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398 Responses to List of Predatory Publishers 2014

1. Samir Hachani says:

   January 2, 2014 at 9:33 AM

   Quite an impressive list indeed !!! Jeffrey is too modest: he has almost single handedly uncover these so called publishers. His work is simply great !!!! I find in his list an incommensurable source.Keep up the good work , Jeff and happy new year debunking the falsies !!!!

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2. rbb says:

   January 2, 2014 at 5:55 PM

   Still, most the “big name” or established scientific journals charge a lot. This is due to production by publishers that make a profit (not a bad thing yet fees seem high). These lists are helpful but many review committees etc may not have them handy. To me (a senior scientist), I would assign a value of zero to some of these titles. Thus, if I was reviewing a colleague for promotion, tenure and the like, I would give higher value to established journals and those that appear legit (have anonymous peer review).

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3. John says:

   January 2, 2014 at 6:55 PM

   Thanks for your work.

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4. Dr.Syed Md.Zainul Abedin says:

   January 2, 2014 at 9:33 PM

   Thank you Jeffrey Beall for your continued efforts to establish order in publishing articles.
   Wish you a very Happy New Year 2014!
   I like to publish this post in my website,www.connecttask.com for further dissemination.I hope you will accord permission to publish.
   I will publish the full article with your name and cite the link in my website.
   Best regards,
   Dr.Syed Md.Zainul Abedin

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   • Jeffrey Beall says:

     January 3, 2014 at 6:35 AM

     Sure, feel free to copy the post. Happy New Year.

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     • Dr.Syed Md.Zainul Abedin says:

       January 3, 2014 at 10:59 AM

       You are welcome,dear friend.
     • Dr.Syed Md.Zainul Abedin says:

       January 3, 2014 at 12:15 PM

       The post has been published in my website,www.connecttask.com
       at the following link:
       http://connecttask.com/blog/2014/01/04/list-of-predatory-publishers-2014-by-jeffrey-beallpublished-for-further-dissemination/
       Zainul
     • Dr Abou Togola says:

       January 6, 2014 at 12:21 AM

       Dear JB let me wish you a happy new year 2014. Thank you so much for your useful job. Could you tell me if the Journal of Insects is a good journal or a predator (http://www.hindawi.com/journals/insects/ )
       Have a nice day.
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       January 6, 2014 at 7:07 AM

       That journal is not listed as a predatory journal. Happy New Year
     • Uche E says:

       February 20, 2014 at 7:22 AM

       Good day, Jeffrey.
       If I have already published an article in any of the predatory open-access journals, what do I do?
5. Botto d’inizio anno – Ocasapiens - Blog - Repubblica.it says:

   January 3, 2014 at 1:34 PM

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6. Ogwo says:

   January 3, 2014 at 1:36 PM

   Thanks for this update. Indeed, from the questionable publisher list, it is clear that this has become a growth industry. What a shame! Is it possible to be further guided with a list of fairly acceptable publishers, in the general area of Business and Management Studies?

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7. Bhaskar says:

   January 3, 2014 at 11:59 PM

   Thanks Jeff. This is the my first visit to your list… Mixed feelings! I have two papers with publishers that feature on this list, viz. Academic Journals and Medwell Journals. Could it be possible (being optimistic) that some of the journals (lets say those that published my papers) by these publishers are not as malafide?

   I published one paper with Medwell Journals in ‘Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances’ that claims to have an IF=0.39. The manuscript underwent rigorous review; I was asked to include more statistical treatment of my data and add more papers to the discussion and even re-format some of the references cited. However, when they published it, they misspelt one of the table legends as ‘Tabel No. 1′.

   The other paper in ‘African Journal of Mirobiology Research’ did not ‘bother’ me much; they simply asked me to explain few points and justify my conclusions in greater detail. This journal also claims to have an IF = 0.7; in fact, they do not claim but I found this IF for the journal on ResearchGate.

   Moreover, both these journals have a very fair metric (6.8 and 7 out of 10, respectively) in the NAAS journal index maintained by National Academy of Agricultural Research, India – the source from where I learnt about these journals and also the major reason why I submitted to them.

   I shall be happy to know your views on these two journals. Thanks again.

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   • Jeffrey Beall says:

     January 4, 2014 at 8:07 AM

     I have heard that Thomson Reuters, the publisher of Journal Citation Reports, has removed the impact factor for the Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances. Also, I do not see the African Journal of Microbiology Research as having an impact factor at all. I looked this up in JCR and present here a selection from their list. The journal would fall here if it were on the list:

     AFRICAN INVERTEBRATES
     AFRICAN JOURNAL OF AQUATIC SCIENCE
     AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
     AFRICAN JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY
     AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE
     African Journal of Psychiatry
     AFRICAN JOURNAL OF RANGE & FORAGE SCIENCE
     African Journal of Traditional Complementary and Alternative Medicines
     African Natural History

     I still recommend that researchers not submit any papers to the journals published by Medwell Journals and by Academic Journals. Thanks.

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8. Corey Allen says:

   January 4, 2014 at 2:28 AM

   Hey Jefferey,

   Thanks for the update. However there are several predators you have missed. SciHub (scihub.org), they first used an address of Lasani Town, Faisalabad Pakistan but when I questioned them to confirm, they changed their contact details to a PO Box in connecticut. They also have major grammar errors and their website doesn’t work properly.

   Another is AENSI web (aensiweb.com) they were first called INSIpub, then they changed to AENSI. They have a series of conferences which if you see are definately not authentic (they dont even have a url).

   We have plenty like eSci Journals Publishing (escijournals.net). From the address you can see this is a scam. It is in a house in a town in Islamabad Pakistan. You can also judge from the quality of the website.

   I also did a bit of a research on Bentham. They are actually based in Pakistan and the person behind it is Atta-ur-Rehman.

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   • Jeffrey Beall says:

     January 4, 2014 at 8:14 AM

     Hello, thanks for your comment. I do have ScienceHuβ on my list — I listed them under their full name that appears at the top of their website.
     I also have AENSI on my list as well, check here: http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/
     I would love to hear more about your research on Bentham! If you could share your sources with me that would be great. Thanks.

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     • Corey Allen says:

       January 4, 2014 at 5:06 PM

       Thanks for your comment. Well I attended one of Bentham’s conferences in Dubai and one of their employee showed me a Pakistani man sitting on the stage and told me that’s the person who runs Bentham.
     • Jeanne A. Pawitan says:

       January 16, 2014 at 4:57 AM

       Hello Mr Beall,

       I have once publish with Bentham, not the open access option. They did real peer review and ask for a lot of changes. Then my article got accepted, and typed set, and I received the galley proof.

       After I sent back the galley, they asked me whether or not I would like my article to become highlighted article, etc. Here I attach their offer:

       1. RECENT HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES: Authors may opt to publicize their abstracts under the relevant research subject at a cost of US$ 600 for 3 months and US$ 800 for 6 months.

       2. IMAGE ON THE FRONT COVER OF THE JOURNAL: Charges for having an image from your article on the front cover of the journal are US$ 800.

       3. BANNER AD ADVERTISING – For your article or a job vacancy: Institutions/universities can publish online banner advertisements at US$ 800 at the journal home page for 2 months. (please contact marketing@benthamscience.org for details).

       4. COMPANY/SPONSORSHIP LOGO: Company logos can be published on the journal cover page in sponsored issues at a cost of US$ 800.

       5. E-MAIL ADVERTISING: If you want to promote your article through a certain number of emails sent to a targeted audience (for rates please contact marketing@benthamscience.org).

