A learned reader reports to the business plan of journals-mafia.com (yes, that’s the business name) which has plans to create a monopoly on scholarly publishing in Russia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. All researchers need do is pay journals-mafia and it will handle editing, place papers and split the cash with editors.  So much more convenient than having to go through all that tedious peer-reviewing.  “It provided me with a mix of amusement and cold chills all at the same time,” the LR remarks.