Comment on More Duplicate Journal Titles by R.V. Krishnakumar
Dear Dr.Beall – ISSN just gives any serial publication an identification number something similar to a Post Office registering (not empowered to providing!) an address for a newly built home. The job...
View ArticleComment on More Duplicate Journal Titles by Jeffrey Beall
I think you are correct, yes.
View ArticleComment on Exposing Sketchy Faculty Publications: The Dirty Western by Robert...
For what it’s worth, I decided to search on the “41” faculty members the DW claims to have publicly outed in their blog. In fact, only 16 of the names they publicly outed are on faculty at WIU. Given...
View ArticleComment on Defining Platinum Open Access by skanicl
I believe that Stevan Harnad didn’t have in mind “gold” defining “golden road to OA”, but having in mind what golden road turns to be out, I like the term “platinum open access”. It is not misleading...
View ArticleComment on Open Access Alcohol by R.V. Krishnakumar
The above link to what ‘BMC states’ led me to COPE (http://publicationethics.org/), I found lot of useful stuff including its dealing with cases of unethical practices. I was unaware of COPE until this...
View ArticleComment on OA Publisher Gratuitously Uses Other Groups’ Logos to Feign...
Now the IOSR has come up with a new brand new website and has stepped up an google ad words campaign. Now they charge 120.00 USD. And now they aren’t any more Open Access. And the guy who owns it is...
View ArticleComment on Open Access Alcohol by Nils
The European Mathematical Society Ethics Committee has published a Code of Practice for authors, editors, publishers and referees, which may be of interest:...
View ArticleComment on The Maryland Institute of Research, From Bangladesh by Francis Ford
The site is a scam for sure. Don’t give them any money!
View ArticleComment on A Publisher with no Website: Science and Engineering Publishing...
Serials Publications (mentioned above) is a complete fraud. Just see http://www.serialspublications.com/contentnormal.asp?jid=596&jtype=1 and select an article and google its title. They publised...
View ArticleComment on A Vanity Scholarly Press from Québec by Airil Haimi @ Teech
Obviously Asian owners, don’t think it’s connected to the cresent symbol though. Without pointing directly to any Asian ethnicities, these ‘enterprising’ Asians have set up shop not just in North...
View ArticleComment on A Vanity Scholarly Press from Québec by Airil Haimi @ Teech
P.S. You mentioned CCSE, right? I was one of those stupid enough to get duped by them, sorry to say. P.P.S. The print journal came all the way… wait for it… wait for it… CHINA. Obviously the owners are...
View ArticleComment on ISP Boots Predatory Publisher for Spamming by Die Hugh
If a new publishers starts new journals, then how is the publisher supposed to advertise about his journals in ethically correct manner/ without spamming, so that other readers/researchers will come to...
View ArticleComment on Journal Indexing: What it is, and What it’s Not by Paul Blobaum
I have to laugh even with some of the legit publications, the claim to be indexed is almost meaningless. Such as the claim to be “indexed in Ulrich’s Web”.. Ulrich’s merely publishes information sent...
View ArticleComment on OA Publisher Gratuitously Uses Other Groups’ Logos to Feign...
IOSR is a bogus organisation . The owner ” Chetan Sharma ” seem to the one mentioned in its webiste http://www.iosr.org/pages/results.html as one of the IOSR 2011 International Result Fellowship...
View ArticleComment on Two Print Journals Completely Hijacked by Online Hoodlums by asiah
speechless… i did pay for the publication fee to the wulfenia journal. Just wondering, if this journal is fake, then how come their link is appear in thomson reuters website. Now, what should i do???
View ArticleComment on Lambert Academic Publishing: A Must to Avoid by Partas
Thank you for the enlightment as many students and researcher would have fall into their trap. Such action by VDM does not tell good of them and can lead them to no where since people have been...
View ArticleComment on Research by Guria
Thank you very much for your wonderfully helpful information. I’m sorry if this is not the right place to leave a question. I wonder why Eurojournal is on the list. Some of its journals-e.g.European...
View ArticleComment on Research by Jeffrey Beall
Well, you partially answered your own question. Also, being indexed by Scoups (and covered by Scimago) is not really a measure of quality. These services are in competition with others, so they try to...
View ArticleComment on Journal Indexing: What it is, and What it’s Not by Guria
Although journals are indexed by Scopus, it is still possible they are not peer-reviewed. Thank you very much for your kind reply: http://scholarlyoa.com/research/#comment-4755
View ArticleComment on Research by Guria
Thank you very much for your reply and explanation. It’s a great help.
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