       From their offer I know that highlighted articles are highlighted because the author pays, not due to merit.

       I refused their offer, and you know what? 3 days after my refuse, they sent me a letter, that my article contained many grammatical errors, and should be handled by an editing house, and they suggested one, and for that, I have to pay the editing house.

       I refused their offer, and told them that the 1st reviewer said that the language was OK, and I said them, that if language revision is needed, I prefer to use our own editing house; so I scrutinized the article and found some minor errors and corrected the errors, and sent them back the article, and finally it was published.

       My conclusion: Bentham tries to make authors pay, though we did not opt for open access.
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       January 16, 2014 at 8:08 AM

       Thank you — this is helpful information.
9. caddisfly2002 says:

   January 4, 2014 at 10:25 PM

   Can anyone provide information as to what it is about “Austin Publishing Group” that got them on the list…. PLEASE.

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   • Jeffrey Beall says:

     January 5, 2014 at 7:15 AM

     This publisher is deceptive — it claims that it’s from Australia when it’s really based in India.

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10. Andreas says:

    January 5, 2014 at 2:57 AM

    Thanks Jeffery for this update. You are surely doing a formidable job that needs to be encouraged.
    My questions:
    - With about 477 predatory publishers and 303 predatory journals, are we not heading for a situation where all open access journals will be predatory?
    It will thus become very daunting for researchers to find an appropriate journal with acceptable ethical standards to publish their findings, if clear guidelines are not set up and published to guide for the choice of a good journal or publisher.
    - Some publishers are cited as predatory, and not all of the journals they publish are predatory. How then can a choice be made from a journal not cited as predatory but published by a publisher cited as predatory?
    - In an earlier post here the ‘African Journal of Traditional Complementary and Alternative Medicines’ was cited as predatory whereas it is indexed in PUMED which is the most reliable international platform of medical publications. How can this paradox be explained?
    Happy New Year, and continue in the same direction with the same strength in 2014.

    Andreas
    Yaounde- Cameroon

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    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      January 5, 2014 at 7:20 AM

      I think there will always be some good quality OA journals.
      The African Journal of Traditional Complementary and Alternative Medicines is not included on my list.

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11. Nana Yaw says:

    January 5, 2014 at 12:06 PM

    It is quite interesting to note this list again. Well, I have mixed feelings about such list. First, this list does what western social science does so well: creation of binary opposites in which the category that is associated with established western institutions is deemed correct/better/standard.

    Second, OA journals (I mean those that do not charge authors processing fee and still make their articles publicly available) particularly from non-western societies seem to challenge the old opinion that English, French, and German and their institutions are the epistemic centres for knowledge production and production (this is probably unknown to many young western scholars and the older ones who have taken everything they find in academia for granted as what ought to be or ordained by providence) . Indeed, they have challenged the old view that scientific knowledge production is lower in non-western societies relative to western societies.

    Unknown to many western scholars, these journals are springing up in reaction to the view that to be recognized one must publish in western journals. What you don’t realize is that many of them have national reputation and are a reflection of their national self-determination.

    Again, the use of language as one of the criteria of assessment worries me. If you are a native speaker of English , pray that what happened to Latin does not happen to English and Chinese takes over as the next so-called international language. My English may not be as good as that of a native speaker and I won’t apologize for it.

    Now I see why Russia and other BRICS countries have their own national citation index; I believe many more separate national citation indices will appear just for simple reason of national self-determination. And one thing that is also certain is that Jeff’s list will get longer and longer each year because people are just tired of this academic imperialism and want academic independence. Note that many of these journals are part of the calls to indigenize the social sciences and as much as the indigenization fire burns, Jeff you will have a great deal to do.

    Indeed, things fall apart (Chinua Achibe); the centre can no longer hold and must give way for multi-epistemic centres of knowledge production and dissemination.

    So do you think any western journal will publish such style of writing? We know to be published in “Jeff’s acceptable journals”, one must be a “good boy” and not challenge anything but “bad boys” must also publish so the OA journals proliferation. Posterity in their own nations will judge the worth of their work.They represent part of a long struggle for mental emancipation from the shackles of the colonial mentality of reduced self-esteem and dependency.

    Well, these are my thoughts. You will want to read Claude Ake’s “Social Science Imperialism” and Kwesi Yankah’s “Globalization and the African Scholar”.

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    • caddisfly2002 says:

      January 5, 2014 at 8:16 PM

      It is very easy to see that you missed the entire point of the blog page and its purpose. This has nothing whatsoever to do with academic or social imperialism. It’s about ethics. If you have to lie and be deceptive in order to gain approval and acceptance in the international community when it comes to “scholarly” activity your sense of “self-determination” seriously needs help. That’s a rather twisted view perspective on becoming self-actualized and/or self-determined.

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12. caddisfly2002 says:

    January 5, 2014 at 8:44 PM

    It greatly appears that you missed the entire point of why this list was created to begin with. This has nothing whatsoever to do with academic imperialism or implying that one society is better than another. It’s about integrity and ethics. If you have to lie and be deceptive in order to gain acceptance and approval for what you deem “national self-determination”, you have some serious issues and you need to get help.

    With regard to the use of language as being part of the criteria, whatever happen to being responsible and accountable for one’s own work? If a journal or publisher is wanting to be recognized and taken seriously, don’t you think that producing work that is grammatically correct and void of spelling errors is a necessity regardless of the language that it is publishing in? That’s what editors are for!!!!! If you don’t have an adequate command of the language in which you are publishing the document then hire an editor who is fluent in the language. It’s NOT that difficult.

    If those on the list want to be recognized, approved, and legitimized, then they need to stop doing those things that are considered unethical. They should meet the same requirements as any other organization that seeks to thrive in the field of publishing… i.e., conduct themselves in an ethical and professional manner. As far as authors go, if your work is so substandard that you cannot publish in a legitimate journal with a a legitimate publisher and you are not willing to polish your work and do what it takes to make it better, then perhaps you should not be publishing at all. There is plenty of garbage out there for the world to read. We don’t need anyone adding more garbage to the already existing pile.

    Lastly, keep in mind that when we use the word “academic” we are implying quality and a high standard. Unfortunately, there are way too many people that simply don’t have the ability and are not willing to do what is necessary to foot the bill.

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    • Nana Yaw says:

      January 6, 2014 at 2:07 AM

      Interestingly surprising! Well, I do agree with you about ethics and quality. I do agree that it is annoying to read a paper full of mistakes and false claims. But who defines the standard of ethical behaviour and quality? I was questioning who determines the criteria and based on whose standards. You may not appreciate whatever I said because probably you take most things you came to meet on this earth as given.

      By my submission, I wanted to draw attention to the fact that there are varied reasons for the proliferation of OA journals: some want to cheat academics who want promotion and others do set up these journals because they want a forum where their academics can engage in discussion about issues of national interest. And these issues are less likely to be of adequate universal interest (where universal is what is of interest to home-country academics of many of the established journals). So Jeff’s list must distinguish between pay-and-publish-subscribe journals from publish-and-subscribe journals. Again, a team should work on such lists as peer review that those journals are accused of not carrying out equally exists; that said, there is the risk that the list may be scientific and “useless”. This is because it doesn’t follow the research protocols that can give users assurance of accuracy and lack of bias. If we claim that We love what Jeff is doing, let’s encourage him to share the methodology used (not a list of criteria) and data by way of publication.

