Comment on Six New Vanity Presses — One with an Unbelievable Name by Jeffrey...
The UC Berkeley Library maintains such a list here: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/scholarlycommunication/oa_fees.html
View ArticleComment on Hindawi’s Scientific World Journal Loses its Impact Factor by Shawn
Good stuff as usual Jeffrey. A lot of cred to JCR for detecting this and Hindawi for handling it. Unfortunately this type of quid pro quo scheme is probably behind more than a few journals ratings....
View ArticleComment on The Continuing Story of the African Journal of Business Management...
This is really bad news! They must stop collecting money for article publication!
View ArticleComment on List of Publishers by Well, golly gee. « painsthee
[...] legit publisher, it’s one of those “open access” vanity journal things (see list here), and for a publisher wanting to print an essay of mine whose requirements include: 2. [...]
View ArticleComment on Introducing: The Journal of Foreign Anatomy by samir Hachani
“We always thought that anatomy really didn’t vary much from country to country.” You are right but not stupidity and greed !!!!
View ArticleComment on Introducing: The Journal of Foreign Anatomy by Yurii Chinenov
Journal of Foreign Anatomy as opposed to Journal of Domestic Anatomy. I think I just got an idea for a title. I wonder… did they mean forensic anatomy?
View ArticleComment on Introducing: The Journal of Foreign Anatomy by Rob Rittenhouse
Foreign psychology almost makes sense. Almost.
View ArticleComment on Elixir Online Journal by fiza
You will be charged USD50 for each paper. Not free of charge!!! They do not mention this in their website. But once your paper been accepted, they will ask you to make a payment (based in India)
View ArticleComment on Hindawi’s Scientific World Journal Loses its Impact Factor by Jay
It is unfortunate that in this case, the Scientific World Journal is penalized for the wrongdoing of certain editorial member of the Journal who published papers that excessively cited articles from...
View ArticleComment on Why Earn an Impact Factor When You Can Buy One? by Jeffrey Beall
I am having my University’s IT Dept. check that link. Thanks.
View ArticleComment on Cloudy Ethics with Cloud Journals by Peter Matthews
The problem with these new journals is that they offer too much for too little. They are not believable. In reality they do not have enough qualified, experienced reviewers to handle papers in all the...
View ArticleComment on Cloudy Ethics with Cloud Journals by Mohan Bhagwat
I agree with you.. new journals means new…every start up needs time , supports and a good team..cloud journals..a new initiative..for scholars..for developing as well as developed countries whose...
View ArticleComment on Cloudy Ethics with Cloud Journals by Mohan Bhagwat
your deletion of my posts seems so much controversial..every time..its clear that your blog is supported by some publishers as well as supported for USA citizen’s only..you are a person who do not want...
View ArticleComment on Cloudy Ethics with Cloud Journals by Peter Matthews
Dear Mohan, There are many long-established and serious academic journals in India that deserve greater support from inside India, from institutions, contributors, readers, editors, and translators....
View ArticleComment on Cloudy Ethics with Cloud Journals by Peter Matthews
Dear Mohan, Thanks for the links. In one of those articles, the writer mentions that Author Processing Charges: “British universities now pay around £200m a year in subscription fees to journal...
View ArticleComment on And Now, a Proofreading Scam by Matt Hodgkinson
Quelle surprise, it’s based in Lagos, Nigeria: http://whois.domaintools.com/manuscript-proofreading.org
View ArticleComment on And Now, a Proofreading Scam by Peter Matthews
Finding legit editing services in countries like Nigeria is actually not so easy. I have no doubt there are many professional academic editors across Africa, but as part of the publishing ecosystem...
View ArticleComment on Why Earn an Impact Factor When You Can Buy One? by Tonukari Ochuko
I just went through the website of The self-styled Global Institute for Scientific Information (GISI) and I instantly noticed endless irregularities, which made me conclude at a glance that the guys...
View ArticleComment on And Now, a Proofreading Scam by Matt Hodgkinson
AuthorAID is another option for authors in developing countries who need help publishing and communicating their research; it is a “global online network that provides support, mentoring, resources,...
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