I think you’re right. I have removed these entries from the list.
Thank you for letting me know about this.
Comment on Hijacked Journals by Jeffrey Beall
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Comment on Another Predatory Publisher Accepts a Computer-Generated Paper by Jill M
True that it is sad, but it is also the best laugh I have had in a while. And, they didn’t even wait until April 1 to publish!
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Comment on Anti-Roundup (Glyphosate) Researchers Use Easy OA Journals to Spread their Views by Dr. Stan Benda
Reblogged this on <a href="https://plantlawyer.wordpress.com/2015/01/13/anti-roundup-glyphosate-researchers-use-easy-oa-journals-to-spread-their-views/" rel="nofollow">plantlawyer</a>.
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Comment on Another Predatory Publisher Accepts a Computer-Generated Paper by John Mashey
I don't know about the robots, but the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Considered_harmful" rel="nofollow">"considered harmful"</a> phrase has a long history in CMPSC, starting with Edsger Dijkstra nearly 50 years ago. He didn't like GOTO statements.
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Comment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by Open Access: What You Need to Consider Before Publishing | Campus de Gandia Ciencia
[…] Never publish in calls from Predatory Publishers, publishers who base their business model on publishing articles without offering minimum guarantees. You can consult an updated list. […]
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Comment on Another Predatory Publisher Accepts a Computer-Generated Paper by Reinhard
I think this is the perfect way to expose these journals. Whenever there is a fee waiver announced I hope many of these nonsense papers are submitted and accepted.
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Comment on Another Predatory Publisher Accepts a Computer-Generated Paper by Reinhard
Now these yournals are exposing themselves to you and are begging not to be included. This is hillarious.
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Comment on Another Predatory Publisher Accepts a Computer-Generated Paper by HyPub Links of the Week › Hybrid Publishing Lab Notepad
[…] Another predatory publisher has been reported by Scholarly Open Access this week. The journal named Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology has published bogus articles such as Robots No Longer Considered Harmful. If that has not yet caught your attention, the authors I.P. Freely and Oliver Clothesoff should hint at what Scholarly OA has researched: the site is bogus, there is no real institute behind it and scholars should not submit to it. Have a look at the article and the list of the 52 predatory journals in total the fake institute has released here. […]
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Comment on The Chinese Publisher SCIRP (Scientific Research Publishing): A Publishing Empire Built on Junk Science by Kidus
“I realize there may be some strong and honest articles published in SCIRP journals. However, these articles are devalued and stigmatized by association with all the junk science that SCIRP publishes. The authors of the good articles are being victimized by the publisher’s policy of publishing pseudoscientific articles like “Basic Principles Underlying Human Physiology.”
We are very sorry for being stigmatized as the above paragraph is stating.
We published two articles in Scrip journals. We did not pay handling fee. Our manuscripts have been reviewed because we made improvement based on the comments we got. But, is it not better to publish in open access publishers and make it available for all than publishing in journals that lock their publications (showing only the abstract) and ask payments? I think readers should evaluate the quality of the publications rather than branding everything as predatory.
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Comment on The Chinese Publisher SCIRP (Scientific Research Publishing): A Publishing Empire Built on Junk Science by Jeffrey Beall
Okay, using the name in your email address attached to your comment, I found your article “Biotechnology: Science versus Value-Laden Decisions” by Berhanu Abraha Tsegay and Alemayehu Bishaw Tamiru published in the low-quality SCIRP journal Open Journal of Philosophy.
I see that on p. 153 of the article you have this text:
“There is a dichotomy therefore, between science and value driven decision-making. Most societal controversies that take place are based on differing values among individuals within the society. Science on the other hand is a deliberate rational process. Science based decision-making attempts to arrive at decisions based on scientific certainty.”
The text appears in your SCIRP article without any citation and without any quotation marks.
Oops! This text was first published verbatim in 2000 in the online journal AgBioForum. Here’s the citation:
Sundlof, S. (2000). The role of science in regulation and decision making. AgBioForum, 3(2&3), 137-140. Available on the World Wide Web:
http://www.agbioforum.org/v3n23/v3n23a11-sundlof.htm
So, I think this is additional proof that SCIRP is a low quality publisher, for they have quickly published your unoriginal article (Received 12 March 2014; revised 12 April 2014; accepted 19 April 2014) that contains uncited text that was originally published in other scholarly publications.
I am sure that if I looked further, I could find additional examples of unsourced copying in your article.
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Comment on Anti-Roundup (Glyphosate) Researchers Use Easy OA Journals to Spread their Views by Jeffrey Beall
Thanks -- I've added the <em>Journal of Pharmacy Research</em> to my list <a href="http://wp.me/P280Ch-J" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>.