      Postmodernist philosophy and critical realism question views that empirical world is the real world. Underneath the empirical world is the real world and that needs deconstruction. No wonder critical realists describe the positivist reality as naive realism. In short, there is always a motive underneath the surface that we must search for. Questions like: Who funds this research and why? Is the principal researcher on the board any of the established journals? Are there any conflicts of interest that we must know? Has there been any incident at his university that drove him to do this and full disclosure thereof? Accurate answers will increase confidence in the list.

      Though I believe that such a list properly produced by all stakeholders is needed (and he has shown the way), I will not be a good boy and accept it just because it has been produced.

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      • Nana Yaw says:

        January 12, 2014 at 12:12 AM

        “Other examples of hidden institutional ethnocentrism can be found in the channels of academic communication, such as journals. Howitt and Owusu- Bempah (1994) report that they ‘have been told by white journal editors that the language we use in academic papers is unacceptable and has to be toned- down or removed as a condition of acceptance for publication’ (p. 136). Asking for a change in tone, streamlining arguments and other revisions can be used as an instrument to censor papers that use a different voice. This is not censorship in a crude way but it expresses the ‘repressive tolerance’ of Western academia, according to which papers are accepted as long as they are palatable to the mainstream.” Teo and Febbraro (2003)
        http://www.yorku.ca/tteo/Teo2003Feb.pdf
13. Eko Suyono says:

    January 5, 2014 at 9:47 PM

    Very important information that We should know..Please always up date the list… tks bell…

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14. Jaap Timmer says:

    January 6, 2014 at 3:57 AM

    Reblogged this on Culture Matters and commented:
    Here’s an interesting list of allegedly predatory journals, but even more interesting is the troll of comments below the list. While I tend to agree with those who talk in favour of open-access forums, I would, when searching for a journal to publish my article, check this list and of course do some careful research on the journals that attract my attention.

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15. Akademik Ketenpere: Bilim diil Yayın yapalım mıııı? « Benan Eres says:

    January 6, 2014 at 6:14 AM

    […] Liste: http://scholarlyoa.com/2014/01/02/list-of-predatory-publishers-2014/#more-2846 […]

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16. Erick says:

    January 6, 2014 at 2:01 PM

    Have you heard anything about a publisher called “Research Trends.” I got an invitation to submit an article for what I think is an annual “Current Trends in Neurology.” I had an unpublished review article (from my diss. that my advisor let languish) and I figured I’d see if I could dust it off and get it published. After several rounds of emails, I found their manuscript submission to be strange (“send an email to email id: editor@researchtrends.net“), and I could not locate academic credentials of anyone listed on their editorial board. I DID see a few publications from the journal in PubMed, though. Very strange experience and I ended up not submitting the article to them, but probably wasted a lot of time.

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    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      January 6, 2014 at 2:15 PM

      Yes, but I don’t think this is an open-access publisher, so I haven’t fully analyzed it. I do regularly receive emails asking about this publisher, an indication that some at least find it questionable.

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17. Jeffery Beall Releases “List of Predatory Publishers 2014″ | LJ INFOdocket says:

    January 6, 2014 at 2:03 PM

    […] The 2014 list (actually two lists) were posted by Jeffery Beall (U. of Colorado-Denver) on his Scholarly Open Access blog late last week. There are more than 477 publishers listed. The 2013 list contained 225. […]

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18. Atef Alsarayreh says:

    January 6, 2014 at 2:39 PM

    Thanks a lot for all you efforts Jeffery Beall.

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19. Z says:

    January 6, 2014 at 3:04 PM

    Hi Jeffery,
    Can you please tell me about the status of “International Journal of Multidisciplinary Sciences and Engineering (IJMSE)”.
    Thanks

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    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      January 6, 2014 at 8:03 PM

      Well, I think this is a very low quality journal. I easily found plagiarism in it. I recommend against submitting papers to this journals.

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20. Shahzad Khan says:

    January 7, 2014 at 2:36 AM

    Jeffrey i have two queries about your work. first all open access journals are nor predators, that why i will suggest to do include some paid access journal for example Actual problem of Economics Ukraine based journal has recently removed from JCR. actually one of my paper accepted there but fortunate i came to know on time that it has been removed from JCR.
    Secondly there are good journals in open access for example economic insight trends and challenges, Management and Marketing for knowledge society in which i have published my articles they do give a fair double review to articles.

    well i will suggest that not only criticize open access problems are also exit in paid journals.

    Please note that i am university lecturer and does not belong to any journal or publisher.

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    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      January 7, 2014 at 7:25 AM

      There are many people who are already describing the problems associated with subscription journals such as Actual Problem of Economics. My voice is not needed there. I choose to limit my research and work and commentary in the area of predatory open-access scholarly publishers and standalone journals. My goal is to help researchers avoid being scammed by these corrupt publishers.

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      • Jeanne A. Pawitan says:

        January 13, 2014 at 10:00 AM

        Dear Mr Beall,
        If you only limit on predatory open access, why did you include Trade Science as predatory publisher? Journals from trade science (Biotechnology: an Indian Journal [already vol 7 last year, and already included in scopus], and Biochemistry: an Indian Journal) are not open access. Moreover, they do not charge authors.

        I have no association with Trade Science or India, You can check it in the editorial board members.
      • Jeffrey Beall says:

        January 13, 2014 at 10:39 AM

        This is a fair question. Thanks for asking it. Trade Science used to be at least partly OA. You are correct that the publisher appears to have switched its model to subscription / toll-access. It also appears that they have launched a bunch of journals, many of which are mere templates, devoid of any scholarly content. I think an exception is warranted here because I would still like to warn researchers about this publisher. I don’t think it’s a good place to submit good research, and including them in the list will help convey that warning.
21. Rubin Cohen says:

    January 7, 2014 at 6:26 AM

    Hello
    I follow our website with interest. I would like to share with you the email I had just received. It all looks very legitimate with the publisher’s address being in San Diego. They are “ardent to promote erudite, pragmatic, and contemporaneous research…”

    Dear Dr XXXXX
    Greetings for the day!

    In view of your scientific reputation and trustworthiness in your field, we would like to invite you to submit a short communication/perspective/Research/Review on your research area for publication in our upcoming issue.

    Clinical Research in Pulmonology is ardent to promote erudite, pragmatic, and contemporaneous research in the fields of Pulmonology & respiration through open Access platform. This open access journal facilitates rapid publication with unlimited dissemination of knowledge to readers.

    If you are interested, kindly let us know your possible date of submission.

    Anticipating your kind positive response

    Sincerely,

    Mark Victor
    Editorial Office-
    Clinical Research in Pulmonology
    JSciMed Central
    2952 Market Street, Suite 140
    San Diego, California 92102, USA
    Tel: 1-302-360-8046
    Fax: 1-302-360-8174
    Toll free number: 1-800-762-9856
    Email: pulmonology@jscimedcentral.com
    For more info, please visit our website: http://www.jscimedcentral.com/Pulmonology/curentissue.php

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    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      January 7, 2014 at 7:22 AM

      Pretty much everything about their email is bogus. The names are fake, and the location is fake. They use a mail forwarding service as their “headquarters.” Their so-called headquarters used to be in Delaware. I strongly recommend against submitting papers to this bogus publisher.

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      • Jeanne A. Pawitan says:

        January 13, 2014 at 10:26 AM

        Dear Mr. Beall,
        How did you know that an e-mail is bogus, and a name or a location is fake? Also, how did you know that their so-called headquarter is in Delaware, while it is written: 2952 Market Street, Suite 140 San Diego, California 92102, USA?

