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Comment on Criteria for Determining Predatory Open-Access Publishers (2nd edition) by Haider

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Dear Mr. Beall,

I have published a paper in “World Academic Science Journal” (www.wasj.org) in 2010 and it was indexed in Thompson Reuters’ ISI index in 2010 and 2011 (not sure when this has changed but now it is not indexed there). My university otherwise do not let me publish in it, if it was not ISI indexed. And still I am keeping the copy of the Thompson Reuters’ website showing that it was indexed there. Now, I was surprised that it is in your list. The journal is not claiming that it is ISI indexed anymore.

Was it a bad luck for me to publish in a good journal at that time when it was ISI indexed and now I am hesitant to show it in my resume because it has been listed in your list?

I speculate that there are a lot of authors who were fully aware to not publish in an a week journal and chose a reputable index like ISI, but eventually the journal became worse and ended to be in your list.

What is your advice? Should I put the paper in my CV or just delete it from my list of publications, since it may put me in a weeker position in my phd application if they realize that it is in the Beall list, not realizing that it was indeed ISI indexed at 2010 when I published it.

I can email you the pdf file showing that the journal indexed in Thompson Reuters’ website in 2011.

Thanks


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