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“International Recognition Multidisciplinary Research Journals, Monthly Publish”
Note the bogus impact factor on the lower right. This is one of the most confusing publishers I’ve ever studied. Its name appears to be “International Recognition Multidisciplinary Research Journals,...
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Recognizing a Pattern of Problems in “Pattern Recognition in Physics”
Getting sloppy? Copernicus Publications is an open-access publisher based in Göttingen, Germany. It is not on my list of predatory publishers. However, I do have some serious concerns with Copernicus...
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Publisher Scientific & Academic Publishing Duplicates another Publisher’s...
Avoid publishing here. Scientific & Academic Publishing, aptly abbreviated SAP, has a journal entitled International Journal of Library Science, and so does the Indian publisher CESER Publications....
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OMICS Journal Publishes Pseudo-Science Vaccine Paper
Pseudo-science OMICS Publishing Group has once again provided evidence that it is merely a scholarly vanity press. OMICS just published a paper entitled, “Prevalence of Autism is Positively Associated...
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New Apparent Case of Serial Plagiarism Uncovered
Yasar Albushra Abdul Rahiem Ahmed is a medical doctor at the National Guard Hospital at the King Abdul Aziz Medical City, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It appears Dr. Ahmed, originally from the Sudan, has...
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Introducing … Purple Journals
Another silly name in a serious business. It’s not uncommon for new open-access publishers in Nigeria to assign attention-grabbing names to their operations. Purple Journals is the latest of these. It...
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All About Scigmoid Publications
SCIGMOID ? Really ? We recently welcomed Scigmoid to our list of questionable publishers. Scigmoid? Yes, Scigmoid. I do not know the meaning or origin of this term. It sounds like sigmoid, which...
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Article-Level Metrics: An Ill-Conceived and Meretricious Idea
Except twelve of the tweets were bought and paid for. Many are excited about innovative measures that purport to quantify scholarly impact at a more granular level. Called article-level metrics or...
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Look out for Bogus Impact Factor Companies
The proliferation of predatory open-access publishers has created several new and expanding markets. One of these is the market for journal rankings. Because few predatory publishers are able to earn...
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Plagiarized Pectin Article Doesn’t Jell Well with Original Author
The plagiarized version. Here’s a story of a very serious case of academic plagiarism. An article on pectin published in a Thai academic journal in 2003 has been almost completely lifted and published...
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Icelandic Journal Latest Victim of Journal Hijacking
The most-recent issue of the authentic journal, volume 62, 2012. The old print journal Jökull, published in Iceland since 1951, has been hijacked. The hijackers set up two bogus web sites for the...
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Fake Female Names Embellish Predatory Publishers’ Spam Emails
Predatory publishers often use fake names. For example, I documented that Ashry Aly, the sole-proprietor of Ashdin Publishing, used the name “John Costa” in his spam advertising. I think he used the...
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New Open-Access Publisher Launches with 199 Journals
I’m sure this means something. Australia-based TS Publications recently appeared with a fleet of 199 new open-access journals. The publisher has used a clever method of adding articles to many of the...
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Questions Surround the American Academic & Scholarly Research Center — Part 1
Who is behind this organization? The American Academic & Scholarly Research Center (AASRC) is a mysterious entity that publishes one journal, organizes conferences, and seeks other ways to provide...
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Questions Surround the American Academic & Scholarly Research Center — Part 2
Updates: 1. According to Wim Meester, Scopus Senior Product Manager, Scopus has delisted the American Academic & Scholarly Research Journal. He revealed this in a comment on the blog Library Out...
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New OA Publisher Based in Clifton, New Jersey Apartment
Exploit the authors and readers? We recently added Elyns Publishing Group to our list of questionable journals. This journal has a curious and perhaps revealing slogan. Its slogan is “Explore and...
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Weekend Update: Predatory Publishing News
This blog post reports on four brief items related to predatory publishers. 1. Journal Influence Factor We all know about the journal impact factor, but now there is a brand-new measure called the...
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Something Unnatural about Natural Sciences Publishing Corporation
Natural, as in a natural predator. I recently added Natural Sciences Publishing Corporation to my list. The publishing operation, which publishes 36 journals, appears to be owned by Prof. Mahmoud...
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2006 Article Plagiarized Three Times in Predatory Journals
A 2006 article published in the Elsevier journal Geoderma has been plagiarized at least three times, a co-author reports. The original article The article, Mechanistic soil–landscape modelling as an...
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Conference attendee to OMICS: I want out
Today’s post consists of two emails. One is from OMICS Publishing Group to a scientist who attended an OMICS conference, and the second is the scientist’s reply to OMICS. Email from OMICS Publishing...
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