I analyzed Xia & He Publishing (the publisher of Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology) recently and found it borderline. I did not add it to the list.
I think you are correct about him wanting to make more money.
Even though this publisher is not on my list, I would advice authors to use caution with this publisher. It’s is probably a better idea to find a stronger publisher than this one.
Thank you — this one is actually a name change:
It used to be called Case Studies Journal. I have updated the list, which now only has International Journal of Case Studies.
Did they change the title to evade my having included them on the list?
Thanks again.
Who is the “publisher” of this journal, as far as you can tell?
I also received a review invitation from Reni Koen with the subject “Manuscript Review Request [MRA]”. I’m thinking I should just ignore it – what you do guys think?
Strangely, the name associated with the email from “Reni Koen” was “Amit Rathore”.
Here is the text:
Amit Rathore
Aug 6 (1 day ago)
We are looking for a couple more reviewers for the October issue of the Medical Research Archives and I was hoping you would be be willing to review a paper for us next month. Most of the submissions are review articles, and we would assign to you only one manuscript within your areas of expertise. Thank you for taking the time to consider this … and please do reply to let me know whether or not you may be able to assist with this or if you have any questions.
Thank you,
Reni Koen
Senior Editor
Medical Research Archives
http://www.journals.ke-i.org/mra
rkoen@journals.ke-i.org
612-524-5565
Ticket Details
Ticket ID: 8922
Department: MRA
Type: Other
Status: Done
Priority: Normal
Helpdesk: http://keijournals.kayako.com/index.php?
Dear Mr. Beall,
I think you’re off base on this one. My colleagues and I read scientific journal articles almost exclusively online. Some of the SciELO journals have been in MEDLINE for years, more are in PMC, and they’re all available via other search engines. In this setting, it’s kind of silly to say that these journals would be more widely available, or even better known, if they sold themselves to Elsevier or Wiley or whoever. The more likely consequence is that most of their articles would no longer be available for free to clinicians and patients.
About the name: I don’t know if this is true, but I always figured that the acronym SciELO was chosen in part because “elo” is the Portuguese name for “link” (as in a chain). (I lived in Brazil in the early 1980s.)
I see lots of signs of danger here. The conference claims to be organized by universities, yet they use gmail email addresses.
The ‘contact us’ page lists no physical location.
They display the logos of many legitimate organizations — do they really work with all of them?
The scope of the conference (contemporary issues in education) is broad, and there are already many established education conferences; do we really need another one?
I recommend avoiding this conference and finding a more established and respected one.
Some ISSNs contain the letter X. These are valid.
If they have no impact factor, it is still possible that the articles are counted. They are just not counted by Thomson Reuters, the company that calculates the impact factors.
I don’t see enough evidence at this time to add this journal to my list.
Thank you.
Very shocking…….. why these fellows are doing all these fraudulent activities.one should forward all these to FBI
The real question is whether this is the best conference for you to invest in over the long term. It may not be a sham but may be very low quality.
Sir, I applied to SCIE Australia. They charged my $200 for publishing the paper and providing me hard copy of paper and certificates. It got published last month. I haven’t received the courier yet but now there website is not accessible. What should I do now? Please suggest something
i applied to publish my paper to scie australia and now website is not accessible. what should i do? please somebody help
I don’t know anything that one can do.
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“Service providers do not point to their connections in Dissertation Boards. They emphasize confidentiality. Apparently, they do not mention friendly Dissertation Boards because they do the work, but leave the bureaucratic and academic procedures to be done for the candidates themselves. Dissertation itself costs $3500 and “the bureaucracy” costs additional $3500, doubling the price. The bureaucracy includes selection of the discipline and dissertation board, avtoreferat, journal articles and their publication, all other documents for the Board [28].”
[28] See for instance “Aspirans” at http://aspirans.com/kandidatskaya-dissertatsiya-na-zakaz
Retraction Watch has a link to unethical behavior by OMICS, which often has featured here, in Australia, e.g. an unknowing Editor-in-Chief…http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/backgroundbriefing/predatory-publishers-criticised-unethical-unprincipled-tactics/6656122
Dear Jeffrey Beall,
I believe that the work that you have done is very important to provide academics and postgraduate students with guidelines about good publishing practices. In fact, I include your blog a compulsory reading for my postgraduate students in the University of Guadalajara (Mexico). Moreover, as member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences, I have recommended your blog to my colleages in order to encourage better publishing practices.
However, this time I completely disagree with you. As a Latin-American scholar I can tell you that REDALYC, SCIELO and LATINDEX are by far the best academic platforms to divulge the scientific research existing in the Latin-American region, Portugal and Spain. They are supported by public universities that in many cases are not allowed to charge fees to anyone (LATINDEX is supported by UNAM; REDALYC is supported by UAEM: SCIELO is supported by various universities). Furthermore, the platforms are not commercially driven because most of the publishers of scientific journals of the region accept that the market is not big enough to have a commercial value (Many of the journals included in such platforms cannot sell 50 printed copies of each issue).
One of the reasons why the publishing market has no commercail value is associated to the orientation of the journals included in such platforms. In this context, it is also worthy to point out that the platforms are oriented to divulge research published mainly in local languages (Spanish, French, Portuguese) and issues of local interest (mainly related to social sciences). These features of these platforms are important to emphasize because many academics of the region are not able to write in English and because some research issues may not be not interesting for wider audiences.
Paradoxically, I should point out that in the Latin-American region the mentioned open-access platforms are very respected because the academic criteria used to enlist journals and papers is very strict. In fact, when a local journal is listed in one of these platforms, it is almost automatic for such journal to apply for national grants and university funds. In addition, authors that publish in such journals can easily apply for research grants and tenure promotions. Furthermore, in several local postgraduate programmes, a requisite to obtain the degree is to have a paper published in one of these platforms. That is why there is a fierce competitition to publish in journals listed in them. Moreover, I can tell you by experience, that the referee and publication processes can be easier and faster in journals listed in EBSCO, Sciencedirect, Inderscience and Elsevier, than in journals listed in REDALYC and SCIELO.
Finally, I believe that you should not use the term “Publication favela” to describe these open-access platforms. The term is offensive but also misleading. These platforms are serious efforts developed in poor countries to divulge scientific research and academic studies of local issues. Real not-for-profit and real open-access does not mean poor academic quality. One of the reasons I encourage my students and colleages to read your blog is because it provides a serious discussion forum regarding publication issues. In this context, and for the sake of the blog, it is important to explain how and why these open-access platforms work. The efforts involved in such platforms should not be disqualified by what seems some lack of understanding.
Sir, can you guide me on International journal of science and research ijsr
