Comment on OA Publisher Disappears from Internet, Goes Out of Business by...
I spoke to a Thomson Reuters representative at their booth at a conference this summer. He told me they are aware of the problem but are unconcerned. I was surprised by this.
View ArticleComment on Is OMICS Publishing Group Sneakily Trying to Buy Its Way into...
They are an alternative to publishers with thorough and transparent peer review. I submitted to an OMICS journal and can confirm only lip service was done to the process of peer review.
View ArticleComment on New Predatory Publisher Copies Look and Feel of BioMed Central by...
please this one is predator or not http://iaesjournal.com/online/index.php/IJPHS/
View ArticleComment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by Azin
Dear Dr. Jeffrey Please inform me about the quality of this journal. http://www.theijbm.com/ Kind regards, Azin
View ArticleComment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by Jeffrey Beall
That journal is on my list <a href="http://scholarlyoa.com/individual-journals/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>, so I recommend against submitting papers to it.
View ArticleComment on Scholarly Authors are Increasingly Experiencing APC Fatigue by...
I believe Hindawi is changing it’s business model. With a new predatory “pay & print” open access publisher popping up every week, the “low-end” is getting crowded. I guess they are trying to raise...
View ArticleComment on Mysterious Institute Launches with Nine Journals by tina halpain
As a founding member, I just wanted to address some of the concerns expressed above. Coltharp Institute a recently formed organization focused on delivering an engaging conference experience with the...
View ArticleComment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by Jeffrey Beall
It is very difficult to withdraw manuscripts from low-quality publishers. Sorry.
View ArticleComment on OA Publisher Disappears from Internet, Goes Out of Business by...
Interesting. Thanks. They must still be sitting on the server. But the home page is gone.
View ArticleComment on Mysterious Institute Launches with Nine Journals by bill
Dear Tina, Thanks for clarifying the situation and good luck with the Institute.
View ArticleComment on Scholarly Authors are Increasingly Experiencing APC Fatigue by...
It seems to me that the need for accuracy in a medical paper far outstrips the quest for rapid publication. People’s lives could be at stake. I would guess that is why the care was and is being taken...
View ArticleComment on An Editorial Board Mass-Resignation — from an Open-Access Journal...
It’s not exactly a mass resignation if one board member stayed on to become the editor-in-chief. Believe it or not, I actually know Anatole. I have no idea what he is doing as editor of this journal,...
View ArticleComment on An Editorial Board Mass-Resignation — from an Open-Access Journal...
Actually, Anatole is kinda everything and a little bit more. He has a number of works on “DNA genealogy” that were published in this very journal.
View ArticleComment on Red Alert: Avens Publishing Group by Assem
what to do to withdrow my minuscript I was sent to medcrave group
View ArticleComment on An Editorial Board Mass-Resignation — from an Open-Access Journal...
Well, if his Wikipedia entry is correct, it is not so odd he is involved.
View ArticleComment on Scholarly Authors are Increasingly Experiencing APC Fatigue by...
But, Harvey, using your logic, the longer a paper takes to be reviewed, revised, and re-reviewed, the more worthy the journal! I agree care should be taken in any peer-review process but presumably...
View ArticleComment on Scholarly Authors are Increasingly Experiencing APC Fatigue by...
I was in Frankfurt when OA was first proposed behind closed doors. Those in the sciences who really need to know the results of a paper know about it way before the paper is even penned. I don’t know...
View ArticleComment on Scholarly Authors are Increasingly Experiencing APC Fatigue by...
Harvey I get your point, but lazy reviewers are not automatically good reviewers; and some of them are lazy, simple as that. I’m doing reviews myself and I do it with greatest diligence. When I accept,...
View ArticleComment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by Raj
How about this- http://pub.iapchem.org/ojs/index.php/admet/index# ADMET & DMPK ADMET & DMPK (ISSN:1848-7718) is an international, peer reviewed open-access Journal aiming for rapid...
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