        Thank you
      • Jeffrey Beall says:

        January 13, 2014 at 10:36 AM

        I don’t always know with 100% certainty that a name is fake, but when the spam email contains many grammatical and other errors and is then signed with a name like Tom Brown, then I think it’s fair to say that something is suspicious. Regarding addresses, in this case, this publisher changed its address from that of the incorporation agent it used in Delaware to that of a mail-forwarding service in San Diego. I think the publisher is really based in South Asia and uses American addresses to fool people into thinking it is U.S.-based.
22. Christopher Hekimian says:

    January 7, 2014 at 12:17 PM

    I have experience as a contributor with two of the organizations that you list as questionable publishers. First, OMICs Group. I attended and presented at one of their conferences and was very pleased at how professional they were despite their small size. My article was not accepted by their peer review committee. Next, Photon Journal for Public Health. Very professional and did everything they said they would do within the timeframe they promised. They put a lot of good peer-reviewed comments into my paper and required that I make the changes. They were very professional. Their website needs work. It is difficult to browse articles. In neither case did I find anything questionable about these organizations at all.

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    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      January 7, 2014 at 12:28 PM

      Okay, are you aware that Photon’s The Journal of Public Health has no editorial board, and the editor-in-chief, Andy Stephens, is a made-up name?

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23. Lynn Pospiech says:

    January 7, 2014 at 12:58 PM

    Do you have any insight on the publisher “European Society for Translational Medicine” http://www.eutranslationalmedicine.org/ and/or their journal “New Horizons in Translational Medicine”?

    The website states that authors can expect a decision or revision request within 2 weeks of manuscript receipt, and also that “After acceptence of manuscript, author will get an invoice for relevant publication/designing charges which should be paid before further processing of the manuscript” but I see no mention of the fees.

    Their so-called Executive and Advisory Board lists look suspicious.

    Thank you for providing this valuable service to the research community!

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    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      January 7, 2014 at 2:50 PM

      No, I haven’t heard of this journal before, but your excellent observations certainly have raised my eyebrows. I am going to give this journal a full analysis. They require copyright transfer, yet they charge an undisclosed fee. If you want a PDF of an article you have to pay, but they are available for free on the annoying flash viewer. This is highly questionable. Thanks for letting me know about it.

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24. fakhariyan says:

    January 9, 2014 at 2:12 AM

    Thank you Mr. Beall for your helpful list. Have you heard of the journal Frontiers of Language and Teaching? Is this a predatory journal?

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    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      January 9, 2014 at 8:10 AM

      There seem to be several publications with this title. Do you mean the one that is the conference proceedings for the conference with the same name? It appears to be a subscription journal, so I can’t see it, but based on what I can see it looks legitimate.

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25. Nick H. says:

    January 9, 2014 at 2:38 PM

    Thank you for this list. It will be quite the resource for the near future. I have a quick question for you, what about the Journal of Environmental Hydrology makes it questionable (beyond the obvious problems with the website)? Additionally, the have Roger Peebles listed as in charge of the JEH. I am assuming that is the same as the Roger Peebles that is listed on the http://www.gethydrologyjobs.com/ email newsletters and this Roger Peebles https://services.tamu.edu/directory-search/people/5aa0637f873e8175e9212996acf55feb/ and this Roger Peebles http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/wue/mentor_roger.html? Just interested in your thoughts on this journal and this individual. Thanks.

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    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      January 9, 2014 at 2:44 PM

      The journal was added because, at the time of the analysis, the journal required that authors themselves arranged the peer review before submitting the paper to the journal. Additionally, problems were found with duplicate publication and plagiarism. No comment on Dr. Peebles.

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      • Nick H. says:

        January 9, 2014 at 3:20 PM

        Thank you for your reply Jeffrey. Good to know that there were problems found of duplication and plagiarism.
26. Cuidado com as armadilhas dos periódicos predatórios says:

    January 14, 2014 at 6:25 AM

    […] Segundo alguns pesquisadores, existem hoje mais de quatro mil periódicos predatórios sendo publicados, o que representa, no mínimo, um quarto do número de periódicos de acesso livre. Para publicar seus artigos científicos sem muito esforço, são cobradas taxas que variam entre duzentos a três mil dólares. Em muitos casos, os autores só descobrem o “valor da fatura” após a publicação do artigo científico. Uma lista atualizada de títulos de periódicos predatórios é mantida por Jeffrey Beall, bibliotecário da Universidade do Colorado, no blog Scholarly Open Access. […]

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27. Harry Tsapkota says:

    January 14, 2014 at 9:32 AM

    Hi Jeff.
    Could you tell me about International Journal of Forestry Research of Hindawi publication? is it legit???? or predatory???

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    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      January 14, 2014 at 11:01 AM

      I generally analyze at the publisher level rather than the individual journal level. Hindawi is not on my list of questionable publishers. I do receive complaints about Hindawi, however. They use spam a lot, most of their over 500 journals lack editors in chief, and it seems to be a publisher that focuses just on the authors’ needs and not so much the readers’.

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      • RMS says:

        January 21, 2014 at 4:58 PM

        I had a publication with Hindawi recently published. I felt the peer-review and copy-editing were very professional, so I am satisfied. I am not sure if all journals they publish are the same or not, in my case it was The Scientific World Journal, their largest publication I believe.
      • RMS says:

        January 27, 2014 at 5:56 AM

        I just want to add a few more comments on my experience publishing with Hindawi’s The Scientific World Journal (TSWJ). As I said I am satisfied with the way the paper was handled, especially the speed from submission to publication and the quality of the copy-editing. I do realize, however, that the peer-review was a bit “light”. I’ll explain why I feel that way.

        My co-authored paper was reporting what can be considered “negative” results, meaning we carried out a series of experiments to test a hypothesis, which turned out not to work. We did this as it had been reported in literature (in a reputable journal), and disseminated in the media, that a new additive would, to put it plainly, make wonders for the reaction I was studying. When we realized that it didn’t work, immediately I started to wonder what journal may be interested in publishing such result.

        I assessed that the more established journal, where I’ve published more “interesting” results, may not be thrilled with this paper. I also imagined that some peer-reviewers very knowledgeable in the area might give us some trouble with our findings; for example, perhaps disagreeing with our methodology, or giving some other reason why they thought we did something wrong (which we are quite confident we didn’t).

        Then I received an email from Hindawi, which many people find annoying, but in this case seemed quite inviting. They were offering free publication in TSWJ for all submissions received during one month related to chemical engineering. I looked up the journal and was pleased to see it is indexed in Scopus and has an ISI IF. I also saw that it has a style comparable with PLOS ONE, in that it will publish a wide range of subjects, but even more general. I also liked that subject areas were categorized in the journal, so that all chemical engineering papers, for example, are in their own subdivision. And finally, I was intrigued by the peer-review model, which is somewhat open (the reviewers names appear on the final paper) and is mainly dependent on reviews by editorial board members. This meant it was unlikely anyone with a vested interest in mineral carbonation (possibly to up the point of a conflict of interest), that could give unnecessary grief over the paper, would review it.

        So within the month we finalized the paper and submitted two days before the end of the “promotion”. Just over one month later, I got the email with the reviewers’ comments and the editorial decision. It was accepted. So what about the reviewer’s comments? Well, they had a few minor comments (very few in fact, but relevant comments). But the interesting thing was that the decision email said that, and I quote, “changes that you may want to make in order to improve your manuscript before final publication”. The key word is “may”. This apparently means we could have ignored the comments and made no changes. We made the changes, because we saw value, and because we wanted to make sure my published paper was a peer-reviewed version and not just the submitted manuscript. Not that a submitted manuscript cannot be accepted directly without changes, I actually had two such papers previously published in more established reputable journals. But for this specific paper and journal, I felt we had to do some kind of revision, basically to give reassurance over the negative findings we were reporting.

