Oxford on alert: predatory conference organisers are coming to town, or, Oxford beware: OMICS...
Guest blog post by Dr. Ali Mobasheri, University of Nottingham
Oxford, also known as the “City of Dreaming Spires” (the term...
New Questionable Publisher — New Conference List — New Plagiarism Book
New Questionable Publisher
I recently added the new publisher called Webcrawler Journals to my list of questionable publishers. Like many questionable publishers, this one...
Mysterious Institute Launches with Nine Journals
The Coltharp Institute is a conference organizer and scholarly publisher that recently launched with nine open-access journals, each with a broad scope...
More Junk Journals from a Bogus Research Center
I recently learned of a brand-new predatory publisher launching with twelve broad-scoped journals. Such a launch is routine these days...
New Predatory Publisher Copies Look and Feel of BioMed Central
BioMed Research is a brand-new open-access publisher based in India that recently launched with 21 open-access journals. The publisher copies the...
Predatory Journal Lists Murdered Doctor as Its Editor-in-Chief
The American Journal of Medical Sciences and Medicine currently lists a doctor murdered in 2013 as its Editor-in-Chief.
The journal is published by Science...
Sting Operation Nails Korean OA Publisher
An anonymous researcher in Eastern Europe submitted a contrived and completely bogus scholarly manuscript to an open-access publisher based in...
Researchers Find “Naming Of Allah” Prevents Certain Histological Changes in Slaughtered Broilers
A study published last year found histological differences between two groups of broiler meat slaughtered according to two different methods....
Need Help Finding a Good Journal for Your Next Paper? Try These Resources
One of the most frequently asked questions I receive is for information on how to find good journals to publish in....
Iceland Professor in Hot Water for Publishing in Predatory Journals
Iceland business professor Þórhallur Örn Guðlaugsson has gotten himself in some hot water recently. Guðlaugsson, a business professor at the University...