Jeffrey
You state that although Nova Science Publishers is not a predatory publisher, you strongly advice against publishing with them. Can you give a more explixit reason for that statement. I have previously published a book chapter with them and the whole process was handled professionally. It also has not damaged my career (currently Associate Professor).
Comment on Watch Out for Publishers with “Nova” in Their Name by siebers
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Comment on Watch Out for Publishers with “Nova” in Their Name by Derek Pyne
I really appreciate the time you take updating this website as it is a very useful resource. However, I will just make a minor correction. You write “It lists its address as 67 Abitibi Avenue in Toronto. … and it’s really in North York”. Since 1998 North York has been part of the city of Toronto, so that part is technically honest.
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Comment on Watch Out for Publishers with “Nova” in Their Name by AlexH
I would not do business with Nova Science Publishers but it may be worthy to state that the SENSE ranking (which we at Central Europe sometimes use as a non-official tool for checking an unknown publisher http://www.cityu.edu.hk/scm/pbpr_roa/ranking_sense.pdf ) put them in category ‘C’ , together with Peter Lang (which have some quality book series as well as pure vanity publications) and L’Harmattan (which, on the other hand, is an established and highly reputed publisher in France and through continental Europe).
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Comment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by Justin Keogh
I see you have listed Dove press on the list the predatory journals. On this page http://www.dovepress.com/ they list several the journals having impact factors. Had you reconcile this fact with their predatory behaviour in that would you normally expect journals with impact factors to be non-predatory journals? Are there many other instances of publishers who make the predatory Journal list but have several journals that have impact factors?
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Comment on Watch Out for Publishers with “Nova” in Their Name by Joaquin Perez
Thank you for this information. I suspect of a journal named Review of Economics & Finance,with Publication fee: $400, published by Better Advances Press, and sponsored by Academic Research Centre of Canada (ARCC). I have received an invitation to publish on it, and this invitation is based on a paper I published, with two coauthors, in a social choice JCR journal (Mathematical Social Sciences). The field of social choice is not very close to Finance.
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Comment on Watch Out for Publishers with “Nova” in Their Name by MC
Maybe the fact that the Brain Research Journal (and other) are headed by a dead man, or that the journal description has ridiculousness like “The brain is omnipresent in bodily functions.” or “…the brain is complex, to say the least. ”
https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=125&products_id=5091
Or, skimming through their 100 journals, many of them lack editors, adequate descriptions, or any real submissions. And, many of the subject areas are already well covered by reputable and already well-established journals. We don’t need any of these duplicates.
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Comment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2015 by simonbatterbury
They actually have some good papers, but a colleague was amused to receive an invitation to join one of their Boards, and said: “….But I was particularly taken by their description of the new heights that the journal will reach:
“With your input, it will not only be a pivot, but a confluence of pivots of creative ideas.””
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Comment on Open-Access Medical Publisher Has Contradictory Journal by DARIO MARCHETTI
By perusing Google, I came across by chance to this Scholarly Open Access web site where I learned with much surprise that my name has been linked to highly questionable and unethical journals. I was (and am) quite upset by this discovery, additive to various comments by individuals, notably ones from a “herr doctor bimler” who questioned my integrity.
I do not often google my own name nor I consider myself an Internet expert but I want to make clear to you that, with the EXCEPTION of The International Journal of Oncology and related journals from Spandidos Publications which are reputable and legitimate, I do NOT want my name to be associated whatsoever with the journals and publishers you and the other bloggers indicated in your site.
Unfortunately, I do not know how to contact individuals of these journals, however I deeply despise the conduct of these journals that took advantage of my name.
I am an individual with a reputation for highest honesty and integrity, scientific and otherwise, and deeply despise the dishonest conduct of these journals that took advantage of my name.
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Comment on Open-Access Medical Publisher Has Contradictory Journal by DARIO MARCHETTI
By perusing Google, I came across by chance to this Scholarly Open Access web site where I learned with much surprise that my name has been linked to highly questionable and unethical journals. I was (and am) quite upset by this discovery, additive to various comments by individuals, notably ones from a “herr doctor bimler” who questioned my integrity.
I do not often google my own name nor I consider myself an Internet expert but I want to make clear to you that, with the EXCEPTION of The International Journal of Oncology and related journals from Spandidos Publications which are reputable and legitimate, I do NOT want my name to be associated whatsoever with the journals and publishers you and the other bloggers indicated in your site.
Unfortunately, I do not know how to contact individuals of these journals, however I deeply despise the conduct of these journals that took advantage of my name.
I am an individual with a reputation for highest honesty and integrity, scientific and otherwise, and deeply despise the dishonest conduct of these journals that took advantage of my name.
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Comment on OMICS Group Now Charging for Article Withdrawals by Richard
These direct marketing techniques are being taught in BBA and MBA marketing/management etc. I think you should talk to educational authorities to exclude these subjects from curricula. Just blogging here about email/social network marketing is useless. Many marketing companies are providing these services here in US. Why don’t you talk to government to take action against them?
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Comment on Misleading Metrics by AlexH
Citefactor’s webpage says “This Account Has Been Suspended”
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Comment on OMICS Group Now Charging for Article Withdrawals by EDoug
How exactly can they enforce this?
What if you just don’t pay? What are they going to do, not publish it?
I can’t see them having any luck in court with their charges
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Comment on OMICS Group Now Charging for Article Withdrawals by Jeffrey Beall
I disagree. It still counts as duplicate submission if the author submits a paper to a journal and the article has been previously published, even if that earlier publishing is in a predatory journal.
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Comment on Appeals by Mike
Hi Jeffrey awesome work there!
Two questions:
1) How about cscjournals. e.g. http://www.cscjournals.org/journals/IJHCI/description.php
Is it ok to submit there?
2) I made a submission to one of the predatory journals in your list, it was of course accepted, but I haven’t paid or send any sort of certificate yet. Can I ignore it and send it somewhere else?
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Comment on Appeals by Jeffrey Beall
The first publisher you mention, CSC Journals, is included on my list <a href="http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>.
No you cannot ignore a submission, even to a questionable journals. Double submission is double submission. Before you you send an already-submitted paper to another publisher, you need documentation from the first publisher that the paper is withdrawn.
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Comment on Appeals by Mike
Thank you for your prompt answer.
Regarding CSC yes you are right, I didn’t notice it.
You state: “you need documentation from the first publisher that the paper is withdrawn.”. Yes, but it is not published yet (since I did not pay) and I guess it will never be (since I will never pay), so am I not eligible to submit my paper to a more “legit” journal?
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Comment on Appeals by Jeffrey Beall
Some predatory publishers in this situation actually publish the paper and then demand either a withdrawal fee or a publishing fee, so getting documentation that it is withdrawn will protect you.
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Comment on OMICS Group Now Charging for Article Withdrawals by Matthew P
Don’t give them ideas.
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Comment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2015 by Jeffrey Beall
This journal is published by a publisher called Excellent Journals. This publisher is included on my list <a href="http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>. I recommend that honest researchers avoid this journal and all the other ones from "Excellent" Publishers.
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Comment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2015 by Jeffrey Beall
Scholars World is included on the list <a href="http://scholarlyoa.com/individual-journals/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>.
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