        So there you go, my plan to get the negative results published worked, just as I imagined. The conclusion? It appears, from this experience, that TSWJ does not perform as thorough reviewing as some other journals, and does not have a mechanism in place (e.g. a knowledgeable editor-in-chief) to ensure that papers get revised according to all the reviewer’s comments. Of course, this is only one paper’s experience. If I submit to them again in the future, I might get another experience. So that’s my two cents on this subject.
      • EGPF says:

        March 25, 2014 at 2:05 AM

        I have published two papers at Psyche, from Hindawi. I will tell of my experience here.
        Psyche was a very reputable journal in past decades, especially among researchers working with social insects. Hindawi decided to revive this journal, and spread a good marketing about it, while managing to amass a good list of reputed editors from the field. Also they were good enough to include in their website .pdfs to all papers by Psyche from the old days, all available for free. I thus decided to publish two relevant papers in it as it looked like a very promising growing, open-acces journal. I was quite satisfied with the quality of peer-review, and I guess I got reviews from experienced peers in my field. I must mention, however, that they asked me for a list of prospective reviewers, and I do not like this practice by principle.
        Upon publication problems started to show: there is no editor in chief or handling editor, thus formatting and proofs are made by a series of secretaries with weird names, each at a time, and they kept asking unusual demands on file formats and file names, while including many typos and mistakes in the proofs. This problem hit me when publishing both papers. There was no responsible editor to complain about this, or asking for guidance, only several non-scientist secretaries.
        Eventually I managed to publish each paper free of errors, and final quality was good, easy to find, and open-access.
        However I must say that my papers did not make the expected impact, suggesting that readers do not really read them or take them seriously enough. I am not sure about the reasons, but maybe because it is an open-access publisher.
        After many years since its re-inauguration, Psyche still does not have an impact factor. In the endpoint, I feel publishing at Psyche from Hindawi was not a good choice.
      • Psychology researcher says:

        June 11, 2014 at 11:19 AM

        I came to this website to see about this journal as I am currently reading a paper from the Scientific World Journal (Hindawi). The study seems good, the results legitimate but I was concerned how well it has been edited/reviewed as the standard of English is awful. The authors obviously do not have English as a first language, but it is unusual to see things published that are this poorly written and hard to follow.
28. Beall’s 2014 List of Predatory Publishers - Nursing University at Buffalo Libraries says:

    January 15, 2014 at 7:41 AM

    […] http://scholarlyoa.com/2014/01/02/list-of-predatory-publishers-2014/ […]

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29. Muhammad says:

    January 15, 2014 at 7:30 PM

    http://www.tesdo.org/Publication.aspx. This is new online publisher, within few months it is completed one year journal publication. It is also showing wrong indexation.

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    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      January 16, 2014 at 8:08 AM

      Thank you very much for letting me know about this. I will fully analyze it.

      Reply
    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      January 16, 2014 at 3:29 PM

      I am adding this publisher to my list, thank you again.

      Reply
30. Mohammad Shameem Al Mamun says:

    January 16, 2014 at 10:05 AM

    Dear Mr. Beall,

    Thanks for your outstanding works. I am a tea scientist and want to publish a research article in Journal of Tea Science Research http://bio.sophiapublisher.com/index.php/jtsr/index. Could you please inform me about the journal?

    Reply
    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      January 16, 2014 at 11:01 AM

      That journal is published by Sophia Publishing Group Inc., and this publisher is NOT on my list. I think this journal is okay, and it’s nice to see a specialized journal like this. I think it’s better to have a journal like this one than to have a journal title such as the Journal of Plant Science Research.

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31. fatima says:

    January 20, 2014 at 1:01 AM

    Dear Mr. Beall,
    i want to know is this journal authentic?
    http://www.idpublications.org/european-journal-of-research-and-reflection-in-management-sciences/

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    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      January 20, 2014 at 5:57 PM

      No — this is a highly questionable publisher. Its name is Progressive Academic Publishing, UK, and it launched recently with ten journals. I recommend that you NOT submit papers to any of its journals. Thanks for letting me know about this new publisher.

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32. Les Biesecker says:

    January 21, 2014 at 9:02 AM

    Hi all
    As others have stated, kudos to Mr. Beall, his work is exemplary!

    I have a suggestion for you all that I have taken up in support of Mr. Beall. Every time I receive one of the endless spam solicitations for one of the companies listed by Mr. Beall, if they claim to have editors with academic affiliations, I look up the editor’s emails and send them the following message and copy the company:

    Dear Doctors/Professors,
    I am writing to you regarding your affiliation with XXXX publications. As you may know, this publisher has been designated as a predatory publisher by Mr. Beall, of the University of Colorado.
    http://scholarlyoa.com/2012/12/06/bealls-list-of-predatory-publishers-2013/
    There was also a recent exposé of these publishers in Science magazine, demonstrating that many of them will publish worthless manuscripts.
    I urge you to consider whether your association with this publisher reflects well on your excellent scientific reputations.
    Les Biesecker

    P.S. to XXXXX publications – each time you send me this spam, I will write to the editors.

    I get responses from maybe 1 of 5 of the named scientists – most often to decry that they have no affiliation with the publisher and that they will work to get their name removed. I also copy the company and have received one reply from a publisher claiming that their listing by Mr. Beall is undeserved and that they are appealing. If we make our colleagues aware that we look poorly on such affiliations, this may discourage bogus claims of legitimacy.

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    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      January 21, 2014 at 9:41 AM

      This is great!

      Reply
33. John Hilton (@JHeditor) says:

    January 22, 2014 at 5:50 PM

    You refer initially to the “gold (author pays) open-access model”, but gold open access simply means publishing in open access journals, which may or may not involve author payment. I am just interested to know whether all the journals and publishers listed here require payment (the obvious incentive for a predator) or whether there are predators that seek something other than money. (I can imagine that newer efforts may not charge for early articles just to gain some content, to attempt to demonstrate credibility.)

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    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      January 22, 2014 at 6:11 PM

      John, my definition of gold open-access is different. I recognize the gold OA model (free to readers, authors pay an article processing charge) and the platinum OA model (free to readers and free to authors). I generally try to limit my list to gold OA publishers and journals, following the definition I give here. I agree with your last statement, that new gold OA publishers frequently waive fees just to get some content, and unfortunately, it’s usually pretty bad.

      Reply
34. Binder Jose says:

    January 23, 2014 at 6:22 PM

    Is “International Journal of Electrochemical Science” really a predatory publication? The ISI impact factor was 3.7 in 2011…

    Reply
    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      January 23, 2014 at 6:32 PM

      The current impact factors are the 2012 ones. While that journal may have had an impact factor in 2011, ISI journal citation reports does not list an impact factor for it now. Here are the closest entries, where it would fall:

      INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES
      INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS
      INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION
      INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL POWER & ENERGY SYSTEMS
      INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
      INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ELECTRONICS

      It is not uncommon for predatory publishers/journals to lie about having an impact factor. They do this to attract more article submissions.

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      • Jeffrey Beall says:

        January 23, 2014 at 6:33 PM

        In fact, this page, http://0-admin-apps.webofknowledge.com.skyline.ucdenver.edu/JCR/static_html/notices/notices.htm, shows that this journal has lost its impact factor.
35. Binder Jose says:

    January 23, 2014 at 6:52 PM

    Thank you for your response. This journal has lost its impact factor or it was suspended only in 2012?

