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Comment on BioMed Central: New Website, Same Old Low Quality by dzrlib

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As an aside, BMC Oral Health is ranked #52 in the Journal Citation Reports category: Dentistry, Oral Surgery and Medicine


Comment on Another Respected Society Journal Victimized by Title Thief by L_C

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I am willing to to believe that he did not intend to deceive potential authors, but would still prefer that he and other publishers did not duplicate well-established titles since it obviously leads to confusion, especially if such a clarification is warranted.

Comment on The Growing Parallel Economy in Scholarly Publishing by The Grim Reaper

Comment on The Growing Parallel Economy in Scholarly Publishing by The Grim Reaper

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“Besides effective simulation, these scenes can provide almost all the formal attributes of a symbolic scene: for example, a scam journal may have an extended international editorial
board, an editorial advisory board, a system of pre-publication peer review, a professional website and—as it can be seen from the case of the six fake journal published by Elsevier (Hutson 2009: 598., Collier 2009: 254-255.)—even a professional publishing background and may be included in scientific databases, as well.” Janos Toth

Dr. Toth, in your opinion, what differentiates a “predatory” publisher on the Bell list from Elsevier?

Comment on Questionable OA Publisher Launches with a Clever Website and 52 New Journals by NC

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Just received a Call For Papers from the ARIPD “Journal of International Business and Economics”, http://jibe-net.com/ .
The website looks quite good, actually.
I take note that the editor-in-chief who has “signed” the e-mail, does not appear on their website (google does not find it on the entire domain, actually) – and the journal does not appear on his website either, which she has updated to include editorial duties she will take over from 2017.

Likely a deliberate move, admittedly a clever one: It is harder to have your name removed from e-mails sent around.

Sample article: http://jibe-net.com/journals/jibe/Vol_3_No_1_June_2015/10.pdf
Notice the address in the footnote of page 1. Obviously a hefty proofing process ;-)

Comment on The Growing Parallel Economy in Scholarly Publishing by tui

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New director of Academic Research Publishing Group

Dr. Zafar Iqbal received his Ph.D. (Applied Linguistics) from Aston University Birmingham, UK in 1987. He has 30 years’ teaching and administrative experience in different Universities as Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Professor, Chairman and Dean. He has membership of many Academic Bodies of different Universities in Pakistan. Also he has been member of different national and international professional organizations. He received his award as Man of the Year in 1997 by ABI(American Biographical Institute, mc, USA). He received his second award of COT 1980 by Ministry of Education of Pakistan for PhD Abroad. He attended 9 international conferences held in UK, Canada, India, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan and Pakistan. He has editorial membership of many international journals. He has published two books titled (Pedagogical Lexicography, a Pakistani Perspective published by Lambert Germany) and (Effectiveness of Online Teaching of Business and Technical English: A Case Study of Virtual University of Pakistan. by Lambert Germany (Co-Author)). He has 39 publications and visit of 9 countries: India, Iran, Malaysia, Japan, U. A. E, Saudi Arabia, UK, Canada and Egypt.

Comment on Questionable OA Publisher Launches with a Clever Website and 52 New Journals by CBoyd

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I have recently received a cold email from the American International Journal of Social Science (http://www.aijssnet.com/) and, although it is not on your lists, appears to be similar (particularly the odd combination of ‘American’ and ‘International’ in the name, and identikit website format. Have you come across this before, and is it of concern?

Comment on Questionable OA Publisher Launches with a Clever Website and 52 New Journals by Jeffrey Beall

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Actually, I have this journal’s publisher, the so-called Center for Promoting Ideas, on my list. It’s based in Bangladesh and is completely bogus.


Comment on Questionable OA Publisher Launches with a Clever Website and 52 New Journals by Arnab Chatterjee

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they are a complete fake

On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 5:52 PM, Scholarly Open Access wrote:

> Jeffrey Beall commented: “Actually, I have this journal’s publisher, the > so-called Center for Promoting Ideas, on my list. It’s based in Bangladesh > and is completely bogus.” >

Comment on Another Respected Society Journal Victimized by Title Thief by Adrian

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Dear Jeffery,

I would like to ask about Academic Star Publishing Company ( Modern Environmental Science and Engineering Journal) that is new journal can we trust this journal or it s already on your list ?

Thank you very much

Comment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2016 by Angie

Comment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2016 by Jeffrey Beall

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I recommend avoiding Inderscience. I suggest that you find a better publisher for your work.

