Hindawi’s ISRN Brand Offers to Pay for Articles
Cairo-based Hindawi Publishing Corporation is apparently launching a new strategy to invigorate its ISRN (International Scholarly Research Network) brand. The strategy...
The Weaknesses of Journal Whitelists
I just read an article about a well-known journal whitelist by the brilliant Australian economist Imad A. Moosa. Entitled “A Critique...
New Name, Same Horrible Business: OMICS International
I am writing this blog post to renew my urgent warning to researchers in all countries to avoid all products...
Mysterious Turkish Thales Academic Publisher Promises “Fast” Publication in 20 Days
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Thales Academic Publisher publishes 23 open-access journals and organizes scholarly conferences. It also publishes academic books. It is included in...
Bogus Iran-Based Journal Allows Up to 40% Plagiarism
The Journal of Current Research in Science (JCRS) is included on my list of questionable journals, and I strongly advise all honest...
Open-Access Articles for Sale as Expensive Books on Amazon
A publisher called Applied Research Press has set up shop using Amazon.co.uk and is selling openly-licensed scholarly articles as monographs. The Creative...
Open Access Journal Provides One-Day Peer Review
Need to publish an article quickly? The Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology can make you a published author in a...
Chinese Journal Has Surprise Author Fee But Gives Refund if You Cite Your Article...
UPDATE, JULY 31, 2015: A response from the journal’s editors is appended at the end of this blog post.
There’s a major,...
OMICS Group Now Charging for Article Withdrawals
Hyderabad, India-based OMICS Group has found a new and likely lucrative revenue source — charging authors to withdraw their submissions...
OA Publisher to Peer Reviewer: Never Mind
The Indian open-access publisher SCIENCEDOMAIN international invited a professor from Montclair State University to complete a peer review on a manuscript it...
