Comment on Appeals by Jeffrey Beall

It has a very spare website that provides very little information to authors and readers about the publication and needed policies. For example, it provides no information on its digital preservation policies, if any. The headquarters location is not listed, so readers and authors have no idea where this journal is from; this shows a lack of transparency. The website also has several pages that are “under construction.” This journal requires copyright transfer; for an OA journal this is becoming increasingly non-standard. The journal claims to be indexed in services that are not A&I services. Also, the articles are of low quality and some contain plagiarism.