Scientific publisher Elsevier admitted it has brought out six "journals" between 2000 and 2005 that were sponsored by pharmaceutical companies and looked like peer-reviewed journals.

Statement From Michael Hansen, CEO of Elsevier's Health Sciences Division, regarding the issue can be accessed from its official website

The fraud was brought out to light by The Australian.

More stories can be found in The Scientist, Elsevier published 6 fake journals and Merck published fake journal and in The Guardian.