Comments for Scholarly Open Access

[...] Scholarly open access keeps a list of those journals that they suspect are predators. It is not a perfect list, as they accnowledge, but can be used as proxy detectors. [...]

I expect the first one was only a coincidence that it matched your field. I’ve received mostly invitations to submit papers or talks based on my “expertise in infectious disease” or such things as protein dynamics, based on my published papers on insect systematics.

Thanks for the valuable info. Received their spam email today and immediately tried to look up the publisher, which led me to this page.

I disagree with bellas assessment, if they are predatory why ISSN is issued to them

[...] of open access.” The article also refers to the work of research librarian Jeffrey Beall, who tracks what he calls “predatory open access journals,” estimating “that there are as [...]

It means that there is a hughe surplus of SCI/SSCI journals and that it is not only predatory journals who make money from well indexed but fair research. The problem is that young potential researchers believe in this type of journals which do a revision in 24 hours of the work you did in two or three hours. In many countries including mine the worst journal paper is more important than the best conference proceeding so why shoudl you go to conferences when you can be at home?

That’s “Science Series Data Report” (UK Publication, Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science) http://www.cefas.defra.gov.uk/publications-and-data/scientific-series/data-reports.aspx. It

This journal is just claiming credit for it.

I agree. Dr. Krashen has written so much that it would be difficult to change his persopective and thus it is not surprising that some papers may resaamble. Besides, it is great that he also publishes in minor but accessible journals from time to time. In my country we are eliminating the suscriptions to prestigious journals because they are expensive and we should be grateful to big autheors who help underpriviliged researchers.

Photoshop? Microsoft paint. From Windows 95, or maybe newer.

Jeff, I never fail to be both appalled and amused by what you uncover each day and share with us on this blog.

Dear Mr. Beall
Would you please give me your assesment about this academic publisher http://academicpublishingplatforms.com/?letter=M which publishes many journals including Medical and Health Science Journal.

I need to spend some time looking at this one. Thanks for letting me know about it.

Dear Mr Beall,
Here are some examples:

International journal of Pharm tech research (sphinx knowledge house) – It only charge 20 USD, and now is at Vol 5, so pretty new, but already listed in scopus.

BioChemistry: An Indian Journal (Trade Science) – It is not open access, and do not charge authors. Authors will get PDF of the article free. It has print issues, and it is now Vol 6, and not yet in scopus, but it can be listed in scopus some day, if it can attract articles from potential authors (I hope), the same way as another journal of trade science below.

BioTechnology: An Indian Journal (Trade Science). It is free, and author gets PDF of the article free, except if we want to get-5 reprints and manuscript containing issue, we have to pay 25 USD. It is now vol 7, and listed in scopus. The address is not present in the website, but there is an address in the copy right transfer form. Editorial Office : 126 Prasheel Park, SanjayRaj Farm House, Nr. Saurashtra University,Rajkot 360 005, Gujarat – INDIA. Fax : +91-281-3066669. So, I suppose that the journal is managed by some people of the university.

Asian Journal of Information Technology (Medwell Journal), now vol 11 and listed in scopus (it has online and print version) payment: no information, I suppose free, because there is subscription.

Current stem cell research and therapy (Bentham open). They asked 2200 USD if I am not mistaken, but we can opt for not to be in open access, and do not have to pay. It is also listed in scopus.

If they can be listed in scopus, they must be pretty good, aren’t they?

Therefore, to be fair, big and establish publishers that charge exorbitant fee should be listed as well, such as springer open, which charges authors US$ 3000/ EUR 2200, or some journals from Elsevier. Why can we not assume that the review process is looser, if we pay?

Dear Mr Beall,
Galuh Sarasvati is my pseudonym of (Jeanne Adiwinata Pawitan).
I used it as I can not enter the post using my real name

Dear Mr Beall,
I want to know your opinion about:
Accupuncture and related therapies (Elsevier), option: open access (3000 USD)

On 13-4-2013: There is only 1 issue Vol 1, no 1 (2012)
On 13-4-2013: Aim and scope: no information
On 13-4-2013: only 4 articles written by editor in chief (3) and 1 of the editors (1)

I am not anti-new journals, as I always hope that they can manage to survive. However, in case that they can not, I think author wants to be sure that their published articles do not dissappeared, when the publisher is collapsed. Therefore, I want to know, how can we check, whether a journal has digital preservation or not?

The figure ligand states very clearly “Schematic diagram of eponymous cutaneous signs of retroperitoneal hemorrhage”.
From Wikipedia and other dictionaries, schematic diagram means “represents the elements of a system using abstract, graphic symbols rather than realistic pictures”.
I do not think they are trying to mislead us and I do not see any real problem with these images. Yes, we may dislike the Journal, but we also have to be honest brokers, otherwise we turn into vigilantes.

But, the plagiarism part is bad enough

Hi
Mr. Jeffrey on the link below there is a long list of non-accredited journals from the perspective of a university in my country. Please check them out and add to your list.
http://kntu.ac.ir/DorsaPax/userfiles/file/science/namotabar.pdf
Thanks

Fair point. But clue for the more severe issue (plagiarism) remains unchanged.
“Sajad Ahmad Salati” can hardly be the new name of “Afshin Farzaneh-Far”. With years of difference and lack of apparent connection between the authors it is quite likely that this is the result of plagiarism. And more often than not, if there’s one piece of plagiarism, there is also another.

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