A few weeks ago “Margaret Harold” changed her profile picture and used a photo of a cow grazing in a green field. The poor cow’s identity has also been stolen by “Margaret Harold”…
Comment on Publisher Uses Fake LinkedIn Identities to Attract Submissions by Ali Mobasheri
Comment on Hijacked Journals by Jeffrey Beall
Comment on Hijacked Journals by Jeffrey Beall
The link you supply here is actually the link to the ORIGINAL and LEGITIMATE journal. If you go there, you see this message regarding the hijacked versions of the journal:
“A bogus/fake journal website operates on the following domains, bothalia.org; bothalia.net; bothaliajournal.com; bothaliajournal.org; bothaliajournal.net and bthla-journal.org. Readers, authors and reviewers should be aware that we are not associated with this website. Do not submit your work to this predatory publisher that fraudulently imitates this journal ISSN.”
Comment on Hijacked Journals by Jeffrey Beall
This case is already on my list.
Comment on Hijacked Journals by Jeffrey Beall
No. This is not correct.
Comment on Hijacked Journals by Jeffrey Beall
Right, this one is already on my list.
Comment on Hijacked Journals by Jeffrey Beall
Correct; this one is already included on my list.
Comment on Hijacked Journals by Jeffrey Beall
Comment on Peer Review Reports from Questionable Publishers: Three Examples by Jeffrey Beall
I recommend that you consult with senior researchers in your field. It is probably better to wait until all the data has been collected.
Comment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2015 by Jeffrey Beall
Katherine: Common Ground is not really an open-access publisher, so it’s not eligible for my list. I receive many inquiries about it, however. It’s slick and its owners are clever, and they know how to capitalize on higher education. Much income is being made.
Because there are so many conferences and they come and go so quickly, I don’t analyze them, so I have not had a look at EDULEARN 15. If predatory journals criteria can be used, I find this conference questionable. It is unclear where it’s based, for they are not transparent about this. Also, it appears they publish their proceedings on a CD-ROM. This is so 1990s! I think I would be hesitant to pay to attend this conference only to have my work hidden away on a CD-ROM that is for sale from somewhere. Good luck.
Comment on Hijacked Journals by Jeffrey Beall
Thanks — I have added this one to my list.
Comment on Hijacked Journals by Jeffrey Beall
I do not think this is a case of journal hijacking.
Comment on Something Unnatural about Natural Sciences Publishing Corporation by Peter Jankovic
Nobody will write a paper for such a journal which is named after a city that is questionably on the map.
Comment on OMICS Group Charges Authors for Publishing in Its Subscription Journals by tekija
What do you think of this payment structure:
“Publication Costs
Accepted manuscripts originally submitted November 1, 2013-December 31, 2014, are subject to a $120 per published PDF page charge.
The charge for accepted manuscripts with original submission dates of January 1, 2015, or later will be $125 per published PDF page.
Authors may make their papers free access (averting the 6-month embargo) for an additional $35 per published PDF page.
All prices are in US dollars.”
The journal is online-only.
Comment on Hijacked Journals by edris merufinia
Dear Jeffrey Beall ,
I think journal entitled “WIWO REPORT ” with Irregular ISSN: 1385-3287 was hijacked.
I followed sent you the link of original and fake journal.
Original Journal:WIWO Report currently does not have a website.
Hijacked Journal:http://web-journal.com/
Please check it and let me know.
With Best Regards
Edris Merufinia
Comment on Hijacked Journals by edris merufinia
Dear Jeffrey Beall ,
I think journal entitled “Vitae Revista de la Facultad de Quimica Farmaceutica” with dont have ISSN was hijacked.
I followed sent you the link of original and fake journal.
Original Journal:
Hijacked Journal:http://www.vitae-udea.org/
Please check it and let me know.
With Best Regards
Edris Merufinia
Comment on Hijacked Journals by edris merufinia
Dear Jeffrey Beall ,
I think journal entitled “ADVANCES IN ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY” with Monthly ISSN: 1995-0756 was hijacked.
I followed sent you the link of original and fake journal.
Original Journal:
Hijacked Journal:Advances in Environmental Biology (AEB) currently does not have a website.
Please check it and let me know.
With Best Regards
Edris Merufinia
Comment on Hijacked Journals by Jeffrey Beall
Thanks; I have added this one to the list.