I wonder if the sting paper was generated using SCIgen ( http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/scigen/ )?
I was a little disappointed to learn that the publisher was only “nailed” in the sense that they published the paper. It would be nice if someone involved with one of these bogus journals got jailed or fined – it might discourage the others.
Thank you Jeffrey for posting about this operation – never submitted anything to them but I had always assumed it was genuine.
Incidentally, its heartening to see from the submitted paper that K. Cobain is still active in the field.
kindly let me this journal is fake or not .They asked me 537 dollars for a case report
dr valsa cmc india
A case that involves 6 papers, one of which is ABS, has emerged at PubPeer. In fact, this case is really fascinating, because it involves a number of predatory OA publishers listed on Beall’s blog, so it shows how the net of danger is increasing and widening in science publishing.
Paper 1
African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 7(5), 329-335, May 2013
Some crustacean zooplankton of Wular lake in Kashmir Himalaya
Javaid Ahmad Shah*, Ashok K. Pandit
Centre of Research for Development (CORD), University of Kashmir, Srinagar- 190006, Kashmir, India.
Accepted 10 May, 2013
DOI: 10.5897/AJEST2013.1483 (DOI cannot link to PubPeer)
ISSN 1996-0786; Academic Journals*
http://www3.iupui.academicjournals.org/journal/AJEST/article-stat/C1957A117177
http://www.academicjournals.org/article/article1380541055_Shah%20and%20Pandit.pdf
Paper 2
Journal of Evolutionary Biology Research 6(1), 1-4, February 2014
Taxonomic survey of crustacean zooplankton in Wular Lake of Kashmir Himalaya
Javaid Ahmad Shah*, Ashok Kumar Pandit
Centre of Research for Development, University of Kashmir 190006, J&K, India
Accepted 9 December, 2013
DOI: 10.5897/JEBR2013.0053
ISSN 2141-6583; Academic Journals*
http://www.academicjournals.org/article/article1393922065_Shah%20and%20Pandit.pdf
http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/JEBR/article-abstract/9E451C944944
Paper 3
Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences 16: 976-983. 2013.
Relation between physico-chemical limnology and crustacean community in Wular Lake of Kashmir Himalaya.
Javaid Ahmad Shah, Ashok K. Pandit
http://www.scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2013.976.983
http://www.scialert.net/qredirect.php?doi=pjbs.2013.976.983&linkid=pdf
Publisher: ANSInet*
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2013.976.983
URL: http://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2013.976.983
Paper 4
Archives of Biological Sciences, 2013 65(3):1063-1068
Seasonal succession of crustacean zooplankton in Wular Lake of the Kashmir Himalaya
Shah Javaid Ahmad, Pandit Ashok Kumar
DOI: 10.2298/ABS1303063B
http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/Article.aspx?id=0354-46641303063S#.VYuyrcsVjIU
http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0354-4664/2013/0354-46641303063S.pdf
Paper 5
Research Journal of Environmental and Earth Sciences 5(7): 410-417, 2013
Diversity and abundance of cladoceran zooplankton in Wular Lake, Kashmir Himalaya
Javaid Ahmad Shah, Ashok K. Pandit
Aquatic Ecology Laboratory, Centre of Research for Development, University of Kashmir 190006, J&K (India)
ISSN: 2041-0484; e-ISSN: 2041-0492
Publisher: Maxwell Scientific Organization*
Submitted: April 17, 2013; Accepted: May 03, 2013; Published: July 20, 2013
http://www.maxwellsci.com/jp/abstract.php?jid=RJEES&no=340&abs=07
http://maxwellsci.com/print/rjees/v5-410-417.pdf
No DOI.
Paper 6
Journal of Ecology and the Natural Environment 5(2), 24-29, February, 2013
Distribution, diversity and abundance of copepod zooplankton of Wular Lake, Kashmir Himalaya
Javaid Ahmad Shah 1*, Ashok K. Pandit 1, G. Mustafa Shah 2
1 Centre of Research for Development (CORD), University of Kashmir, Srinagar-190006, J & K, India
2 Department of Zoology, University of Kashmir, Srinagar-190006, J & K, India
DOI: 10.5897/JENE12.100
ISSN 2006 – 9847; Academic Journals*
http://hwww.academicjournals.org/journal/JENE/article-stat/1C9DA2111649
http://hwww.academicjournals.org/article/article1380115672_Shah%20et%20al.pdf
* These publishers are listed at http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/
Paper 2: https://pubpeer.com/publications/351AE2D9D9C994EB5E919D7E13DD06
Paper 3: https://pubpeer.com/publications/C277E86A31FF599386FAD56FD2FE90
Paper 4: https://pubpeer.com/publications/07846C915526AF0991EB0CCDA571F1
Paper 6: https://pubpeer.com/publications/137E4EA2B001324FB93F59375F6DCC
what about IISTE
Is it an appropriate publisher?
First Monday is not on my list, and it’s not predatory.
I recommend that researchers avoid IISTE.
Hello Dr. can I get a clear information on the nature of this journal? http://asetr.org/ is it good enough to publish?
It’s total rubbish. Please do not send any papers to it.
Dear Mr Jeffery ;
There is a journal called “Journal of Fluid Flow, Heat and Mass Transfer ” by AVESTIA Publisher , is it an ISI journal ?
please sir what about international journal of agricultural and biological engineering. please is the journal actually in thomson reuters and what is the impact factor
Are you able to tell me anything about Hinadwi Publishing Corporation? http://www.hindawi.com
I don’t like the concept of Impact factor. It was ok in 1970 and 1990 but there are many ways you can change impact factors by self citing or making fictitious sites.
In today world of Internet if your research is good it will be appreciated if not it will lost in billions of documents available.
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It’s not on my list.
If you read the names of the universities in the authors bio they are names of folk singers from Serbia. The name of the places are actually some vulgar words. Also, I think the picture of the author is one of those folk singers. It sounds rather funny if one knows the language.
A journal can be indexed in a reputable indexing body without an impact factor. Right?
Yes.
