Scholarly Open Access

International Research Journal[sic] (it should be plural; there are eleven journals) is a new publisher that is the brainchild of Dr. Krishan Bir Sing from Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.

We found this publisher to be unique for its entertaining journal titles. They include:

• International Shodh Samiksha Aur Mulyankan
• International Research and Review
• International Research Wings
• International Research Analysis and Evaluation
• International Research Glare
• International Research Judgement
• International Research Mirror
• International Research Gist
• International Research Wisdom
• International Research Thesis
• International Research Result

Some of these journals have no content; others have a lot. The website is full of typographical and grammatical errors and dead links. The design is poor and annoying.

We think that if you are going to refer to yourself as an “International” journal, then you ought to follow international publishing standards; this site completely fails in this regard and is in fact very amateurish.

The site boasts many images that are likely pirated from other websites. We are at a loss to understand why anyone would name a journal International Research Wings, or Gist, or Glare. Perhaps the titles’ true meanings are lost in translation from the Hindi.

The publisher claims that the journals are all published monthly, but many have not seen their first issue. We advise all serious researchers to avoid this publisher and its journals.

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