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Comment on Global Advanced Research Journals? None of the Above by Americhe

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Thank you for your useful advices about these unethical practises.
I am from a third world university and I have already been a victim of scientifjournals.org for which I finally paid about $600 with difficulty after acceptation while I didn’t know that there were fees to pay.
Would you please tell me more about IJAS (International Journal of Arts and Sciences)?http://journals.indexcopernicus.com/International+Journal+of+Arts+and+Sciences,p1803,3.html. This (possible) American journal based in the USA organizes all year Academic Conferences, the last one at Brussels (30june-03july) but 2 complete days were to visit Amsterdam, Bruges and Ghent. Amazing, no?
Please, don’t publish neither my name nor my email address. Thanks for advance.


Comment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2013 by Jeffrey Beall

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It’s not on my list. It’s not a predatory journal.

Comment on Global Advanced Research Journals? None of the Above by Jeffrey Beall

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This is really a travel company that sells vacations to academics. I recommend not using this company’s services.
The company uses the name of a journal to try to make itself look academic, but it is really just an expensive tour company.

Comment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2015 by gebrehiwot

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prof! could you check the journal of tuberculosis research please?

Comment on Global Advanced Research Journals? None of the Above by From Morocco

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If “BIOTECHNOLOGIE” edited by les Presses agronomiques de Gembloux http://www.pressesagro.be/base/index.php/base then it’s a peer-reviewed journal (à comité de lecture) by Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech (Liege University – Belgium)

Interesting links on predatory journals:
– In French: “Eviter les éditeurs prédateurs (predatory publishers) en 4 points” by «Le centre de recherche français CIRAD (Recherche agronomique pour le développement)»
http://coop-ist.cirad.fr/aide-a-la-publication/publier-et-diffuser/eviter-les-editeurs-predateurs/1-qu-est-ce-qu-un-editeur-predateur
[See PDF (730 Ko)] In this document, there’s no mention of DOAJ (the so-called whitelist, beware! it includes predatory publisher/journals)

– In Arabic: https://iwan.ksu.edu.sa/ar/Criteria-open-access
An excellent translation of J. Beall’s criteria.

Comment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2015 by Jeffrey Beall

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If you mean the <em>Journal of Tuberculosis Research</em> that's published by SCIRP, Scientific Research Publishing, then I strongly recommend that you avoid this journal like the plague. This publisher will publish junk science for money.

Comment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2015 by alejocamargo

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you will not advice to publish there, isnt it? Nobody will read it. Thank you so much for your work and generosity.

Comment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2015 by Jeffrey Beall

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Exactly. I recommend that you find a better publisher. Nova is “basura.”


Comment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2013 by armando simon

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You definitely need to add to this list British Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, and, British Journal of Humanities and Social Science, which are run by the same character. They will publish your grocery list for $300 as a research paper. I submitted a chimera paper that was utter nonsense, composed of different sections of other papers of mine. They accepted it. The papers that they have published have misspellings, some lack titles, etc.

Comment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2013 by Jeffrey Beall

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Actually, I have the publisher of these two journals — called British Journal — included on my list <a href="http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Thanks for checking.

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Comment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by Soto

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Dear Jeffrey Beall, I see multiple comments on Austin Publishing Group at this blog. Hence it is worth including following information in this section:

DECEPTIVE OPERATIONS OF AUSTIN PUBLISHING GROUP & SM GROUP:

It is not clear whether Austin Publishing Group is a part of OMICS. But evidences indicate that three people based in India are behind the operations of following two publications:
1. AUSTIN PUBLISHING GROUP
Journals: http://austinpublishinggroup.com/
eBooks: http://austinpublishinggroup.com/ebooks/
2. SM GROUP
http://www.esciencemedicine.com/
Journals: http://smjournals.com/
eBooks: http://www.smgebooks.com/

I. AUSTIN PUBLISHING GROUP & SM GROUP OWNERS and COMPANIES ARE LOCATED IN INDIA NOT IN USA:

Both of these publications seem to be controlled by two for-profit companies formed and owned by MAHENDRA REDDY CHIRRA, SIVA PARVATHI CHIRRA & ARI PADMAJA.

