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Scholarly Article Submitted and Accepted before Research is Completed
It appears that a scholarly paper was submitted and accepted before the research it reports on was actually completed. The article, published in December, 2013, is this: Izetbegovic, Sebija. (2013)....
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Researchers Find “Naming Of Allah” Prevents Certain Histological Changes in...
A miracle? A study published last year found histological differences between two groups of broiler meat slaughtered according to two different methods. The only variable was the “naming of Allah”...
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Greedy Indian Publisher Charges Authors and Readers, Requires Copyright Transfer
RIP Off Research India Publications (also misspelled as Research India Publication) is a massive subscription publisher based in Delhi, India. It publishes over 180 journals, and you have to pay if you...
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Did FWS Officials Use a Predatory Journal to Publish Questionable Science?
Buried ethics? A blog called The Equation reported recently that two U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) officials used flawed models to determine the range of the endangered American burying beetle...
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New OA Publisher: the Council for Innovative Research
Innovative deception Yesterday I added one of the worst scholarly publishers ever to my list, the Council for Innovative Research. The only innovative thing about this dangerous publisher is the number...
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New Japanese OA Publisher Tempts Authors with Cash Prizes
Don’t go here. I have added the mega-journal Science Postprint (SPP) to my list of questionable standalone journals. This is only the second journal/publisher from Japan that I have added to my lists....
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Jordanian Publisher Cleverly Lifts Title from Respected Journal
This is advanced? IBIMA Publishing has been on my list since August, 2012. The publisher has recently launched a new chemistry journal with a title that is angering some chemists. IBIMA Publishing’s...
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A list of Print-on-demand publishers, self-publishing/”Vanity presses” and...
A list of Print-on-demand publishers, self-publishing/”Vanity presses” and other non-traditional publishers for librarians and authors. By Lara Seven Phillips, Pacific Collection Librarian, University...
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Would You Submit a Paper to This Publisher?
Smith who? Franklin who? I am interested in hearing others’ opinions about the publisher Smith & Franklin. Publisher Description The publisher is based in the UK and currently publishes these...
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Introduction to “Super Closed Access Journals”
Best at fooling people. There is a new class of scholarly journal. These journals are not open-access. You can’t purchase their articles individually. Individuals cannot subscribe to them. The only way...
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Red Alert: Avens Publishing Group
A complete impostor. The purpose of this blog post is to warn scholars to avoid having any association with Avens Publishing Group. By this I mean: don’t serve on their editorial boards, don’t submit...
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Another Award Scam? The International Research Promotion Council
Snake oil research. You may receive an unexpected email from the International Research Promotion Council telling you that you’ve been nominated for the “Eminent Scientist of the Year Award.” I think...
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Yet Another OMICS Publishing Group Blunder
The “editorial” This 2012 editorial, “On information thermodynamics and scale invariance in fluid dynamics” was published in OMICS Publishing Group’s Journal of Thermodynamics & Catalysis. Two...
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Fallout from Questionable Article in OA Pediatrics Journal
Questionable science. This article, “Changes in confirmed plus borderline cases of congenital hypothyroidism in California as a function of environmental fallout from the Fukushima nuclear meltdown”...
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Red Alert: Polish Scholarly Journal is Hijacked
Bogus and counterfeit. The Polish journal Sylwan has been hijacked — sort of. Unlike previous journal hijackings, in this case the legitimate journal has a website, and a bogus website pretends to be...
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New Questionable Publisher — New Conference List — New Plagiarism Book
Journal of salad. New Questionable Publisher I recently added the new publisher called Webcrawler Journals to my list of questionable publishers. Like many questionable publishers, this one is not...
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Scholarly Publishing Phishing Attempts Noted
Not really Elsevier. I’ve recently been alerted to several phishing attempts that involve scholarly open-access journals. The phishing attempts try to lure scholars into submitting papers without ever...
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IDOSI Journals No Longer to be Indexed in Scopus
Scopus has prospectively de-listed (removed) all IDOSI journals from its database. Previously, Scopus had indexed six IDOSI journals. Retrospective indexing data will be retained in the database. IDOSI...
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New Low-Quality OA Publisher: Imprints Open Access
Group? It’s just one guy. There is no slowdown in the number of new, questionable, and low quality gold open-access publishers appearing and offering their services to scholarly authors. Here I...
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Impact Factor Confusion: Spam Emails Mislead Researchers
Bogus metrics companies have made it possible for essentially any journal to have an “impact factor.” However, because true impact factor information — the data supplied by Thomson Reuters’ Journal...
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