These are five ways to stop predatory conferences

The World Academy of Science, Engineering, and Technology (WASET) has said a researcher’s criticism of a ‘predatory conference’ that invited her to speak is unfounded. James McCrostie, a business administration researcher at Daito Bunka University in Tokyo, said that simply searching the conference company’s name can reveal its track record. The SAFE map tracks the numbers and locations of conferences organised from 2015 onward.