Comment on Would You Submit a Paper to This Publisher? by Joro Paveto

“and by licensing their journal management software, a product called e-submit”
My initial impression is that the journal management software looks very good (and also the typesetting) .
I cannot say anything about the life science journals but for now the buisness model looks interesting.
Maybe is good to give them time to grow.
About the name of the publisher- Smith and Franklin sounds not so suspicios to the typical european promotion reviewer …
Name like Muhammad and someone_else_with_arab_name will imediately lead to “special atttention” even if a journal is with impact factor.
Especialy in eastern Europe even publisher’s name like hindawi causes such feelings. Islamophobia and eurocentrism is alive and kicking here- wellcome to the real world!!! No publisher has a chance with a name without franklin’s and smith’s or at least something german or latin