Large New OA Publisher Launches with 85 Journals
A brand-new open-access publisher has just appeared: Science and Education Publishing (SciEP). The publisher is launching with 85 new journals, the second...
OA Publisher Gratuitously Uses Other Groups’ Logos to Feign Legitimacy
One of the tricks that the International Organization of Scientific Research(IOSR) uses to convince authors that it is legitimate is to...
A Vanity Scholarly Press from Québec
Laval, Québec is the location of CSCanada, the latest addition to my list of predatory open-access publishers. This publisher gives its headquarters address...
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...
