam and unsubscribing is nigh impossible #OverlyExasperatedEditor
Oh dear Thor...
"Results not interesting enough because cannot be generalized beyond studied population, and so broad utility uncertain."
Population studied: all of China (so you know, 18% of the world).
Overly.Honest.Editor