    Reply
    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      January 23, 2014 at 7:01 PM

      It may be for just this year, or it may be forever. That will be up to Thomson Reuters, the company that publishes the impact factors. The 2013 impact factor data won’t be published until June, so we won’t know until then.

      Reply
36. BASUDEB DALAL says:

    January 24, 2014 at 4:27 AM

    Dear Dr, Beall,

    I have published some papers in Photon Foundation Journals. During sendind, I was not judicious about organization. However, out of Curiosity, I sent a letter to Photon Foundation this morning which is as Follows:

    To the Editor in Chief (s),
    (1) The Journal of Toxicology and Health
    (2) The Journal of Public Health
    (3 ) International Journal of Biochemistry
    (4) The Journal of Applied Biochemistry

    Photon Foundation

    Dear Sir,

    It is to draw your kind attention that myself has published papers in the above named journals.

    However, it is not clear to me that what is Impact Index ? Even it is not included in standard directory like Scopus, Pubmed etc. Please clarify the following no.

    What is the relation of Impact Index and Impact factor?

    Why the jounals have no ISSN number ?

    When the letters from various responsible persons used to come to me , it looks like foreigner Name, but the bank account no (0355104000045119) of IDBI of photon where I used to send the processing fees is at Rajasthan, India. It is not clear to me What is the address from where the journals are published? Please clarify it to remove my anxiety.

    During processing, it has been repeatedly observed that same format in same colouration has been used, even without need, during editing for all the aforesaid journals. Moreover, every respected journals clearly mentions the name and address of the Editor in chief whereas none of the above mentioned journals have this thing.

    All this aforesaid matters created hazy impression about Photon foundation Journals. Hope you will kindly clarify the points which I mentioned in my letter.

    An earliest response will help me to send articles faster.

    With regards

    B. Dalal

    Consequently, in reply I receieved a letter from them which is as follows:
    Dear Dr. Basudeb Dalal

    Welcome at Photon.
    Scopus / Pubmed and Photon both are different organizations. We do not govern over Scopus / Pubmed. Published articles are internationally indexed at Photon with a facility to download freely across the world. The Journal of Toxicology and Health: Impact Index: 4.72. The Journal of Public Health: Impact Index: 3.93. International Journal of Biochemistry: Impact Index: 4.52. The Journal of Applied Biochemistry: Impact Index: 2.12. Photon is adapted to next generation Impact Index system, which maintains far superior quality than Impact Factor at global scale. Impact Factor is biased with journal’s self citation tendencies. Various prestigious journals with impact factor are illegally involved in favoring even poor research articles, if they cite their journal. Members of societies / academy find blind / favored acceptance for their research article publications on their own Journals. Impact Factor has commercial business interests in favor of it’s financial investors, instead of academicians. There is no place for such activities in high standards of academics. Quantitatively Impact Index is equal to Impact Factor. ISJN: International Standard Journal Number. ISJN is next generation Universal ID. The Journal of Toxicology and Health, The Journal of Public Health, International Journal of Biochemistry, and The Journal of Applied Biochemistry are published by Photon Foundation. Photon ensures completely blinded review and keeps the process unbiased at every level.

    With Best Wishes

    Editorial Office
    Photon
    https://sites.google.com/site/photonfoundationorganization/

    Now tell me

    (1)Quantitatively Impact Index is equal to Impact Factor.

    (2) ISJN: International Standard Journal Number. ISJN is next generation Universal ID. The Journal of Toxicology and Health, The Journal of Public Health, International Journal of Biochemistry, and The Journal of Applied Biochemistry are published by Photon Foundation.

    Statement (1) & (2) are true or false.

    With regards

    B. Dalal

    Scientist
    Kolkata
    India

    Reply
    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      January 24, 2014 at 8:41 AM

      False. This publisher invents its own metrics to trick authors. I recommend against submitting papers to David Publishing.

      Reply
37. Imran Omer says:

    January 24, 2014 at 12:59 PM

    What about international journal of multidisciplinary and current research ijmcr

    Reply
    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      January 24, 2014 at 1:39 PM

      This journal has many serious problems and I am adding it to my list.

      Reply
38. Iftikhar Ahmed Khan says:

    January 25, 2014 at 8:04 AM

    What to do, if you have already published some research in the listed journals. Can we publish this some where else?

    Reply
    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      January 25, 2014 at 8:17 AM

      Generally, no. Usually the best thing to do is accept it as a learning experience and do some new research and write a new article.

      Reply
39. pongthep says:

    January 27, 2014 at 9:51 PM

    Please check Advanced Materials Research too.

    Reply
    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      January 28, 2014 at 6:50 AM

      Can you provide the link?

      Reply
      • Tahir says:

        April 24, 2014 at 8:41 AM

        here is the link
        http://www.ttp.net/1022-6680.html
      • Tahir says:

        April 24, 2014 at 8:46 AM

        Forgot to mention that I am bit confused. On one hand it is published by TransTech publication (http://www.ttp.net/1022-6680.html) and on the other hand ICMST (http://www.icmst.org/) is publishing their proceedings in the same journal.
      • Jeffrey Beall says:

        April 24, 2014 at 9:00 AM

        Tahir, Trans Tech is not open-access. I have not analyzed this publisher. If you find it questionable, then I would trust my instincts and not publish in its journals.
40. Arben says:

    January 28, 2014 at 5:01 AM

    Dear Mr. Jeffrey Beall,
    Can you tell me about the journal “http://www.issr-journals.org/ijias/”, it looks like it has an impact factor and GIF and ICV, and it is free of charge. Please let me know what you think about his journal. Thank very much for your support to the research community.

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    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      January 28, 2014 at 6:54 AM

      Arben: That journal is published by Innovative Space of Scientific Research (ISSR Journals). This publisher is on my list. I consider the GIF and the ICV to be meaningless metrics. Questionable publishers often waive article processing charges when they first get started, in order to get articles into their empty journals. I recommend that you not submit any papers to this publisher’s journals. Good luck. –Jeffrey

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      • arben says:

        January 28, 2014 at 9:30 AM

        Thank you very much for a prompt response on this matter !
41. damodar paudel says:

    January 28, 2014 at 7:21 AM

    Dear Mr.Jeffrey Beal,
    could you please tell me about the Global journal of health science?

    Reply
    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      January 28, 2014 at 7:25 AM

      I recommend that you find a better journal than that one. That journal’s publisher is on my list.

      Reply
42. Arben says:

    January 30, 2014 at 3:31 AM

    Dear Mr. Beall,

    What about this journal “International Journal of Business and Management Science, ISSN: 1985-692X”. Is it ok to publish? What is your first impression. Thank you ?

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43. aiman says:

    January 31, 2014 at 10:36 PM

    Dear Mr. Beall,
    I suggest you to investigate “Indian journal of clinical practice” ISSN 0971-0876 and include it in your list.

    Reply
44. Science pathologique : Séralini en remet une couche. | Les caves du Dr Moreau says:

    February 2, 2014 at 5:46 AM

    […] Corporation. Ne connaissant pas ce journal, ni cet éditeur, je me suis rendu sur la liste de Jeffrey Beall recensant les « éditeurs prédateurs » afin de vérifier qu’Hindawi ne faisait pas partie de cette liste. Apparemment non, mais voici ce […]

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45. Siti Azizah says:

    February 2, 2014 at 3:52 PM

    Dear Mr. Beall, can you tell me about the status of premier Publishers? I want to submit my article to http://premierpublishers.org/ijaee/submit-manuscript, however I need the status of the journal before I do that. Thanks a lot. You have aver good job!

