Springer Nature has launched a new agriculture journal under the troubled Cureus brand. The new journal comes after Clarivate’s Web of Science delisting the original and long-embattled Cureus Journal of Medical Science in October, 2025 for concerns about article quality. As part of its launch, the publisher invited at least one researcher with irrelevant specialities to join its editorial board.

On November 15, 2025 the journal sent a sensory biologist an invitation to “apply for a position on our esteemed Editorial Board as an Associate Editor” for its latest addition, the Cureus Journal of Agriculture and Food Science. Springer Nature launched the new journal in December, and its editorial board is currently comprised of five scientists, one each from Brazil, USA, Jamaica, Turkey and China, according to the journal’s webpage.

The researcher who received the email asked to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation, but called the request “troubling.” Four days after sending the invite, Springer Nature sent an email noting the invitation “was mistakenly delivered to individuals outside its intended audience due to a system glitch,” the email reads.

Source https://retractionwatch.com/2026/03/13/cureus-journal-brand-agriculture-food-science-mistakenly-invites-researchers-board/

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