Dear Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, I just finished reading your paper where you raised 62 questions about ISSN. I must confess that they are quite educative and revealing. However, regarding what I said about the ISSN, it is no joke. I like the fact that you were able to single me out as a Nigerian; yes indeed, I am. But I will like to come out here without minding whose horse is gored. Specifically, ISSN is not free in Nigeria. Whether you are applying for pre-publication or post-publication assignment in Nigeria, you have to apply with a certain amount of money. As a matter of fact, the officials issuing the ISSN in Nigeria are quite corrupt. They don’t need to see the material for which you are applying the ISSN. All they need is the money. You only get an ISSN free of charge when you know someone up there. This is also true of some other countries that I know. I am only mentioning the case of my country here so as not to appear bias. This was why I told Eve Douglas that there is no strong connection between ISSN and journal contact details? And as to whether Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva’s work is a paper or not, I think it falls into a kind of paper. I believe it takes a certain amount of work to come up with those set of intelligent questions. Forgive me though, but this is just my humble opinion.
I would have being Jeffrey Beall’s worst critic but I discovered somehow that there is nothing for which any sane person should really criticize the man. There is something about Beall’s presentation of facts that one cannot ignore. The high points in Beall’s critical blog lie in his unbiased approach to issues. He criticizes what he considers as predatory publishers irrespective of the country the publisher is from. I would like to take the neutrality and impartiality I see in this and run with it. Thank you Jeffrey Beall for having been the drum major who was able and ready to lead the scientific community to light.
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