Comment on LifeSciFeed Ventures: Where Authors are Fodder by Lisa Di Valentino
It seems that they have changed their minds on copyright transfer, since the PDF linked above now says that authors retain copyright in their work.
View ArticleComment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by Jeffrey Beall
Yes, the journal’s publisher, OMICS Publishing Group, is on my list. I recommend that you NOT submit any articles to this journal. Please find a better journal.
View ArticleComment on Have I Discovered the Source of the Hijacked Journals? by Jeffrey...
I’m very sorry — there’s nothing I know that can be done.
View ArticleComment on Misleading Metrics by Faten
Can you recommend companies that provide reliable scholraly metrics? Also could you please clarify the difference between Potential, possible, or probable predatory publishers, for instance a potential...
View ArticleComment on Misleading Metrics by Jeffrey Beall
I limit my work here to listing the bogus metrics companies. I don’t want to create a list of good ones. I recommend avoiding all the publishers and journals included on my lists.
View ArticleComment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by Normah Mohd Ghazali, Ph.D
Dear Jeffrey, I haven’t seen Praizeworthy Publisher on your list. Can you please check? My colleagues have published many papers here, I.R.E.M.E.)0 is one of them and since it’s scopus-indexed,...
View ArticleComment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by Jeffrey Beall
Dr. Ghazali, I removed this publisher from my list recently. They changed their publishing model from open access to toll access (subscription model). I prefer to cover only open-access publishers....
View ArticleComment on Plagiarized Pectin Article Doesn’t Jell Well with Original Author...
I think you should consider informing the authorities at the institution where the authors are based if you want to get justice. The main purpose of publishing plagiarized articles is to trick the...
View ArticleComment on New Apparent Case of Serial Plagiarism Uncovered by jr
Is it possible for you to write a guide or set of suggestions based on your experience on how to effectively investigate a particular researcher for cases of plagiarism or, self-plagiarism? I guess one...
View ArticleComment on New Apparent Case of Serial Plagiarism Uncovered by Jeffrey Beall
That’s how I do it. I read the article and search phrases. It the writing changes style, or changes from ungrammatical to grammatical, I select the phrases for searching.
View ArticleComment on Lambert Academic Publishing: A Must to Avoid by Dr. Madan Gopal...
David Johnson/ Tatiana Taralunga Customer Service – Royalty Department OmniScriptum GmbH & Co. KG Heinrich-Böcking-Straße 6-8 66121 Saarbrücken Fax +49 681 93 81 567-9 Dear Sir/Madam, Your...
View ArticleComment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by Andy
OMICS is fake, so i will not expect any journal it produces to be authentic. Jeffrey will confirm!!!!
View ArticleComment on Need Help Finding a Good Journal for Your Next Paper? Try These...
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View ArticleComment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by Jeffrey Beall
I’ve added this journal to my list. I observed some serious problems with plagiarism. I would recommend finding a better electrical engineering journal.
View ArticleComment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by Jeffrey Beall
I have analyzed this publisher before, and during that analysis, I did not find that the publisher met the criteria for inclusion on my list. Looking at it again, I reach the same conclusion. If you...
View ArticleComment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by Jeffrey Beall
I haven’t heard of this publisher before. I will analyze it. I’d appreciate hearing your comments on it and any experiences you’ve had.
View ArticleComment on Research by Deepa
Dear Mr.Beall, Could you please help me with this Journal http://www.ijcaonline.org/ Is this fake? How do I find a genuine journal other than Springer,IEEE ? I’ve gone through your comments above and...
View ArticleComment on Research by Jeffrey Beall
I recommend against submitting papers to this journal, the <em>International Journal of Computer Applications</em>. There are several ways to find good journals. One is reading widely in...
View ArticleComment on Backlog by Bill Reisdorf
Dear Mr Beall, Here’s one to potentially add to your backlog. http://medcraveonline.com/ Medcrave appears to be a brand new entity, established in 2014 with some 20-odd journal titles. I’ve been...
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