Comment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2015 by Jeffrey Beall

1. <em>European Journal of Surgical Cases</em> (published by Bilimsel Tip Yayinevi). It’s an OA journal, but I can’t find any mention of author fees on their website. They don’t respond to emails. This is one of a growing number of Turkish journals that serve chiefly as a means for Turkish researchers to get easy publishing credit they then use for credit towards tenure and promotion. In such journals, the articles are typically unoriginal, often contain plagiarism, and are part of a salami slicing strategy on the part of the authors. 2. <em>International Journal of Clinical Case Reports</em> (publisher unknown). They say that the journal is indexed in PubMed, but that does not appear to be true. The <em>International Journal of Clinical Case Reports</em> is published by a firm called BioPublisher that is based in Canada (i.e., China). I have this publisher included on my list <a href="http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>. I recommend completely avoiding all the journals from this publisher. 3. <em>World Journal of Clinical Cases</em> (published by Baishideng Publishing Group). Baishideng is a borderline publisher and is therefore not on my list. I receive many inquiries about it. Most serious researchers skip over this publisher's journals and seek better scholarly publishers for their work. 4. <em>Open Journal of Clinical and Medical Case Reports</em> (publisher unknown). I haven't heard of this journal before. It is rather mysterious and uses a Las Vegas mailbox company as its headquarters address. I will analyze it. In the meantime, I recommend avoiding it. Journals like this one can disappear from the internet on a whim. 5.<em> Journal of Case Reports in Oncology and Therapy</em> (published by EJourPub). An OA journal, but no author fees? I haven't heard of this one before either. I will analyze it, for it looks fishy. Waiving author fees is a common strategy for new publishers. They want to attract a mass of articles to make their operations appear successful. 6. <em>Journal of Anaesthesia & Critical Care Case Reports</em> (published by Academic Research Group). Another new one. I will analyze it, but in the meantime, I would also avoid this one like the plague. It appears that "Academic Research Group" also publishes a journal called<em> International Journal of Conference Proceedings</em> and is just a company that aims to make easy money from researchers.