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There was a fascinating Defcon 26 talk on "predatory publishing" which may explain how this kind of thing happens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ras_VYgA77Q

• eesmith 8y ago
  From the article, "It was a “phantom reference” that had been created merely to illustrate Elsevier’s desired reference format." and "nearly 90% of the citations were for conference proceedings papers, and nearly two-thirds of these appeared in Procedia conference volumes, which are published by Elsevier." Thus, it is unlikely to be due to predatory publishing.
• smartbit 8y ago
  at 35c3 another good talk Inside the Fake Science Factories https://media.ccc.de/v/35c3-9744-inside_the_fake_science_factories https://media.ccc.de/v/35c3-9744-inside_the_fake_science_fac... English audio track available.