Comments for Scholarly Open Access

Thanks for your post. I just got an invitation on LinkedIn from “helen white”. As an editor myself, I was immediately suspicious of someone listing their position as “Associate Managing Editor” who didn’t even use proper capitalization. Your post confirmed my suspicions. Thank you!

Yes, this is questionable. I recommend that you not submit any papers to this journal.
Thanks.

Can you help me information of this magazine may be acceptable?

http://www.ijcst.org

http://www.ijccer.org

http://www.ijcsi.org

https://sites.google.com/site/ijcsis/

Thank you -- I have added this publisher to my list. <a href="http://verizonaonlinepublishing.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Verizona Publisher</a> (VZP)

Cong,
Here are the journals you are asking about:

1. International Journal of Computer Science and Telecommunications = http://www.ijcst.org
2. International Journal of Computer & Communication Engineering Research (IJCCER) = http://www.ijccer.org
3. International Journal of Computer Science Issues = http://www.ijcsi.org
4. International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security = https://sites.google.com/site/ijcsis/

All these journals are on my list except number 2. I have not heard of this journal before, so I will analyze it. This may take me a few days. Regarding the other three journals, I recommend that you not submit any papers to them.

Hi Mr. Beall,

My paper has recently been published in Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences. But this journal seems to be in transparent about the location and they also claim to have their content indexed by ISI/Thomson and SCOPUS. The paper is now available online but I don’t know if it really is what they claim? As there is no such information available. I wanted to ask for your opinion.
Thanks much.

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The <em>Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences</em> is published in Pakistan. I have this journal included on my list and recommend that researchers avoid it and instead select better journals for their work.

Yes, AEQ does make a few articles freely available: they call it Editor’s Choice. That assists scholars in assessing subject matter and publication “fit” for their research. I do not think that should be held against AEQ.
Disclosure: I have no affiliation with AEQ, other than I have published there two times. I think it is a fine, scholarly, peer-reviewed journal. In fact, it is a pretty tough journal in which to publish.

Well, the thing is, (at least some of) these companies spam so widely that a number of their “guest editors” are bound to be less than qualified. Several of the engineers and technicians in my (astronomy) lab have been solicited multiple times to coordinate special issues on various astronomical topics that they of course know nothing of, which just shows how indiscriminately those publishers cast their net…

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Dear Jeffrey,
I think journal entitled “Comptes rendus de l’Académie bulgare des Sciences” was hijacked.
I followed sent you the link of original and fake journal.
Original Journal: http://www.ahistcon.org/revistaayer.html
Hijacked Journal: http://ayeronline.com/index.php/test
Please check it and let me know.

Dear Jeffrey,
I think journal entitled “AYER” was hijacked.
I followed sent you the link of original and fake journal.
Original Journal: http://www.ahistcon.org/revistaayer.html
Hijacked Journal: http://ayeronline.com/index.php/test
Please check it and let me know.

As promised, my post: <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/neuroskeptic/2015/03/11/when-publisher-stops-publishing/" rel="nofollow">What Happens When An Academic Publisher Stops Publishing?</a>. It's about a Beall's listed outfit.

Thank you -- I have added this to my Misleading Metrics list <a href="http://wp.me/P280Ch-Pb" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Much appreciated.

I would not consider citations on Google Scholar to be “completely worthless”. Google Scholar is just more lenient than other options, such as ISI or Scopus. It includes mentions in books and dissertations and citations from articles which are still in press. Especially for early career researchers, Google Scholar can be useful.

Dear Hojjat, Thank you very much for reporting this case of journal hijacking. I have added it to my list <a href="http://scholarlyoa.com/other-pages/hijacked-journals/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Thanks again, Jeffrey.

Hojjat, Thank you — I already have this case included on my list from an earlier report.
Thanks and best wishes.

The poor word usage and grammatical errors in the email tipped me off right away. The other tip-off was that I had to pay to have my research published however this was very well hidden. I will stick to legitimate dissemination thank you very much

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