Potential Cases of Authorship-for-Sale on Journal of New Materials for Electronchemical System


Dear editor(s) on Journal of New Materials for Electronchemical System,

This message is from WU Guangheng with the 5GH Foundation, an independent research agency in Hong Kong. I am expressing our concerns on two papers claimed to be submitted to your journal.

Title of paper [1]: Optimizing Supercapacitor Performance with LSCF, ST, BST, and Coconut Shell Activated Carbon

Title of paper [2]: Assessing the Toxicological Impact of Exhaust Gas Particulate Matter Across Various Fuels During Cold Temperature Operation

We noticed an advertisement on Telegram channel offering authorship of these two papers, and claiming that they accepted for the publication in the 3rd issue in this year. Therefore, we ask you for a further investigation on these papers.

Thank you for your attention to this matter, we are looking forward to your reply.








Author: WU Guangheng

Founder and Chair of the 5GH Foundation

E-Mail: wu@5gh.org.cn

Document ID: 5GH-WuGH-20240613.002

Publication Date: 2024.06.13

This article is licensed to the 5GH Foundation under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International License

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