Dear Mr. Beall,
I need your opinion about this journal
http://www.ijetch.org/
I can see papers with really poor quality here, but I am looking to hear from You!
Thank You and Congratulations on Your valuable work!
Comment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by Goran
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Comment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by Jeffrey Beall
Hi, Goran, That journal should have been included on my list. I thought it was there. Anyway, it is there now. This journal was recently <a href="http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ciencia/2015/03/1604897-cientistas-brasileiros-fazem-participacao-em-congresso-virar-artigo-publicado.shtml" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">described </a>in a newspaper article in Brazil. Thanks.
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Comment on Appeals by Jeffrey Beall
Please see <a href="http://scholarlyoa.com/2014/02/18/chinese-publishner-mdpi-added-to-list-of-questionable-publishers/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>, <a href="http://scholarlyoa.com/2013/05/16/more-controversy-over-open-access-publisher-mdpi/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>, <a href="http://scholarlyoa.com/2014/02/24/under-pressure-mdpi-tries-to-clean-house-retracts-paper/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>, and <a href="http://scholarlyoa.com/2015/01/08/anti-roundup-glyphosate-researchers-use-easy-oa-journals-to-spread-their-views/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>.
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Comment on Hijacked Journals by Jeffrey Beall
This is a hijacked version of a journal. I have it listed <a href="http://scholarlyoa.com/other-pages/hijacked-journals/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Please do not submit any papers to it.
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Comment on Hijacked Journals by Jeffrey Beall
The journal appears to not be open access and it’s in German, so I will not analyze it at this time. Thanks.
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Comment on OA Publisher to Peer Reviewer: Never Mind by Keith Fraser
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A paper on the cosmic harmonic properties of squirrel vomit publish
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Comment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by hasan
Dear Mr. Beall,
I need your opinion about this journal
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Comment on OA Publisher to Peer Reviewer: Never Mind by Johnny Whiteman
In other words, yes he/she is a shill.
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Comment on OA Publisher to Peer Reviewer: Never Mind by Nils
I have looked at a few papers in the “British Journal of Mathematics & Computer Science”, and I entirely agree with ZYX. Their “peer review” is a complete joke, and has absolutely nothing to do with serious refereeing.
Let’s take the example of the paper “Discovering Geometric and Topological Properties of Ellipsoids by Curvatures”. I’m not saying anything about the paper itself (it takes time to review a research paper), but let’s have a look at the so-called referee reports:
Report 1 consists in just one sentence: “This paper is well written.”
Report 2 is barely longer: “In second page (here numerated 101), in the formula of the definition of Ellipsoid, I propose that you put: ai≠aj when i≠j.”
The Editor’s comment reads “The two referee reports are strongly positive. Therefore, I think this paper should be accepted for
publication.” I think there is no need to say more on these reports.
Another example is the paper “On Non-metric Covering Lemmas and Extended Lebesgue-differentiation Theorem” (again, I comment only the reports, not the paper itself).
Report 1: “They give a non-metric version of the Besicovitch Covering Lemma and an extension of the Lebesgue-Differentiation Theorem into the setting of the integration theory of vector valued functions. The quality of the paper is good .”
Report 2: “I think this paper includes a new result and make important contribution to and improvement in the integration theory of vector valued functions. This study gives a more general, non-metric Besicovitch Covering Lemma that satisfies any size function and extend the scope of the Lebesgue Differentiation Theorem to the more general setting of the integral of vector valued function. Namely, the paper contains a non-metric version of the Besicovitch Covering Lemma and an extended Lebesgue-Differentiation Theorem. Proofs of the Lemmas and Theorems are open enough and they sounds interesting.”
Report 3: “In this paper under review the author gives a more general non-metric version of the Besicovitch Covering Lemma concerning any size function and an extension of the Lebesgue differentiation Theorem to the more general setting of the integral of vector valued functions, as introduced in [the author] (2013) and later in [the author and a coworker] (2013).” followed by a list of typos.
Editor’s comment: “Paper looks very strong. ACCEPT”.
In fact, I suspect that this has more to do with incompetence than with malevolence: the editors apparently have no clue what a genuine referee report looks like.
I’ve been writing and refereeing math papers for 20 years. Though I occasionally got very short reports, a typical review is several pages long. It does not just paraphrase the abstract and say that the paper is “very good”. A report should show that the reviewer has checked the main part of the proofs, comment on how the paper improves previous results, check whether relevant existing literature has been correctly cited, state whether the presentation is clear and propose improvements, comment on the results’ relevance, and so on.
