Predatory publisher lists scientist on fake paper, bills him to retract

A medical publisher, Walsh Medical Media, attached University of Buffalo researcher Laertis Ikonomou’s name to a paper he did not write and then tried to charge 499 euros to remove it; when he refused, the journal swapped his name with a fictitious author. One editor-in-chief admitted he never worked with the journal. Labeled predatory and tied to the OMICS network, the case underscores a troubling pattern of author-name misuse in dubious journals.