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that in 2014, a scientific paper was published with the phrase get me off your f****g mailing list repeated many times. The authors helped exposing what is known as a predatory journal .

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Fun Fact: that in 2014, a scientific paper was published with the phrase “get me off your f****g mailing list” repeated many times. The authors helped exposing what is known as a “predatory journal”.

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