I wasn’t aware that COPE had personal memberships.
Comment on Criteria for Determining Predatory Open-Access Publishers (2nd edition) by Jeffrey Beall
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Comment on Criteria for Determining Predatory Open-Access Publishers (2nd edition) by Dee
They are called Associate Memberships and they are very selective. It has taken months and I just received notice of acceptance yesterday. I was pretty excited. :)
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Comment on Open-Access Publisher Sends Extremely Annoying Spam Emails by Katrin
Deliberate greets? As opposed to what, accidental greets?
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Comment on Appeals by LAOcampo
Dear Mr. Beall,
Please check this publisher: Elite Hall Publishing House (http://pur1.elitehall.com/index.php?route=information/information&information_id=4)
In my opinion, this should be added in your list. Thank you.
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Comment on A Magical Combination: Easy Acceptance and an Authentic Impact Factor by Jeffrey Beall
I recommend that you not publish your paper with Medwell Journals. If this were me, I would withdraw the paper immediately. This is a very low quality publisher.
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Comment on A Magical Combination: Easy Acceptance and an Authentic Impact Factor by Bill Williams
The journal (JAVA) seems to have lost its TR impact factor this year.
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Comment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by HLS Weekly Roundup | hls
[…] that show the astronomical rise of predatory publishers. A lot of folks are already aware of this incredibly helpful list from CU Denver librarian Jeffrey Beall, but if you aren’t, it’s an excellent resource […]
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Comment on Mysterious Institute Launches with Nine Journals by Dr. John A. Rushing, Sr., GPHR, SPHR
Dr. Gordon is an established teacher, mentor and researcher. (Google Dr. Jean Gordon, FIU, Capella etc.). Still, is there sufficient data to make a determination about the conferences and journals?
When we see the editorial boards of the journals and see who are the paper reviewers for the conferences I think we will be better informed and better able to make intelligent assessments.
We all remember a time when Clute and IABPAD were unknown entities and we now regularly see respected colleagues at those conferences.
Maybe I am just old fashioned and just enjoy stories about the underdog and the upstart. At any rate I will follow this with interest to see how it all turns out.
Respectfully,
Dr. John A. Rushing, Sr., GPHR, SPHR
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Comment on Appeals by Jeffrey Beall
I have analyzed this publisher and found that it meets the criteria for inclusion on my list. It is particularly sloppy. I think researchers should seek a much better outlet for their work than this one. I question its sustainability also.
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Comment on Mysterious Institute Launches with Nine Journals by bill
Are you sure the FIU researcher is the person who sent the email?
Most things about this “institute” look dubious so I would be surprised that an established academic would be involved in setting it up.
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Comment on Mysterious Institute Launches with Nine Journals by Dr Gordon
Thanks John
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Comment on Mysterious Institute Launches with Nine Journals by Dr. John A. Rushing, Sr., GPHR, SPHR
Dear Bill,
I only know that the data you published matches the data for Dr. Jean Gordon at FIU, Capella, St. Thomas etc. I recognize the photo and the education history. I have no way of knowing if she sent the email because I have not discussed it with her. You might want to give her a phone call or email her.
If you talk to some one who knows her I think you will be surprised not only by her academic history but by her efforts for social justice and for serving the under-served. That probably is a reflection of her background in nursing.
I have no connection with the journals or the Institute and know nothing about either. If I were to “guess” and I know we academics do not “guess”, but if I were I would guess the institute is a not-for-profit with proceeds going to a children’s charity of such.
As i said before, I am withholding judgment until I learn more, perhaps attend a conference or talk with colleagues who have attended one. We have a natural skepticism when we see new conferences or journals, particularly since we have universities granting masters’ degrees to dogs in the US and England.
We all agree that higher education has serious challenges from grade inflation to plagiarism. We share concerns for all elements of our calling, including conferences and journals.
Best regards,
John
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Comment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by Jeffrey Beall
I have added this journal to my list here: http://scholarlyoa.com/individual-journals/ I recommend that you not submit papers to this journal and instead find a higher quality one.
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Comment on Appeals by LAOcampo
Thank you sir. I have one hypothetical question. If for instance an OA publisher, say a small scholarly society, has a journal that is indexed in one of your misleading metrics list, does it qualify for a predatory publisher?
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Comment on Appeals by Jeffrey Beall
Are you sure that’s really hypothetical? I don’t like to rely on a single criterion. The case would have to be handled in a broader context.
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Comment on Appeals by LAOcampo
Let’s take for instance this one: International Journal of Applied Operational Research (http://www.ijorlu.ir/index.php?slc_lang=en&sid=1) which is published by the Department of Mathematics of Islamic Azad University (which I think for me is a legitimate publisher). Surprisingly, this journal is indexed in Index Copernicus International which is a misleading metric in your list. I observe a couple of journals with similar case. How should we analyze a case like this?
Thanks.
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Comment on Appeals by Jeffrey Beall
Well, you find it legitimate, and it’s not on my list. The main things I look for are lack of transparency and use of deception. It’s possible the publisher doesn’t realize the problems with this metric and uses it anyway.
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Comment on Lambert Academic Publishing: A Must to Avoid by Jeffrey Beall
This is a fee-based service that helps authors get published in scholarly journals. It is extremely dangerous and I recommend avoiding it at all costs. It’s not on my list because it’s not a scholarly publisher.
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Comment on Bogus “Center” Provides Quick, Easy, and Cheap Publishing by Yurii
In addition some text pieces appears in multiple papers with different authors.
For example, if you take first three sentences from Link1 (Albania’s Integration in EU / Darjel Sina, Arjan Vasjari) and google it another paper from the Center appears as the second hit. (Valbona Sanxhaktari. The Respect for Fundamental in EU as an Eligibility for the Candidate Countries: The Albania Case). The first 7 lines from the first article also appears in the second article in the section 3, the 5th paragraph. I am sure that more “in-depth” comparison will reveal other instances of plagiarism.
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