The names and locations of Indian companies are as following:
1. AUSTIN PUBLISHERS PRIVATE LIMITED (Operates AUSTIN PUBLISHING GROUP Journals & eBooks)
OWNERS: MAHENDRA REDDY CHIRRA & SIVA PARVATHI CHIRRA
ADDRESS: Plot No. 828, Sai Sree Addhya VR Colony, Kukatpally, Hyderabad – 500072, India

2. SM MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED (Operates SM GROUP Journals & eBooks)
OWNERS: MAHENDRA REDDY CHIRRA & ARI PADMAJA.
ADDRESS: Plot No. 828, Sai Sree Addhya VR Colony, Kukatpally, Hyderabad – 500072, India

These two companies have same address and common owners in India. It seems that the above three persons have deliberately formed two separate companies as a strategy to make maximum profits as quickly as possible.

The above two companies operate from the same address in India: Plot No. 828, Sai Sree Addhya VR Colony, Kukatpally, Hyderabad – 500072, India. This indicates that they work from a single office in India. The addresses on their website seem fake addresses.

Source:
AUSTIN PUBLISHERS PVT LTD: https://www.zaubacorp.com/company/AUSTIN-PUBLISHERS-PRIVATE-LIMITED/U22130TG2014PTC092925

SM MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES PVT LTD: https://www.zaubacorp.com/company/SM-MEDICAL-TECHNOLOGIES-PRIVATE-LIMITED/U93000TG2014PTC095024

II. WEBSITE OWNERSHIP:
As expected the Austin Publishing Group & SM Group websites are owned by same three people. Source: Whois Search on Web domains

Website Domain Name Registration:
Domain Name: AUSTINPUBLISHINGGROUP.ORG
Registrant Street: 1-63/1oppicherla Postguntur District
Registrant City: Guntur
Registrant State/Province: andhra pradesh
Registrant Postal Code: 522614
Registrant Country: IN
Registrant Phone:+91.8790410011
Registrant Email: ashok_kuma1234@yahoo.co.in
Admin Name: CH MAHENDRA REDDY
Admin Street: 3126 RIVERSIDE STATION BLVD
Admin City: HUDSON
Admin State/Province: NJ
Admin Postal Code: 07094
Admin Country: US
Admin Phone:+1.2016557075
Admin Email: varaprasad.austin@gmail.com

Domain Name: AUSTINPUBLISHINGGROUP.US
Billing Contact ID: 54582997
Billing Contact Name: Mahendra Reddy
Billing Contact Address1: #3126 RIVERSIDE STATION BLVD
Billing Contact Address2: altona meadows
Billing Contact City: SECAUCUS
Billing Contact State/Province: NJ
Billing Contact Postal Code: 07094
Billing Contact Country: United States
Billing Contact Country Code: US
Billing Contact Phone Number: +1.2016557075
Billing Contact Email: padmaja.austin@gmail.com

III. 100% MATCH IN AUSTIN GROUP’S & SM GROUP’S EBOOK WEBSITES AND CONTENT:

The content and design of the Austin Publishing Group and SM Group eBook websites match 100%, confirming that both are operated by same group of people. Not only the webpages match, but also the “Author Guidelines” pdf files are same (except the name of the publisher). It substantiate that the same three people are behind these two publishers. Please see the similarities below:

1. Home Page
AUSTIN PUBLISHING GROUP: http://austinpublishinggroup.com/ebooks/
SM GROUP: http://www.smgebooks.com/

2. About Page
AUSTIN PUBLISHING GROUP: http://austinpublishinggroup.com/ebooks/about.php
SM GROUP: http://www.smgebooks.com/about.php

3. Author Guidelines Page
AUSTIN PUBLISHING GROUP: http://austinpublishinggroup.com/ebooks/author-guidelines.php
Complete guidelines can be downloaded from their website:
AUSTIN PUBLISHING GROUP: http://austinpublishinggroup.com/ebooks/images/author-guidelines.pdf

SM GROUP: http://www.smgebooks.com/author-guidelines.php
SM GROUP: Complete guidelines can be downloaded from their website:
http://www.smgebooks.com/mimages/author-guidelines.pdf

IV. DECEPTIVE USA ADDRESSES ON AUSTIN PUBLISHING GROUP & SM GROUP WEBSITES:

Austin Publishing Group uses two addresses on its website. Google map shows first address as a remote area with no buildings. Second one is an Xchange apartment building. Both addresses have been used to deceive the authors.

