I will be adding this journal to my list for the following reasons:
1. The “contact” page does not list an address for the publisher; the site gives no indication where it is located, so we assume that they are trying to hide their headquarters location.
2. The site is poorly presented; the singular is used when the plural should be. There are many links that do not work.
3. The journal requires copyright transfer; this is non-standard for open-access journals.
4. The site does not state what the author fees are.
5. The publisher’s logo mimics that of Reed Elsevier.
6. Many of the published articles have no relation to development studies, an indication that the journal accepts articles just for the author fees.
7. The editorial board is called “International Board of Executive Editor” (makes no sense) and appears to be only an honorary, rather than a working, editorial board.
8. The site uses professional pictures, likely pirated from other sites, without attribution.
9. The editor in chief does not list his editorship on his website.
10. None of the editorial board members have contributed papers to the journal.
11. Some of the journals issues have a few as two articles. Some articles have as few as 2-3 pages.
12. There is evidence of self-plagiarism:
http://www.journalijdr.com/sites/default/files/Download_0.pdf
http://www.journalijdr.com/sites/default/files/Download.pdf
–Jeffrey Beall