Comment on Welcome to Journals Club ! by Jeffrey Beall
So noted. Be advised that some use the OASPA membership list in such a manner as you describe. Both white-lists and blacklists have their value; one of the weaknesses of a white-list is that it takes...
View ArticleComment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by Jeffrey Beall
I have not analyzed that journal, so I cannot say anything about it at this time. There are very many new, standalone mega-journals such as this one appearing all the time. I am unable to analyze the...
View ArticleComment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by amit
Thanks Dr., I will submit my article to other journal originated from any established association or society. I have inquired about this journal as i am receiving mails from the journal to publish the...
View ArticleComment on Journal Indexing: What it is, and What it’s Not by En databas att...
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View ArticleComment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by Dr D B NIKUMBH
thank you very much,,,,,sir…..
View ArticleComment on Mysterious Institute Launches with Nine Journals by Neuroskeptic...
Coltharp is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coltharp,_Texas" rel="nofollow">"a ghost town in Houston County, Texas."</a> The origin of the name?
View ArticleComment on Criteria for Determining Predatory Open-Access Publishers (2nd...
Did you have a look into the Fluoride Journal Jeffrey? They also include people as authors(in their author index) who have never submitted an article to the journal. They reprint abstracts without...
View ArticleComment on Criteria for Determining Predatory Open-Access Publishers (2nd...
Yes, but I don’t find that it meets the criteria for inclusion on the list. Thanks.
View ArticleComment on Mysterious Institute Launches with Nine Journals by Marco
If you publish with them, apparently you get a “Certificate of publication in the Coltharp Institute Journal”. Why would I want such a certificate?!
View ArticleComment on Mysterious Institute Launches with Nine Journals by tekija
Interesting that their first conference, for what it is worth, alledgely takes place in Nashville – this is namely not the first mystery regarding Coltharp and Nashville....
View ArticleComment on Mysterious Institute Launches with Nine Journals by Jeffrey Beall
In some countries, such as India, it is common for researchers to ask for a certificate so that they can demonstrate to their college or university that they successfully published an article.
View ArticleComment on Mysterious Institute Launches with Nine Journals by Marco
Ah, OK, thanks. Still odd, though. I have not heard any of the journals I am involved in offering such certificates. And they’re not exactly IF < 1 journals…
View ArticleComment on Welcome to Journals Club ! by herr doktor bimler
One disadvantage of a whitelist is that the scammers can create their own lists, just as they have created their own publication indices (which happen to rate their own journals highly).
View ArticleComment on Welcome to Journals Club ! by Weekend reads: Nature’s torrent of...
[…] “Competition among open-access publishers is getting stronger and stronger,” writes Jeffrey Beall. “To survive, these publishers must invent new ways to stand out and attract more author fees from...
View ArticleComment on Questionable OA Publisher Launches with a Clever Website and 52...
Their Journal of Education and Human Development now appears to have acquired a genuine Editor in Chief: http://aripd.org/journal/index/jehd/kathleen-m-everling
View ArticleComment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by sam
What about the indian journal named Paripex?
View ArticleComment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by Jeffrey Beall
It’s published by a firm called “The Global Journals,” which is on my list. I recommend not submitting any manuscripts to this journal.
View ArticleComment on OMICS Goes from “Predatory Publishing” to “Predatory Meetings” by...
A beginner, not a predator. I have not read all the posts, but I recognize some of the frustration that I saw in some other participants during my first Omics Conference experience as an authorizing...
View ArticleComment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by NK
Dear Jeffrey, Please take note of the journal “INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INNOVATION IN SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS (IJSIM)” Their website is: “http://www.ijism.org/index.php/en/” There are a lot of...
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