1. # 46 Casselberry Way, Monroe Township, NEW JERSEY 08831, USA
Tel: +1-201-655-7075 Fax: +1-201-603-6413
2. 3126 Riverside Station Blvd, Secaucus, New Jersey 07094, USA

Source: http://austinpublishinggroup.com/cancer-clinical-research/contact.php

The address on SM Group Website:
SM Online Publishers LLC, 300 E Royal LN, Suite 127, Irving, TX 75039, USA
Tel: +1-469-647-3601

SM Group uses same building address, where multiple other businesses are located. It seems SM Group does not exist there and they are either using someone else’s address or using a virtual address.

V. FORMATION OF COMPANIES IN TEXAS AND DELAWARE BY SAME PEOPLE WHO OWN THESE PUBLISHING COMPANIES IN INDIA:

MAHENDRA REDDY CHIRRA & ARI PADMAJA formed SM ONLINE PUBLISHERS LLC in Texas in late 2014. It seems this Texas Company was incorporated as shell company to conceal the original location and operations, which is in India. Similarly, they have formed AUSTIN PUBLISHERS LLC in Delaware. These two US companies were incorporated after the formation of Indian companies.

Source: https://mycpa.cpa.state.tx.us/coa/servlet/cpa.app.coa.CoaGetTp?Pg=tpid&Search_Nm=sm%20online%20&Button=search&Search_ID=32055671633

VI. FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS THROUGH PAYPAL:

The Austin Publishing Group website indicates that they accept payment by PayPal. It could be because they do not have any other ways (merchant account) to accept payments in USA (because they do not have a presence in USA). Thus, this might be the only way they can charge authors’ credit cards and transact payments to their personal banks in India. Thus, it looks like a serious scam.

Source:
http://austinpublishinggroup.org/privacy.php

VII. SUMMARY:

The common ownership of the two companies (AUSTIN PUBLISHING GROUP and SM GROUP) and 100% similarity between their eBook websites confirm that the both companies are owned by same group of people (MAHENDRA REDDY CHIRRA, SIVA PARVATHI CHIRRA & ARI PADMAJA) and operate from India. They have been highly secretive about their original location. Cleverly, they named their predatory company as “Austin Publishing Group” to deceive the authors and make them think that they are located in Austin, Texas. Additionally, the addresses on their websites are fake and are apartment addresses in USA. The formation of the two different publishing companies by the same owners seems to be a deliberate plan to maximize their profits as quickly as possible. The Google+ page shows one of their employees (VARA PRASAD) located in Hyderabad and the owner (ARI PADMAJA) of the company is in his circle that corroborates the above facts.

Source: https://plus.google.com/+VaraPrasaddivili/about

It is highly recommended to NOT to submit manuscripts/books to the AUSTIN PUBLISHING GROUP and SM GROUP. Also, authors who have already published with them may give a thought on RETRACTING their manuscripts and lodging complaint against these two untrustworthy and predatory publishers.

Comment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by Jeffrey Beall

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Thank you for this excellent analysis and summary.

Comment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2015 by Romie


Comment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2015 by Jeffrey Beall

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It’s published by a department at a university. I generally don’t include such efforts in my list, despite their low quality. If you’re considering submitting your work there, I would recommend finding a more professionally-managed journal. Good luck.

Comment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2015 by Jeffrey Beall

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No, I haven’t heard of it before. I want to monitor it. I don’t want to add it to my list at this time. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

Comment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2015 by Kizito

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Dear Sir,
how about this publisher ? CANADIAN CENTER OF SCIENCE AND EDUCATION (http://web.ccsenet.org/).
Is it a predatory one ? thank you for your comment.

Comment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2015 by Jeffrey Beall

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I recommend that all researchers avoid publishing in all the journals published by the Canadian Center of Science and Education. I have documented that they do a fake, template peer review. Please find a better publisher.

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