One of the examples of predatory publishing practices is the problem of predatory conferences (predatory meetings). This unethical practice involves scientific conferences organised both internationally and nationally that are characterised by a lack of a robust review process for submitted presentation proposals. These are conferences geared to maximise profit from conference fees, the organisers of which are often predatory publishers who publish articles and monographs.
Characteristics of predatory meetings: short time between the submission of a conference application and its acceptance; negligible quality control (e.g. lack of peer reviews); acceptance of submissions consisting of false content; notification of high participation fees only after acceptance and no refund of the conference fee; demanding the involvement of academics in conference organising committees without their consent and not allowing them to resign; imitation of the names or website styles of more established conferences, including organising a similarly named conference in the same city; hidden identity of organisers and difficult contact with them.