Bentham Open journals claim to employ
peer review;
[4] however, some reports that a fake paper generated with
SCIgen had been accepted for publication, have cast doubt on this.
[5][6][7] Furthermore, the publisher is known for
spamming scientists with invitations to become a member of the
editorial board of its journals.
[8]
In 2007, the Bentham Open Science journal, The Open Chemical Physics Journal, published a study contending dust from the World Trade Center disaster contained "active nanothermite".
[9] Following publication, the journal's
editor-in-chief Marie-Paule Pileni resigned stating, "They have printed the article without my authorization… I have written to Bentham, that I withdraw myself from all activities with them".
[10]