    Reply
    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      February 15, 2014 at 12:41 PM

      This publisher is included on my list, and I recommend against submitting papers to its journals. Good luck.

      Reply
46. Mehmet Orgun says:

    February 3, 2014 at 2:57 AM

    Dear Dr. Beall, Do you know much about this OA publisher New World Publishing LLC (http://www.newworldpub.com/) ? Its journals have no editorial board nor content. BTW, thank you for the terrific job you have done here!

    Reply
    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      February 8, 2014 at 8:02 AM

      That link is not working … I will keep trying. Please help me remember to check this! Thanks!

      Reply
47. Binder Jose says:

    February 5, 2014 at 6:03 PM

    Dear Mr. Beall,
    Can you tell me about “SPIE” publications?
    http://spie.org/x94788.xml

    Thank you very much.

    Binder

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    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      February 8, 2014 at 7:50 AM

      It is a respected society publisher.

      Reply
48. Khalid says:

    February 6, 2014 at 6:48 AM

    Please, dear Beall, What is the status of IISTE?

    Reply
    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      February 8, 2014 at 7:43 AM

      This publisher is on my list of questionable publishers. I recommend that you not submit papers to any of its journals. Instead, I recommend that you find a higher-quality publisher.

      Reply
49. Tyler says:

    February 10, 2014 at 6:01 AM

    Reblogged this on Sonic Geography and commented:
    Happy Monday, everyone. I will have the Knoxville Country megapost up here sometime within the next few days, but I just wanted to share this item that I received in a note from a colleague this morning. Everybody has heard of predatory lending, but did you know about predatory publishing? Take a look.

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50. Jan Szczepanski says:

    February 10, 2014 at 6:44 AM

    What about Progressive Academic Publishing, UK in Birmingham?

    http://www.journalsgate.com/journalsgate/index.php?route=product/category&path=59

    Jan

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51. Jeff says:

    February 11, 2014 at 8:55 AM

    This is an outstanding, helpful list, but I noticed very few Psychology-related journals (even in sub-discplines like Development or Biopsychology or connected fields like Neuroscience). Is this to suggest most open-access journals in the field are acceptable? If no, is there another area where I can find info on open-access Psych-related journals? Thanks for your time and efforts with this ever growing problem

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    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      February 11, 2014 at 9:09 AM

      Most of the predatory publishers go where the money is, and that is in fields where research is typically funded by grants, like the biomedical sciences. Still, if you look closely at the predatory publishers’ journal portfolios, you will see a good number of psychology journals. I don’t think it’s safe to conclude that most OA psychology journals are acceptable. You have to analyze each one — such a generalization can be dangerous.

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      • Jeff says:

        February 28, 2014 at 1:29 PM

        Thanks for the reply. I’ll look deeper into the actual publishers to get a more comprehensive list (to be honest, I only looked at the publisher names and the names of the journal list, I did not look further into the publishers). I agree the assumption that OA journals are acceptable is dangerous. Thank you for spear-heading the process of ensuring the integrity of research in all disciplines!
52. M. M. Khan says:

    February 11, 2014 at 10:27 AM

    Dear Jeffery Beall! What about this Journal: http://www.ejbss.com/

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    • M. M. Khan says:

      February 12, 2014 at 12:26 AM

      Dear Beall! Waiting for your opinion about the mention Journal. It will help us a lot in possible avoid of this journal.

      Reply
53. John says:

    February 11, 2014 at 12:45 PM

    Dear Bill, thank you for your good work. Is the journal of chemical biological and physical sciences predatory?Its website is here:http://www.jcbsc.org/index.php

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54. Steve Kezzler says:

    February 12, 2014 at 7:23 AM

    This kind of reminds me of the Human Fund… “money for people.”

    Reply
55. Cleve Smith says:

    February 13, 2014 at 1:20 PM

    How about MDPI journals?

    Reply
    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      February 13, 2014 at 1:27 PM

      Excellent question; I can tell you that I am re-evaluating this publisher at this time for possible inclusion in my list. Please stand by.

      Reply
    • Cleve Smith says:

      February 13, 2014 at 1:36 PM

      MDPI journal ask for 500CHF publication fee. They also help people to correct English language and then ask for additional 250 CHF. They have scores of journals. It seems to be very profitable.

      Reply
    • Lachezar Filchev says:

      February 20, 2014 at 2:51 PM

      I submit to MDPI two years ago – and since then I told myself I will not repeat it again. Everything was OK – the journal was brand new, without an IF and of course with the appealing waiver of publicaton fees for the first year of the existence of the journal. My editor was a Chinese (I will not reveal his name unless someone want this), who was very kind and welcoming at the point of acceptance of our paper. We had our paper formally accepted but after we refused to pay 200 Euros for proofread to a company of their choice we were rejected straight away. Of course our work got published where it deserved but ever since I ask myself what is the OpenAccess all about? If it is only about making profits from authors, then it has to be made clear so anyone who want to get into the trap – to get with the conscious that this his/her choice.

      P.S. The issue with MDPI is the poisonous mix of quality papers published by them, good looking and sophisticated publication system, and of course luring offers such as publication fee waivers etc., which at the end are just not true.

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56. Dr. Abdul Md Mazid says:

    February 13, 2014 at 11:52 PM

    I would also like to know about your opinion on MDPI. recently i have reviewed an article for MDPI as they requested me and i found it’s a standard paper. This paper has been published by MDPI on open access mode.That journal, its mentioned, has Impact Factor nearly 2.

    i am thinking to send some paper/s as well to MDPI.

    I would appreciate any comments on MDPI before i upload the paper.

    I have briefly explored website of ORIC publisher, They are proposing, i guess, a few journals including one in Science and Engineering. Scope of this journal includes many fields of engineering. their journals do not show yet ISSN. But my initial impression is that they are well organised and methodical.

    Reply
    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      February 14, 2014 at 6:43 AM

      I am increasingly receiving complaints and inquiries about MDPI. Many complain about the low quality of some of the published papers, while others point out the increasing attention being paid to the firm’s owner, who has become involved in international politics. I recommend that you find a better publisher than MDPI, and this shouldn’t be too hard.

      Regarding ORIC Publications, I recommend that you not submit any papers to this publisher; it is included on my list of questionable publishers.

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57. Benn says:

    February 14, 2014 at 2:14 PM

    Most Western Journals are not accessible to African and Asians who need this information for their development. I have published articles in ‘good’ journals but that information is not freely available to Africans and Asians who generally cannot afford subscription fees. I have also published in one OA journal in the list provided but I was surprised that a local investor had actually accessed the OA information and used it. He did trace me to ask follow up questions about the technology we proposed. Publishing an open access paper in a ‘good journal is also very expensive. The question I will like to ask is how can the knowledge generated be freely accessible by all for human development? If Beall can answer that question, then the list of OA ‘predatory’ journals will start to shrink. If not, then let him be prepared to hit the 1000 mark his list by Jan. 2015. However, if these OA journals come together to improve on the quality of their publishing, then it will be time to start tolling the knell for those so called ‘good’ journals that lock up information for a price. I will rather pay a moderate cost for my paper to be freely available than lock up information in a system that cannot be accessible to the community that I come from.
    Thank you.

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    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      February 14, 2014 at 4:08 PM

      You don’t know what you’re talking about. The Research4Life program has distributed many subscription journals to academics in developing countries for a long time. OA journals are not the only means for the wide dissemination of science and technology. Science will never be cost-free.

