that's the whole point. dodgy researchers can pad their CV for gullible (and not-so-gullible but time pressed) clients. these journals, and the people that us

that's the whole point. dodgy researchers can pad their CV for gullible (and not-so-gullible but time pressed) clients. these journals, and the people that use them, are parasites on the real system. the fact that they look the same on the outside to the layman is a point of weakness and will be abused until a new proxy for credibility emerges