Pensee seems to be a hijacked journal but its webpage contains the é. Is there still the original journal or is somebody using the name of Paul Langevin to make 450 USD per paper?

Regards
Han Geurdes

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January 27, 2014, 4:56 am

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I just want to add a few more comments on my experience publishing with Hindawi’s The Scientific World Journal (TSWJ). As I said I am satisfied with the way the paper was handled, especially the speed from submission to publication and the quality of the copy-editing. I do realize, however, that the peer-review was a bit “light”. I’ll explain why I feel that way.

My co-authored paper was reporting what can be considered “negative” results, meaning we carried out a series of experiments to test a hypothesis, which turned out not to work. We did this as it had been reported in literature (in a reputable journal), and disseminated in the media, that a new additive would, to put it plainly, make wonders for the reaction I was studying. When we realized that it didn’t work, immediately I started to wonder what journal may be interested in publishing such result.

I assessed that the more established journal, where I’ve published more “interesting” results, may not be thrilled with this paper. I also imagined that some peer-reviewers very knowledgeable in the area might give us some trouble with our findings; for example, perhaps disagreeing with our methodology, or giving some other reason why they thought we did something wrong (which we are quite confident we didn’t).

Then I received an email from Hindawi, which many people find annoying, but in this case seemed quite inviting. They were offering free publication in TSWJ for all submissions received during one month related to chemical engineering. I looked up the journal and was pleased to see it is indexed in Scopus and has an ISI IF. I also saw that it has a style comparable with PLOS ONE, in that it will publish a wide range of subjects, but even more general. I also liked that subject areas were categorized in the journal, so that all chemical engineering papers, for example, are in their own subdivision. And finally, I was intrigued by the peer-review model, which is somewhat open (the reviewers names appear on the final paper) and is mainly dependent on reviews by editorial board members. This meant it was unlikely anyone with a vested interest in mineral carbonation (possibly to up the point of a conflict of interest), that could give unnecessary grief over the paper, would review it.

So within the month we finalized the paper and submitted two days before the end of the “promotion”. Just over one month later, I got the email with the reviewers’ comments and the editorial decision. It was accepted. So what about the reviewer’s comments? Well, they had a few minor comments (very few in fact, but relevant comments). But the interesting thing was that the decision email said that, and I quote, “changes that you may want to make in order to improve your manuscript before final publication”. The key word is “may”. This apparently means we could have ignored the comments and made no changes. We made the changes, because we saw value, and because we wanted to make sure my published paper was a peer-reviewed version and not just the submitted manuscript. Not that a submitted manuscript cannot be accepted directly without changes, I actually had two such papers previously published in more established reputable journals. But for this specific paper and journal, I felt we had to do some kind of revision, basically to give reassurance over the negative findings we were reporting.

So there you go, my plan to get the negative results published worked, just as I imagined. The conclusion? It appears, from this experience, that TSWJ does not perform as thorough reviewing as some other journals, and does not have a mechanism in place (e.g. a knowledgeable editor-in-chief) to ensure that papers get revised according to all the reviewer’s comments. Of course, this is only one paper’s experience. If I submit to them again in the future, I might get another experience. So that’s my two cents on this subject.

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Comment on University of Pristina Rector under Fire for Publishing in Predatory Journals by markkur

January 27, 2014, 5:01 am

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If you just look at those bogus five-page articles, it seems evident that the authors aren’t victims of any sort.

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January 27, 2014, 5:56 am

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PRP will open soon

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Comment on Have I Discovered the Source of the Hijacked Journals? by Jeffrey Beall

January 27, 2014, 6:44 am

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Someone has hijacked this journal. I don’t think there is a website for the legitimate journal. Please do not submit any articles.

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January 27, 2014, 9:21 am

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is the journal has an impact factor yet?

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Comment on The Journal of Buffalo Science by Jeffrey Beall

January 27, 2014, 9:27 am

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No.

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Comment on University of Pristina Rector under Fire for Publishing in Predatory Journals by Jill M

January 27, 2014, 2:03 pm

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I do not know what field RMS is in. However, in most areas of biology in the US of which I am aware, you won’t even get considered for an interview for a tenure-track assistant professor job at a RO1 research university if you don’t have a first author publication in Nature, Science or Cell. This has gone beyond publish-or-perish, for reasons that Pesante notes below.
Unfortunately, if an Academic career is what you want out of life, these are the ground rules.

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January 27, 2014, 6:39 pm

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This is a publisher called Smart Science and Technology. I not think this publisher meets the criteria for being a predatory publisher. To me, it looks like an honest new publisher.

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January 27, 2014, 8:51 pm

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Please check Advanced Materials Research too.

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January 28, 2014, 4:01 am

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Dear Mr. Jeffrey Beall,
Can you tell me about the journal “http://www.issr-journals.org/ijias/”, it looks like it has an impact factor and GIF and ICV, and it is free of charge. Please let me know what you think about his journal. Thank very much for your support to the research community.

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