Comment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2016 by Tefera

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Dear Beall,

Do you have a comment on the journals entitled “International Journal of Research & Development Organisation” and “Journal of Applied Biology and Biotechnology”

Comment on The OMICS Publishing Group’s Empire is Expanding by Alex Boon (@SoilSciEditing)

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This is not strictly true. Most journals are under considerable time pressure and will not review a very badly written paper. The odd spelling or grammar problem is not an issue, but where the English is so poor that the journal cannot decipher the message, the article is usually rejected outright. I am a scientific copy-editor who has edited hundreds of papers, usually by Chinese authors, many on request of the journal themselves. This is almost always done at the author’s expense and is highly recommended if your English is below average and you intend to submit to an international journal.

Comment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2016 by Susan Ariew


Comment on The International Journal of Simulation Modelling: A Review by TC

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Regarding its scientific credibility, according to the JCR 2014, it has a 26% of Self Cites to years used in impact factor calculation. In the same ISI category, IJPE (1/43) has 27%, CIRP ANNALS-MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY (2/43) has 23%, TECHNOVATION (3/43) has 29%, RELIABILITY ENGINEERING & SYSTEM SAFETY (4/43) has 28%.

Comment on Would You Take a Cancer Cure Proven Effective in a Predatory Journal? by Kevin Foohey Sr

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Sir/Madam: I appreciate your discussion on this topic. Yet I disagree with the premise of your insinuated theme; do not trust this stuff. You conflate matters as it relates to the true issues. Calling Gc-MAF a medicine … not at this time. Along with letting the uninformed reader to think European, Asian and Western approaches to medicine and medical treatments are of the same philosophy. No they are not. Regarding The Western approach, if a potential med has not gone through xyz trials then it is garbage. Prior to the tangential influences of Pharmaceutical companies co-mingling with the big business end of hospitals and specialty treatment centers, most medicines were developed via proven homeopathic venues. Ex: Why did milkmaids in the 1800’s not fall prey to small pox? Due to there exposure to either a protein or a enzyme in cows milk. Which was developed into a vaccine from the antibodies in the atenuated pustules they had. Practically eliminating the disease.

European & Asian approaches to medicine not only embrace the Western approach to treatments, they also incorporate holistic approaches , holistic medicines as well, in the treatment of their patients. It is from many of these holistic medicines that most western medicines are eventually developed. It’s just sad that in modern times the conjoined Western Medical and Pharmaceutical industry habits are to down play the effectiveness of the holistic approach simply because they cannot place a patent on it and make billions. Or because the effectiveness of a holistic medicine or supplement were to be known to the common patient, their medical pharmaceutical empires may crumble, dissipate, and disappear. A lesson learned from the development and cure of the Small Pox inoculation.

In other words if the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine were to include the scientific papers of the developers of Gc-MAF may lend a greater credence to its cause. It may lead to the use of Gc-MAF as a very effective co-treatment to cancer. A treatment so effective that it may constrain or eliminate the profits of the multi-billion dollar (US) Cancer Industry.

Thus you defame the effectiveness of the medication supplement in its 70 plus clinical trials. Up to 85% effective in treating certain classifications of cancer.

Would you deny the filmed documented action Gc-MAF has had on the degradation of cancer in its laboratory trials? Woulid you deny the fact that Gc-MAF is present in our bodies at birth to battle against bacteria and virons. That as this GC-MAF lessen with age, or chemo, or proton therapies, that other pre- cancerious, pre-bacterial, and pre- viral degrading enzymes turn off Gc-MAF factors so the disease they promote can over take and weaken a patients body? Gc-MAF which can be obtained in serum and suppository form occurs in nature. Therefore you cannot slap patient on it. The process that Dr Yamamoto, a world renown Bio- chemist, developed to create a stable form of Gc-MAF, it patented. Therefore if allowed to become known to the world you might have to share the profits with him and Dr Marco Ruggiero from Italy.
Personally, I look forward to the demise of the multi billion dollar cancer industry, as a world without cancer needless killing patients in order to maintain profit margins is a good world.

Comment on Would You Take a Cancer Cure Proven Effective in a Predatory Journal? by Kevin Foohey Sr

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Again your primary concern appears to be that a co-cancer treatment will only cost a few hundred or a few thousand dollars US. That is why you hope to keep it in the realm of “supplements” and available to everyone in its yogurt form, from exclusive authorized dealers via the internet. Google Dr Marco Ruggiero and search on Bravo.eu , or Bravo.asia if you desire the yogurt or further scientific information.

Comment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2016 by Dr Deepak Batura

Comment on Other pages by Katie

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Hi. Are these two publishers the same?
You have this one on the list. Academic Organization for Advancement of Strategic and International Studies (Academic OASIS)
However, when I go to this one – http://www.isisworld.org/ – It is powered by ISIS World, which leads me to a sight that tells me to go to their new page of academicoasis.org.
Is this a situation where a predatory publisher has set up a new site?
Katie

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