Comments for Scholarly Open Access

I have added this journal to my backlog. Thanks.

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Dear Mr Beall,
I don’t really understand what you mean by “Phishing attempt”. Do you want to warn us that by sending them an article, then they can know our e-mail’s password and then can hack our e-mail? or they will use our article, put another name as author, and publish it in another journal?
Thanks for the enlightenment.

Dear Mr. Beall,
Will you inform us, if the list of predatory conferences from Dana Ross is released? I really need the list, as I get many invitations to conferences lately, even from those that is not my expertise. Thanks in advance

They will receive your article manuscript submission, and then they will tell you it is accepted and ask you to send them the money for the article processing charge. But the article will not be published anywhere. They just take the money and pretend to be a publisher, but they have no website.

It is <a href="http://libguides.caltech.edu/content.php?pid=134993" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>.

Dana Roth’s site also has a really useful guide for any of us who are not sure what to call our next scholarly meeting: http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1704

Unfortunately, this bogus journal is deceiving a lot of Iranian researchers and has managed to earn thousand dollars by this way. Unfortunately, Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology never has informed Iranian researchers yet.

I have added this publisher to my backlog here: http://wp.me/P280Ch-Ov There are too many journals/publishers emerging out of India for me to analyze. In the meantime, I recommend finding a better publisher.

Absolutely, Dirk. Well said. Jeff Beall’s intentions are good and I think he lacks time and required resources to accomplish what you have asked for. Ultimately, the responsibility lies with the authors. Before submission, they should have researched the journal and its credibility etc. In a way these journals are emerging to feed predatory authors who is compelled to publish either to finish their PhDs or get their promotions and as the nature does with time the quality stands out.

But I really enjoyed your valuable comments and the suggestions.

Bhasu

Dear Mr. Beall,
Thanks a lot for the information. I hope that I wouldn’t get tricked in their attempts, after I was aware that this possibility might occur. .

Dear Mr Beall, and Bill
Thanks a lot for the information

Dear Mr Jeffrey,
Thank you very much for this kind work you are doing!
Well! After that, I have one special request (advice) to you for us.

I found that most of journals I came across on internet are in your list, really I feel headache on that. I don’t know which one is not included there, so it take long to observe every journal for authenticity.

MY REQUEST: Apart from popular publishers like ELSEVIER, I request you to add another page here on you web reading like “HONEST/RELIABLE JOURNALS/PUBLISHERS” this will help us focusing on them so as can save our time searching for a ‘good’.

When you are reviewing journals and publishers, and found that one is honest just put it on for us.

Thus is all for now from me, hope is clear, understandable and taken for consideration.
Thanks

Sir,
What do you say about the authenticity of “AIMS International Journal of Management”?

AIMS – Association of Indian Management Scholars

I haven’t analyzed it. It’s a subscription journal. I limit my analyses to open-access journals.

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