掠奪性研討會

Predatory Conferences

學術研討會是一個促進學者面對面學術交流之場地，往往是研究新手和學生進入學術生涯之開始。由於近年學術研討會的大幅需求，遭受不肖業者覬覦，利用「掠奪性研討會」詐騙研究者、牟取暴利。稍有不慎，易墜陷阱，不止浪費金錢及時間，亦會帶來個人學術誠信難以彌補的負面影響。故本文整理掠奪性研討會常見不妥當手法、及典型掠奪性研討會邀請電子郵件的特徵，期望藉此提升讀者辨識掠奪性研討會之能力，減低掠奪性產業對學術專業的侵蝕和科學發展的負面影響，讓學術研討會回歸到它原來的學術功能和真正價值。

An academic conference is a venue that facilitates face-to-face scholarly exchange. It is usually the beginning of an academic career for students and novice researchers. Recently, because of the growing demand for academic conferences, unscrupulous conference organizers have exploited researchers and reaped huge profits by hosting ＂predatory conferences＂. One may easily fall prey to the trap of predatory conferences if due attention is not given. Therefore, this review article assembles various common dishonest practices of predatory conferences and characteristics of typical invitation emails, hoping that this will enhance the ability of readers in identifying predatory conferences, thereby reducing the erosion of academic professions and scientific development caused by predatory industry and preserving the functions and true values of academic conferences.