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.
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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...
OMICS Group Aims to Trick Researchers with Copycat Journal Titles
OMICS Group continues to launch and publish scholarly journals whose titles closely match those of established and respected journals, including...
The Chinese Publisher SCIRP (Scientific Research Publishing): A Publishing Empire Built on Junk Science
Another day, another report of a junk science article published by China-based publisher Scientific Research Publishing, or SCIRP. This publisher specializes...
Open-Access Physics Journal Accommodates Authors Blacklisted from arXiv
Progress in Physics is an open-access journal that publishes articles unsuitable for mainstream physics journals. Among other roles, it provides desperate...
