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Comment on New Journal Claims to be “The Ultimate Online Journal Publishing House” by Peter Matthews

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Some of the ‘scam artists’ may be sincere in their intentions, but given the vast number of redundant and nonsensical journals being created, they have to make some real effort to distinguish their attempts to assist research communication.

At the same time, the research community in each country, discipline, and internationally needs to make some effort to make the screening and rating of new journals fair, informative, and effective. The present blog is just one small step in this direction.

New journals should not make any claims about reputation, and sincerely-managed journals that are new, and that can potentially offer a useful service to researchers and readers, should not be punished for not yet having a reputation.


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