Such a process takes time, and it’s completely unrealistic to expect a report in a few days (the usual time frame in math is more like several months). The above sockpuppet’s comment “it surely does not take them 4 days to read through a paper” tells a lot on these peoples’ understanding of peer review.
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Comment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by Jeffrey Beall
Sure, the journal is the <a href="http://www.ijpir.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">International Journal of Pharmacy & Industrial Research</a> (IJPIR). I had not heard of it before. I analyzed this journal and found it met the criteria for being included on my list, so I have added. I recommend that you not send any papers to this journal. Please find a stronger one.
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Comment on Two “Institutes” That Want Your Money by Jaja
Thank you very much. I wish I had done a background check before sending them my money and paper. Well, now I now in case of future publication.
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Comment on Clueless Reporter from the Mirror Bases Story on Withdrawn OMICS Publishing Group Article by Bob Dobbs
The article seems to be there now.
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Comment on Joseph Publishing Group Launches with 17 New Biomedical Sciences Journals by Bananaphone
whois josephpublishinggroup.com
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: Rajshekar Reddy
Registrant Organization: Joseph Publishing Group
Registrant Street: 5880
Registrant Street: Somers by Circle
Registrant City: Alpha Retta
Registrant State/Province: Georgia
Registrant Postal Code: 30005
Registrant Country: United States
Registrant Phone: +1.7707286050
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax:
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email: josephgroups777@gmail.com
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Comment on Joseph Publishing Group Launches with 17 New Biomedical Sciences Journals by Sudesh Kumar
two year author membership is $4498. someone is in a real hurry to make lots of money.
the question is – who in their right mind will pay $4498 for two year author membership to this publisher, after looking at the website?
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Comment on Large New OA Publisher Launches with 85 Journals by billwilliams
That really is an amazing coincidence regarding Prof Reddy!
Incidentally, I notice their editor in chief was awarded the prestigious “LEADING SCIENTISTS OF THE WORLD 2008”by “International Biographical Centre,Cambridge,England”
http://internationalejournals.com/aboutijmtah.htm
This ecosystem is in constant evolution: the IBC appears to be a sort of companion spam outfit which complements the work of predatory scholarly publishers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Biographical_Centre
http://snailstales.blogspot.pt/2005/08/open-letter-to-wise-guys-at.html
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Comment on IDOSI Journals No Longer to be Indexed in Scopus by Amrit
But it is showing in
http://science.thomsonreuters.com/cgi-bin/linksj/search.cgi?letter=w
If you kindly clarify…
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Comment on Joseph Publishing Group Launches with 17 New Biomedical Sciences Journals by AlexH
Perhaps it is used for money laundering?
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Comment on Joseph Publishing Group Launches with 17 New Biomedical Sciences Journals by Anatoli
Soon they will know that they are not earning even $44. 98, then one day the website will disappear.
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Comment on New Questionable Publisher — New Conference List — New Plagiarism Book by Jim McDonald
Did you ever get a resolution to the question? ID.net has just been brought to my attention and their web page is not of much help sorting things out.
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Comment on Joseph Publishing Group Launches with 17 New Biomedical Sciences Journals by tekija
Indeed, the web site is hilarious. First of all, the division of journals under various subheadings defies common sense. Second the language under aims and instructions is extremely broken, to come from Georgia.
Note, for example, the use of “preclusion” in the following:
“Journal of Ophthalmology and Clinical Research covers all aspects of preclusion, analysis and healing of eye disorders, and in addition related to molecular genetics, pathophysiology and the study of disease transmission.”
and “inappropriate” in the second extract:
“The journal elaborates exclusive papers including but not inadequate to the following fields:”
Perhaps the best piece are the contradictions in the instructions for authors, for example:
“Author names need to be mentioned as Last name followed by their concern Initials without space or any punctuation.”
followed by the example:
“Eg: Paul M1, Stephen PA2 and Laura A2*”
Or this one:
“Journal Article with less than 5 authors:
Karimi-Zarchi M, Peighmbari F, Karimi N, Rohi M, Chiti Z (2013) A Comparison of 3 Ways of Conventional Pap Smear, Liquid-Based Cytology and Colposcopy vs Cervical Biopsy for Early Diagnosis of Premalignant Lesions or Cervical Cancer in Women with Abnormal Conventional Pap Test. Int J Biomed Sci 9: 205-210.”
Not to mention the contrast of:
“The Joseph Publishing Group Member Journal’s Editorial Board and Review Board include experienced PhD-level and MD-level experts, ensuring that Joseph Publishing Group Journals maintain the highest standards in scientific rigor. ”
against a blank page for the editorial bord.
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