Comments for Scholarly Open Access

[…] a regular reader of Jeffrey Beall’s invaluable Scholarly OA blog. Earlier this week Beall blogged about a dubious-looking new ‘predatory’ journal called International Journal Online of […]

I would like to apologize for my phrase ‘waste my time on publishing all the correspondence, … in the relevant forums everywhere on the Internet’ to each participant in this forum and elsewhere, and especially to the author, Jeffrey Beall whose job and research was helpful personally to me. I would emphasize that I do not think like that, it was just my tactic. By this, I confirm that I understand the high importance of every systematical effort pursuing the enlightenment of the general public as well as scientific circles about open-access predatory publishing, a serious threat to to the normal functioning of science proper.

I went through the author process with SOP, and I found them to be very friendly, happy to make corrections when they occur, and found the reviewers I had to be very helpful in improving my manuscript. My work was recently published in “SOP Transactions on Applied Mathematics”.

From the experience of an author, though paying a fee (in exchange for open access), they are very new, but welcome to input. I didn’t find really anything predatory about them during the process, but I know I did receive the e-mails you were discussing at first (I found them later on when trying to find an appropriate journal, and thought my work would go great in a new journal).

This journal’s publisher, the “International Journals of Multidisciplinary Research Academy,” is included on my list.

Regarding the Association of Computer Electronics and Electrical Engineers (ACEEE) — this publisher is included on my list.

This journal is included on my list <a href="http://scholarlyoa.com/individual-journals/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>, so I recommend that you not publish any articles in the journal.

I have had a look at this website, and because they don’t publish any journals, they are not eligible for my list. It appears that they just organize (low quality) conferences and they tell attendees to submit their presentations to good journals. I agree with your observation and would advise all researchers to avoid these conferences.

I have this journal's publisher, World Science Research Journals (WSR Journals), included on my list <a href="http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>. I recommend that you NOT pay the money to this publisher. Find a better publisher.

Can you tell me what problems you see with this journal?

[…] chap called Jeffrey Beall has come up with a list of so-called ‘predatory’ journals and publishers – you […]

I was recently invited to submit to the Global Journal of Science Frontier Research. I should have deleted the email but I was feeling mischievous, so I replied, telling Mr RK Dixit that I wanted nothing to do with any publisher on the Beall’s list. To my surprise, they replied – read about it on my blog (though I’m afraid they have not been very kind to you, Mr Beall!) https://lisaamartin.wordpress.com/2015/02/08/open-access-and-the-problem-of-predatory-publishers/

Spam seen here, so we listed them.

[…] pod koniec stycznia Jeffrey Beall (tak, ten od listy drapieżnych wydawców) opublikował wpis o rumuńskim badaczu ogrywającym Google Scholar, stwierdziłem, że chcę napisać kilka słów na ten temat. Szczególnie, że mogę do tej sprawy […]

[…] Czym są takie czasopisma? To po prostu „strony” podszywające się pod prawdziwe czasopisma – często pobierają opłatę za quasi-publikację. Oczywiście nie jest to żadna prawdziwa publikacja (zatem tych tekstów nie znajdziemy np. w Web of Science), ale nie przeszkadza to takim quasi-autorom chwalić się rzekomą publikację w czasopiśmie z tzw. listy filadelfisjkiej. Ponownie odsyłam do Bealla (zob. listę ukradzionych czasopism). […]

[…] it. On a whim, I Googled her company’s name. The first page of results contained links like “Lambert Academic Publishing: A Must to Avoid,” “Why You Shouldn’t Publish With Lap Lambert, German Publishing House,” and “Lambert […]

Dear Beall, please tell me about journal of gastroenterology reports by Oxford Publications. Is it worth submitting my work to?
Thanks in anticipation

None of the Oxford University Press journals are included on my list. So, yes, if you are referring to a journal published by OUP, I do believe it is worth submitting to. Good luck.

[…] a blog post about Dr Olivier Wenker’s Scholarly Content Farm. I wonder if his content carries the seed-to-seal […]

They are abusing my name too. I was solicited with an editorship by the International Journal of Accounting and Taxation. I have not been involved in any operations of that journal since I accepted the offer. After being the editor for two months, I emailed the journal to resign. It still lists my name as the editor, after I have made multiple request of the removal. They intentionally did that. Be aware that this journal accepts money, but does not publish.

Is ‘Religions’ considered a legitimate journal in Religious Studies? Would publication in this journal count towards tenure review?

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