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[…] I see this as part of a broader problem involving the proliferation of scientific journals that do not adhere to accepted practices, which in turn is a form of cargo cult science. It is certainly...
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It was profitable so they bought it.
View ArticleComment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by S Singh
Dear Sir, Could you please tell me about the quality of International Journal of Intelligent Systems and Applications(IJISA)? http://www.mecs-press.org/ijisa/index.html Thank you,
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Thanks for this comments. I just received the publication offer and I was about to pay the fee. So thank you for saving my $200 !
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[…] List”, a regularly-updated resource by Jeffrey Beall, an academic librarian at the University of Colorado, provides the de facto definitive listing of […]
View ArticleComment on OA Publisher to Peer Reviewer: Never Mind by Amelia
Hi Jeffrey, First I want to say that I have no connection with this publisher. But I see some interesting facts, which I consider may be useful in context of your this blog post. ScienceDomain...
View ArticleComment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by Ahlem
Dear Mr Beall, Thank you for Sir for your fast answer. I will stop the publication procedure to this journal. I want to know if it is at least really indexed or not. I have another question if you...
View ArticleComment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by Jeffrey Beall
This journal’s publisher, MECS Publisher, is not on my list at this time. Nevertheless, I would be careful about publishing there. If possible, try to find a suitable journal from a better publisher.
View ArticleComment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by Jeffrey Beall
I would not worry about the already published article and would just leave it there. Use it as a learning experience and write a new and better article and submit it to a better publisher. Sorry, I do...
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Looking more closely at that record of journal transfer, http://uksg-transfer.blogspot.co.nz/2014/12/astronomical-review.html it records Taylor & Francis as acquiring Astron.Rev. from Knowledge...
View ArticleComment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2015 by Jeffrey Beall
Thanks — this journal is actually published by a firm called KY Publications, which I have included on my list of publishers. However, this journal mostly hides its association with its parent...
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Actually I can answer that last question myself, with the simple answer that he is *not* “soliciting contributions and publication fees” — the “About” page of the Astron.Rev. site explains that “The...
View ArticleComment on OA Publisher to Peer Reviewer: Never Mind by Nicola Simola
Dear tekija, Standard or not, this is a disrespectful practice. I am a fan of timely peer review, and I always do my assignments by the due time. However, if you allow me 14 days (for example) to...
View ArticleComment on OA Publisher to Peer Reviewer: Never Mind by K Tada
I had a similar experience with Wiley’s journal “Advanced Energy Materials” (IF 14.385), which is one of the best journals for materials science. I understand that the editorial team is trying to...
View ArticleComment on OA Publisher to Peer Reviewer: Never Mind by Reinhard
This procedure is not only used by OA publishers. Often more reviewers than required are invited. After spending valuable time on a review I also once learned that my review is no longer necessary....
View ArticleComment on OA Publisher to Peer Reviewer: Never Mind by Guido Berens
I also have no connection to the publisher, aside from having done reviews for them a couple of times. I just wanted to add that in principle, all reviews are published on the journal’s website, under...
View ArticleComment on Appeals by Dina K
Dear Mr. Beall I just want to know about Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology (JATIT). Why JATIT is in your list?. In 2014, I don’t think that JATIT was on your list. But it...
View ArticleComment on Appeals by Jeffrey Beall
I added this journal to my list on February 7, 2015. The journal offers easy acceptance and now is publishing three issues each month. It managed to get indexed in Scopus, so many are using the journal...
View ArticleComment on OA Publisher to Peer Reviewer: Never Mind by tekija
I have been more tolerant, for exactly the same reason and because the journals were of good standing – and guess what, it has never again happened with the same journals. So, as this discussion has...
View ArticleComment on OA Publisher to Peer Reviewer: Never Mind by Sandra Gomez
It seems that the publisher is practicing good open peer review. Though in some cases I found some weak peer review reports (may be law of probability and finding expert peer reviewer is not possible...
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