1. The Center for the Development and Dissemination of Knowledge
2. American V-King Scientific Publishing. This publisher does not have a website; instead, each of its two journals has its own site:
A. Journal of Metallurgical Engineering
The Center for the Development and Dissemination of Knowledge (CDDK) lists seventeen open-access journals, but none contains any content. The organization claims it hosts annual conferences in Montego Bay, Kingston, and Ocho Rios, Jamaica.
It is unclear where this publisher is located exactly. It gives no address but does list a telephone with a 917 area code, which is in New York. Its Facebook page lists its location as Springfield, Massachusetts.
I am struck by the journals’ strange coverage. One example is the Frontiers in Humanities and Business Journal, which unites two disparate fields of study. This grouping, and similarly, the grouping of fields in some of the publisher’s other journals, seems almost arbitrary and careless.
This publisher has an especially annoying web page, with things moving all around it and bright and distracting colors gracing it. It is crammed with information, with references and links to legitimate organizations, perhaps in the hope that some of their legitimacy will rub off.
I cannot find any reference to author fees on the site; its funding model is unclear. The publisher description of itself is lofty. Its tag line is “Creating and disseminating knowledge for a better world.” Some of the prose on the site makes you think the publisher is out to save the world from ignorance and that the publisher believes its mission is to save the world, and only they are capable of it.
American V-King Scientific Publishing appears to be based in Flushing, New York, and yes, I am very tempted to make some “flushing” jokes for this publisher, and they might be apt.
This publisher has only two journals, and there is no website for the publisher per se. I think the publisher is David Chang. I don’t understand the name of his operation “American V-King,” and wonder if the V-King is supposed to mean Viking.
Both of its two journals relate to mining and mineral industries. Neither has any content at this time, and the funding model is not stated. Both journals require a copyright transfer to the publisher; the publisher screams, “ALL OF AUTHORS [sic] agree to transfer the copyright to MWE.” This is not a problem at this time, as there are no articles. I will continue to monitor this start-up publisher.
Hat tips: Philip Stewart and Filiberto Penados
Thanks for ear-marking CDDK. I love their link to the UC-Boulder website for a list of peer-reviewed journals!
Hello all
Thanks for highlighting this.
This morning (16th May 2012) I received an invitation to submit a paper to ‘Mining World Express’. The benefit is that I will be published ‘Free of Charge!!’ . Dead line for submission is the very near June 2012.
I quickly scanned for any information on the journal or the publisher, unfortunately nothing concrete could be found.
This looks strange for me.
My bigger concern was that I have nothing to do with Mining, I’m only doing Aeronautical Engineering, thus couldn’t make a link…
Just thought to let others know…
B regards
I’m interested in such journals because I select content for JournalTOCs, and we do not want to include unworthy pubiishers. V-King now have a website http://www.vkingpub.com/index.aspx Contact details American V-King Scientific Publishing, LTD
244 5th Avenue Suite 2317
New York, NY 10001
Phone:212-203-4098
Contact Person: Mr. Andrew Owens
And there’s some content for some journals, e.g. http://www.j-fi.org/RSS.aspx Here’s a list of editors http://www.vkingpub.com/EditorProfiles.aspx
Yes, there are typos on the websites. The review process http://www.j-fi.org/ReviewProcess.aspx mentions ‘Transfer Copyright, Make Payment’
Just received a request from MWE to change one of my published articles (non-isi) by 80%, whatever that means, and submit to
[...] L’editore, che non ha ancora deciso se mettere o no una s ad <em Application,pubblica qualunque cosa a pagamento. Con un supplemento, provvede alla traduzione in [...]
Dear Dr. Beall,
You may wish to review the following regarding the CDDK:
Published Articles and Reviews:
http://www.cddk.org/QRE%20Vol%202%20htm.htm
http://www.cddk.org/ACEFVOL5NO17April2012.htm
Funding Model (bottom of page):
http://www.cddk.org/authorguidelines.html
Location:
The CDDK operates multiple offices with responsibility for its social media activities conducted from Massachusets. Additionally, all authors and potential authors are informed of the physical address for any correspondence.
“Strange” Journal Coverage:
Interdisciplinary research is quite common these days and is the driver of the Interdisciplinary journals, as work of this nature will not usually be considered suitable for publication in “traditional” journals.
Links to Other Sites:
These are resources which authors should find useful!
Thanks for taking the time to review this information.
Cheers,
CDDK!
Thanks — I’ll have a look at it.