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Comment on Strange New OA Publisher Launches with 42 Journals by JToth
They may trying to establish a reference to the Research Excellence Framework (used for assessing the research output of British higher education institutions).
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Comment on Strange New OA Publisher Launches with 42 Journals by Tom Spears
It’s a funny tone, isn’t it? The unneeded capitals on nouns, the odd use of “men,” just feel like English from a long time ago, like pre-World War II. I wonder why.
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Comment on Strange New OA Publisher Launches with 42 Journals by Dan Riley
Lifted directly from Nature’s original 1869 mission statement,
http://www.nature.com/npg_/company_info/mission.html
No cite. I guess this is a statement about their plagiarism policy, no?
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Comment on Strange New OA Publisher Launches with 42 Journals by ckriesbeck
Depending on which “Contact” section you look at, they’re either in Boston MA or Newcastle Delaware. Googling the Boston address gets credit union. Googling the Delaware address gets an office rental listing.
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Comment on Strange New OA Publisher Launches with 42 Journals by Bill Williams
We’re still only in January, but I think we have already encountered the standout candidate for the 2015 plagiarism of the year award.
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Comment on Strange New OA Publisher Launches with 42 Journals by Michael Mays
Regarding pirated cover photo, check
https://www.tineye.com/search/fccf55d7a9292be19de2c108726596e90fccbe0b/
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Comment on Another Predatory Publisher Accepts a Computer-Generated Paper by psychprof
My concern is for the individuals publishing their work in these journals who got scammed. I know several people this has happened to. In some cases, you can do your research and get tricked because they do steal names and information from legit websites. That happened to me and I have had trouble getting it removed so people keep calling me about the journal! What’s worse is the people who get accepted now have their hands tied and can’t really send their work elsewhere.
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Comment on Another Predatory Publisher Accepts a Computer-Generated Paper by Dr. Lora Jacobi
I recently had a paper accepted in the Journal of Psychology and Behavioral Science- sounds legit, right? It was on a web page that listed social psychology journals. The website indeed looks official — just like any other publisher’s website. I got an email from the Executive Editor, M. Marin Ullah, with a 5 page attachment (looks quite legitimate on the first page. My research was accepted (provided the title and the manuscript ID) and two “peer reviewer reports” were included. Both reviews have vague but very nice things to say and both chose “accept paper in its current form” (this raised suspicion, because reviewers typically include some statement for change (however minor or major) to demonstrate their competence and show that they actually read the paper. Terms and Conditions are provided on page 4; the terms are appropriate including information, such as the schedule of publication, revisions, corresponding author information, galley proofs, etc. The only surprise was the publication fee of 200 USD (highlighted in yellow), with the statement, “Please follow the payment instructions on page 5.” Page five is where the scam is clear. It was highlighted in yellow that the publication fee was to be sent through “Western Union/XpressMoney/IME/Placid Express/Spot Cash.” My heart sank as I continued reading. The recipient would be “SABINA YASMIN” in Dhaka, Bangladesh and would be received as BDT (Bangladeshi Taka). Further instructions were provided to demonstrate proof of payment to the aforementioned person. A statement on the bottom of the directions and payment receipt information: “The payment is to be sent to Bangladesh as the financial unit of the Institute is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The journal is published from New York, New York.” I was disturbed and the red flags could be ignored no more. I found the name of the editor from the website, but he taught at an online university and up reachable. Another US editor was listed and I called her. She said that she submitted a paper, got it accepted, and they asked her to be one the Board of Editors. However, she had serious reservations about the journal and was stepping down. She was suspicious that submitting one article would result in being asked to join the Editorial Board. Frankly, it was too good to be true. She has not been contacted since, but they are able to list professionals with valid credentials as editors. The false use of persons with Ph.D.s in the field lulled me into submitting. I was very familiar with the co-editors college. It’s all just a scam. The acceptance letter states, “Please feel free to contact if you require additional information. I began googling thee journal title but found nothing. I wondered if the site was hacked, so I replied to the first email recognizing the receipt of my paper (sent in the middle of the night on 12/24); I explained my concerns and asked for a response. No response was send. Also, the name of the recipient of the money is the name of a famous singer in Bangladesh. I am thankful that I search for “American Institute for a Policy Development, where I found this site. This behavior is unconscionable. Persons who are named as editors should be contacted because they may be unaware of what is going on. I would have serious ethical concerns for persons who continue to willingly sit on an Editorial Board for these bogus journals.
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Comment on Strange New OA Publisher Launches with 42 Journals by Tom Spears
Nicely done! Guess I was right about the pre-World War part, but could have gone farther. This pushes it right back to Darwin’s time.
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