Comment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by Sandy
Further information on AUSTIN PUBLISHERS (http://austinpublishinggroup.org) & SM GROUP (http://smjournals.com) I received from a professor: 1. MAHENDRA REDDY CHIRRA (alias, Mahi Ch) Position: Owner...
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I’m afraid that I don’t find the data suggestive, let alone convincing. There is no control group. The author claims that there is coal fly ash in the rainwater on the basis of an element composition...
View ArticleComment on Frontiers Launches OA Library Science Journal by Melissa Terras
Hi! interesting discussion. Just a few points of fact – I was asked to review a paper, not an editorial discussion (it may have been published as such, but I was asked to review a paper). Secondly, I...
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If I were an editor or reviewer I’d also ask to include some controls as you mentioned. We both agree the paper shouldn’t be published in the present format altho there might be ways for potential...
View ArticleComment on Frontiers Launches OA Library Science Journal by LeiaSunesson
Hello Dr. Terras! It was indeed an interesting discussion thread in here and your arrival certainly put the cherry on top! Having read your original blogpost I’m under the impression that both...
View ArticleComment on Some Strange Goings On at Cureus by Dom
While possible, 48 hours for a review is highly unusual – I say this from the viewpoint of being an academic editor as well as a reviewer of papers. Many a review will require extra digging, some help...
View ArticleComment on More Pseudo-Science from Swiss / Chinese Publisher MDPI by Oswald H
You don’t have to be an environmental scientist to rightly call “chemtrails” a hoax and conspiracy theory. Oh, and Herndon DID fake data:
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Indeed. The only question remaining is why isn’t this paper retracted yet?
View ArticleComment on More Pseudo-Science from Swiss / Chinese Publisher MDPI by wkdawson
Using this same “measuring” scheme, I entered “nature.com pseudoscience” and received 797,000 hits. The first hits were more damning than MDPI too. Therefore, I do not think your measuring scheme is...
View ArticleComment on More Pseudo-Science from Swiss / Chinese Publisher MDPI by herr...
a journal called Current Science (indexed in SCIE, Scopus). That comes up in the Wikipedia Talk discussion on whether Dr Herndon deserves his own Whackyweedia entry. The discussion is dominated by...
View ArticleComment on More Pseudo-Science from Swiss / Chinese Publisher MDPI by herr...
I see from Jay’s link that Herndon is now issuing bumptious, censorious threats of litigation against people who criticise his work:...
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It probably hasn’t because no one has brought it to attention yet, only being published a little more than two weeks ago. I happen to be in a position to do something about that. I am making a trip...
View ArticleComment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by Njoku Ede
Dear jeffrey, Please could you help me find out if the Journal of Disease and Global Health is one of the predatory journal. It is published by the International Knowledge Press (IKP). It is an OA...
View ArticleComment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by Jeffrey Beall
I think International Knowledge Press is a subscription publisher, so that’s why they don’t charge a fee. I disagree with your statement that it is an OA journal. If you try to access one of the...
View ArticleComment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2015 by Jeffrey Beall
The <em>Global Journal of Animal Scientific Research</em> is published by the Iranian firm called World Science and Research Publishing. I have this publisher included on my list <a...
View ArticleComment on More Pseudo-Science from Swiss / Chinese Publisher MDPI by O's...
[…] astrofisica ecc. ecc. con testi su arXiv che erano rimasti ignorati. Questa volta se n'è accorto Jeffrey Beall, il successo presso i fratelli Marcianò e altri invasati non si farà […]
View ArticleComment on The OMICS Publishing Group’s Empire is Expanding by Rejina
I’m not a native speaker. Yet, I have never used any service to edit/proofread my articles for a fee. Most serious journals will correct your spelling and grammar free of charge.
View ArticleComment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by Piya
I found out your site by reading an article on the ‘Australian’ regarding bogus journals. This is really a good work.
View ArticleComment on Open Access Journal Provides One-Day Peer Review by Little_Chaos
First, I love that one of their site tabs is labeled: ‘Instructtion to Author.’ If you click on the tab, they do spell ‘instruction’ correctly on the actual page, but it’s definitely a turnoff. Second,...
View ArticleComment on More Pseudo-Science from Swiss / Chinese Publisher MDPI by Kenji
The guest-editor accepted this paper, so wouldn’t it make more sense to blame him/her?
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