의학전문지 전문 출판사인 BBB 측은 유령 저자들의 논문 작성 사실에 당혹감을 나타내며 이에 대해 조사할 것이라고 밝혔다.
BBB, a publishing house specializing in medical journals, said it was "embarrassed" by the fact that the phantom authors were writing their papers and said it would investigate them.