# Procedia

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Academic journal

***Procedia*** is an [open access](/source/Open_access) journal series published by [Elsevier](/source/Elsevier).

The purpose of *Procedia* is to publish, for a fee, "proposed [conference proceedings](/source/Conference_proceedings)" in a "dedicated online issue". Elsevier advertises this product as having a focus on delivering high quality content and maintains "Peer-review is under the responsibility of the conference organizers."[1][2][3][4]

## Controversy

Elsevier formerly published ***Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences*** in which authors were permitted to directly self-publish. The only requirements for publishing in this journal were to grant Elsevier exclusive publishing rights, to promise the paper would be peer-reviewed at some point in the future and to promise the paper was their own original work and of course, pay the publishing fee.[5]

In 2011, Iranian political prisoner and mystic, [Mohammad Ali Taheri](/source/Mohammad_Ali_Taheri), was sentenced to a five-year prison sentence. Among his charges were "interfering in medical science" and "illegitimate use of academic titles". Many of his claims of medical research were published in *Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences*.[6]

In 2017, it was discovered that a fake example reference listed on Elsevier's citation guide had been cited over 400 times in published articles. Over 90% of these citations occurred in *Procedia* journals.[7][8]

In 2018, [Albania](/source/Albania) was hit with a scandal in which high-ranking politicians had faked their academic credentials by publishing fraudulent articles in *Procedia*.[9][10]

## See also

- *[Energy Procedia](/source/Energy_Procedia)*

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Guide for Authors"](https://www.elsevier.com/journals/procedia-computer-science/1877-0509/guide-for-authors). Elsevier. 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Procedia Iutam"](https://www.journals.elsevier.com/procedia-iutam). Elsevier. 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Procedia CIRP"](https://www.journals.elsevier.com/procedia-cirp). Elsevier. 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Procedia Manufacturing"](https://www.journals.elsevier.com/procedia-manufacturing). Elsevier. 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences"](https://www.myhuiban.com/journal/419?lang=en_us). myhuiban. 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-International_Campaign_for_Human_Rights_in_Iran_2015_6-0)** ["After Years in Solitary Confinement, Mohammad Ali Taheri Faces New Trial on Corruption on Earth Charges"](http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2015/02/mohammad-ali-taheri-2/). *International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran*. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["The "phantom reference:" How a made-up article got almost 400 citations, same thing happened in Procedia Engineering-Published low quality papers that get hundreds of citations in 2-3 years, unfortunately these conference papers have no real scientific value"](https://retractionwatch.com/2017/11/14/phantom-reference-made-article-got-almost-400-citations/). Retraction Watch. November 14, 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Harzing, Anne-Wil; Kroonenberg, Pieter (October 26, 2017). ["The mystery of the phantom reference"](https://harzing.com/publications/white-papers/the-mystery-of-the-phantom-reference).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Van Gerven Oei, Vincent W.J. (December 25, 2018). ["Massive Plagiarism Scandal Hits Albanian Officials without Consequences"](https://web.archive.org/web/20181230233833/https://exit.al/en/2018/12/25/massive-plagiarism-scandal-hits-albanian-officials/). Exit. Archived from [the original](https://exit.al/en/2018/12/25/massive-plagiarism-scandal-hits-albanian-officials/) on December 30, 2018. Retrieved February 28, 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Van Gerven Oei, Vincent W.J. (December 27, 2018). ["Publishers Respond: Articles Plagiarised by Politicians Will Be Retracted"](https://exit.al/en/2018/12/27/publishers-respond-articles-plagiarized-by-politicians-will-be-retracted/). Exit.

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