Comment on Bogus “Center” Provides Quick, Easy, and Cheap Publishing by herr doktor bimler

IAccording to the MJSS webpage, it's "published by MCSER-Mediterranean Center of Social and Educational research". The letterhead on PDFs of its publications are more ambitious, however, and claim that it's "Published by MCSER-CEMAS-Sapienza University of Rome". Now the Sapienza University di Roma does exist, and provides the Roman address (Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5) being used by MCSER (although the Sapienza website <b>knows nothing of MCSER</b>). And CEMAS is a research centre within the university (Centro di ricerca "Cooperazione con l'Eurasia, il Mediterraneo e l'Africa sub.sahariana"). But Googling for the combination ""CEMAS-sapienza university" only leads to publications from our Albanian grifter. As far as I can see, a certain Dottore Andrea Carteny (with a Sapienza affiliation) had the role of MJSS editor-in-chief for its first few issues. Meanwhile a Prof. Antonello Biagini -- also of Sapienza -- was the Executive Director of the whole MCSER outfit. <a href="http://www.mcser.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1&Itemid=53" rel="nofollow">Both have vanished from the MCSER and MJSS websites</a>* (a different person from Georgia is now the Ed-in-chief) but MJSS is hanging onto the purported connection with a real university anyway, and continuing to claim their physical street location. Is it possible that MCSER and MJSS started out legitimately but succumbed to a journal hijacking or take-over? Do the people listed on the Editorial Board know that they are listed? * The current version, anyway. <a href="http://www.mcser.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2:about-us&catid=1:general" rel="nofollow">An older version still retains them</a>.