Comment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by Jeffrey Beall
I have analyzed this journal but will not be adding it to my list at this time. While it doesn’t meet the criteria for inclusion on my list, I don’t think it is a strong journal and would recommend...
View ArticleComment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by Keith Fraser
Hi Jeffrey, Another journal which came to my attention via someone on LinkedIn mentioning having published his research there: the International Journal of Fundamental Physical Sciences, published by...
View ArticleComment on Clueless Reporter from the Mirror Bases Story on Withdrawn OMICS...
Maybe now the UK Government will wake up and start to crack down on “start-ups” in OA publishing in the UK, many of which are started by foreign nationals (particularly of Indian, Bangladeshi, and...
View ArticleComment on Clueless Reporter from the Mirror Bases Story on Withdrawn OMICS...
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Sounds like the usual case of Busby writing the press release first, then the manuscript.
View ArticleComment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by Jeffrey Beall
Keith: Thanks very much indeed for letting me know about this publisher. I have added it to my list <a href="http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>. As...
View ArticleComment on Serbian Journal Accepts Paper in 24 Hours with No Peer Review,...
Update with verbatim e-mails (unedited, except for e-mail addresses, whihc have been deleted). On Wednesday, December 3, 2014 5:20 PM: “Dear Dr. Goran Poznanović, Editor-in-Chief, ABS NOTE: to all...
View ArticleComment on Icelandic Journal Latest Victim of Journal Hijacking by anbu
Hello, I have submitted one article to http://jokulljournal.is/ few months ago and I have accepted letter. is a fake journal? or tie up with others. How is i believed it? . Thank you,
View ArticleComment on Icelandic Journal Latest Victim of Journal Hijacking by Jeffrey Beall
Jokull Journal = http://www.jokulljournal.com/ = Fake Jökull = http://jokulljournal.is/ = Authentic
View ArticleComment on More Controversy Over Open-Access Publisher MDPI by Bleu
Actually, in the abstract, the authors state “… and we show that glyphosate is the “textbook example” of exogenous semiotic entropy: the disruption of homeostasis by environmental toxins”. I accepted...
View ArticleComment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by Deepak
Dear Mr Beall, Thought you might find this interesting. I have received two invitations to review the same manuscript from two different journals. The first is from Modern Research Publishers for their...
View ArticleComment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by Jeffrey Beall
Amazing. My university is now (perhaps wisely) blocking access to Modern Research Publishers, so I can’t tell if the two are related or owned by the same guy. I think that ownership of multiple...
View ArticleComment on OMICS Publishing Group’s Abuse of Researchers: More Evidence by...
So is your paper published? or did they take the money and did not publish your manuscript?
View ArticleComment on Appeals by Jeffrey Beall
Thank you for letting me know about this journal. I have analyzed it and added it to my list <a href="http://scholarlyoa.com/individual-journals/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>.
View ArticleComment on Backlog by Jeffrey Beall
I’ve added all these journals to my list. They all say, “Author Notification : Within 7 days”. Thanks for alerting me to them.
View ArticleComment on Shabby Indian Management Megajournal Reveals Its Peer Review...
English is the defacto international standard scientific language. There is precedent for standard languages. For example, English has been the formal standard aviation language for years. Moreover,...
View ArticleComment on New OA Publisher “Pubicon International Publications” Launches...
The publisher’s name sounds terrible because it engenders the image of uncontrollable pubic hair. Which, of course has nothing to do with publishing. Seems like there is intra-India competition between...
View ArticleComment on New OA Publisher “Pubicon International Publications” Launches...
I haven’t seen this before: a section on ‘CITATION MANIPULATION’. A haphazardly chosen example from one of the Pubicon magazines is here: http://www.iaasr.org/Default.aspx?pageid=11. Citation...
View ArticleComment on New OA Publisher “Pubicon International Publications” Launches...
Not that I know anything about Phenomenology … The ‘Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology’ may have an unusual geographic scope, but that is explained on the journal’s “About” page...
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They sure have crossed the Pubicon of bad taste.
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