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[…] Finally, I checked Beall`s List of questionable, scholarly open-access publishers. Yes, CMIL was on the list. The criteria for inclusion of publishers onto Beall`s List are available here. […]

Being invited at a personal level to submit a paper is an honor. However, I am quite put off by mass-mailed nagging. This is nothing more than spam. I do not take it to be from a legitimate publisher.

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Hi Jeffrey,

What’s your take on Environmental Sciences Europe (ESEU), the journal that republished the retracted Seralini paper without putting it through another review process.

Regards,

Chris

Thank you very much for your reply. Well, I thought it was predatory because of its look (for instance, some pictures seem to be taken from Google) and its claim to be indexed by Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory, DOAJ, Google Scholar, JournalSeek.

Dear Beall, Quest Journals Inc. is the questionable journal? or questionable publisher? thanks

Its publisher, SpringerOpen, does not meet the criteria for being classed as predatory.

Yes, Quest Journals, Inc. is on my list.

Hi, can you tell me the status of this journal:

http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jlchange.cgi?Full=Scientific+Research+and+Essays

http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jlresults.cgi?PC=MASTER&Full=Scientific%20Research%20and%20Essays

It is published by Academic Journals, and this publisher is on my list. I recommend that you not submit any articles to this publisher’s journals.

Dear Mr Beall,
Thank you for this valuable information. I have been approached by a few wannabe publishers, even almost believed one email, but always got somehow discouraged by the sender’s conduct of the English language, not even getting to the fee issue.
This is really a very helpful list and I am passing it to all my colleagues.
Thanks again for caring.

Sure please. It is also on my list. But still, can you tell it status as being SCI indexed or not.

http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jlchange.cgi?Full=Scientific+Research+and+Essays

http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jlresults.cgi?PC=MASTER&Full=Scientific%20Research%20and%20Essays

What does it mean that its Reactivated as per the links above?

See here: http://wokinfo.com/publisher_relations/journals/

It says, “Many factors are taken into account when evaluating journals for coverage in Web of Science Core Collection … ” so I assume reactivated means was removed from coverage and then got included again.

We should submit papers only to publishers like Elsevier and others who do a good job of adding value to papers. Open access journals are too much headache. Not one is good, lot of predators are there and charges are in thousands of dollars. Should be avoided.

The predatory publishers remind me of thugs who once created havoc in India. The British rulers brought their terror to an end after prolonged attempts. We need such operations. Mark and catch and hang them! Metaphorically speaking…

I totally agree with what you have commented about young researchers.

Dear Mr Beall, I appreciate your effort to improve the publishing practice.
Have you check “Ivy Union Publishing”? (http://ivyunion.org/index.php/index/index)

Best regards,

PJS

Thank you. Ivy Union is on my list <a href="http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>, so I recommend that you not submit any papers to their journals. I recommend that you find a better publisher.

I want that paper too!!!!

I personally would avoid their journals and conferences. I would advise my friends to avoid them also. They are more like vacation packages than conferences, in my opinion. I recommend that you seek a more authentic conference venue, such as one organized by a real scholarly society.

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