Proteomic Analysis of Autotomy and Regeneration in the Slowpoke Tail

This paper is about a fictional creature, written by fictional authors citing fictional references, but was submitted to, and swiftly accepted by, a real journal, Enzyme Engineering, run by the predatory publisher Longdom (which is connected to the predatory OMICS group). The manuscript itself states "this is a predatory journal that does not practice even the most rudimentary peer review." The journal wanted an outrageous sum of money to publish the paper, so instead the manuscript as they accepted it is attached here, along with the acceptance letter and the payment invoice. Enzyme Engineering is not a peer-reviewed journal, and any claims they make to be so constitute false advertising and fraud. We hope this evidence is useful for students of predatory publishing or for lawyers