      On the contrary, unaffordable APCs are denying many developing country scholars the opportunity to publish their research findings.

      More information is not better information. The predatory publishers don’t care about quality; that’s the whole point.

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    • koi smith says:

      May 6, 2014 at 11:13 AM

      Benn, OA journals are a way for the publishers to scam the authors, and the authors to scam their respective institutions and funding sources. They are also a sinkhole for naive and inexperienced researchers, and the best way to insure the invisibility of your work.

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58. John says:

    February 16, 2014 at 4:12 AM

    Dear Beall what about this journal?http://www.jcbsc.org/index.php

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    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      February 16, 2014 at 9:41 AM

      What is your opinion of the journal? Have you had any experience with it? Are you associated with it? Have you published any papers in it? If so, please let me know what you experience was like.

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59. John says:

    February 17, 2014 at 3:01 PM

    No, I am not associated with it but I have published a paper in it. In afct I am a young junior researcher , it was my first paper and don’t know if it is a good or not. I would like to know if I shall not be ashamed of listing that paper on my publication list in next years.I payed publication fees but it seems that it is a good journal.What is your opinion.Thank you.

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60. Kelechi says:

    February 20, 2014 at 7:34 AM

    I would like to know if “International Journal of Structural and Civil Engineering Research”, “International Journal of Civil and Structural Engineering” and “IJET Publications” should be added to your list.

    Thank you.

    Reply
61. Matteo says:

    February 20, 2014 at 4:45 PM

    Dear Prof. Beall, I noticed that this list is not updated, some publishers are added or removed from your updated list..I think you must update this list or remove it from this page because this may cause confusion with the updated list (sorry for my english)

    Reply
62. Cleve says:

    February 22, 2014 at 12:13 AM

    Hello Jeffrey,

    You are doing an excellent expertised job for all.
    I would like to know your evaluation on the following journal(s):

    American International Journal of Social Science
    ISSN 2325-4149(Print), ISSN 2325-4165(Online)

    Is “social science” in the journal name itself a proper term? Their website also lists 5 other journals, two of which have the same term.

    Thank you!

    Reply
    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      February 22, 2014 at 3:38 PM

      This journal is published by a bogus publisher called the

      Center for Promoting Ideas

      . This publisher is on my list, and I recommend that you not publish in any of its journals. The title sounds okay, but I think most legitimate journals would say “social sciences.”

      Reply
63. Jan Szczepanski says:

    February 22, 2014 at 8:05 AM

    Hi,

    Unsure about ISR Journals and publications

    http://www.isrjournals.org/archives.php?d_id=73

    Jan

    Reply
    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      February 22, 2014 at 8:50 AM

      Jan, I had not heard of this new publisher. It launched with about 20 broad journals. For a good laugh, read its ‘management team’ page. I’ve added it to my list. Thanks for letting me know about it.

      Reply
      • Dr.Syed Md.Zainul Abedin says:

        February 22, 2014 at 9:21 PM

        The predatory journal factory appears to be very productive.
        They tend to outshine honest publishers for unethical profit and deception.
      • lisaamartin says:

        April 29, 2014 at 10:02 AM

        LOL! Mr Dr James Watson…educationally unqualifiied…he’s a she! Gracious me.
64. Jan Szczepanski says:

    February 22, 2014 at 8:55 AM

    Is this one a good laugh also?

    http://www.multidisciplinaryjournals.com/

    Jan

    Reply
    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      February 22, 2014 at 12:32 PM

      This one is more sad than funny.
      I have added this one to my list also. Thank you for letting me know about it.

      Reply
65. Owho Joni says:

    February 23, 2014 at 12:08 AM

    LIST THE CRITERIA FOR ACADEMIC JOURNALS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR GOOD FOR PUBLICATION. WHICH QUALITIES MAKE JOURNALS PREDAtORY? I SUSPECT MISCHIEF AND PERSONAL MISCONDUCT ON D PART OF THE AUTHOR. hOW CAN YOU TELL REVIEWERE AND EDITORS NOT TO REVIEW FOR JOURNALS YET YOU CALL THEM PREDATORY. ARE YOU A RESEARCHER AT ALL? REPLY TO JONIJUSTCOME@YAHOO.COM

    Reply
66. Suhas says:

    February 23, 2014 at 8:44 AM

    Sir,
    I wish to know about the predatory status publisher EM international Pune India?

    Reply
    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      February 23, 2014 at 9:53 AM

      Can you send me the link, please?

      Reply
67. Suhas says:

    February 23, 2014 at 8:48 AM

    Sir,
    Please find this link for perusal and information. http://www.envirobiotechjournals.com/index.php

    Reply
    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      February 23, 2014 at 9:25 AM

      That looks like it is not an open-access publisher.

      Reply
68. Suhas says:

    February 23, 2014 at 10:04 PM

    Sir,
    Are you only adding open access journals in your list? This journal is not open access but charge for paper publication.

    Reply
    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      February 24, 2014 at 5:31 AM

      Which journal?

      Reply
69. RF says:

    February 26, 2014 at 12:25 AM

    Hi Jeff,

    This is a comprehensive list. Impressive!
    How about The Electronic Journal of Information Systems Evaluation? Is this a predatory journal or one of the good ones?
    It says in their website (www.ejise.com/about.html) that it is “one of 5 academic journals published by Academic Conferences Limited.” It is also listed as one of the e-journals published by ACPI (http://academic-conferences.org/ejournals.htm).
    I just wanted to know a little more information since they contacted me to be a peer reviewer.

    Many thanks,
    RF

    Reply
    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      February 26, 2014 at 7:36 AM

      I don’t think this publisher meets the criteria for inclusion on my list.
      If you disagree, please let me know why. Thanks.

      Reply
70. Farzana Nipu says:

    February 27, 2014 at 1:21 PM

    please give us the list for trusted one…..

    Reply
71. dumcho wangdi says:

    February 28, 2014 at 6:38 AM

    Dear Jeffrey Beall,
    I am Dumcho Wangdi, a teacher from Bhutan, South Asia. I hope you must have heard of my country. I wish you happy new year on behalf of my country mates.
    I have heard of those predator publishers but failed to find the exact list of it. You have done an extraordinary job.
    So, can I have your permission to duplicate it into my blog at http://dumchowangdi.blogspot.com/ so that I and my friends who visit my blog can use it for the reference.
    Remember the source and your phenomenal work will be always acknowledged.
    Please kindly allow me to let thousands of my innocent immature friends realize of your phenomenal work.
    Thank you

    Reply
    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      February 28, 2014 at 7:02 AM

      Yes, you are welcome to copy the list.
      Please send my best regards to all the researchers in Bhutan, and I hope the list helps them avoid publishing in the predatory journals.

      Reply
      • kharang says:

        February 28, 2014 at 7:38 AM

        Thank you so much for your permission to save it on my blog. I will ensure my mates to know about your splendid job.
        Thank you.
72. Arben says:

    March 1, 2014 at 5:20 PM

    Dear Dr. Beall

    Are all the journals listed under DOAJ (http://www.doaj.org/) LEGIT ?!

    Can I find a journal on this directory and publish my work.

    Thank you for your opinion.

    Reply
    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      March 1, 2014 at 5:41 PM

      There is some overlap between my list and DOAJ, so, no, not all of the journals listed in DOAJ are legitimate in my opinion. DOAJ has tightened its criteria over the past year, so it’s not as bad as it once was.

      Yes, you can find a journal on this directory and publish your work, but do so at your own risk. Check to make sure the journal is not also on my list, and talk to senior colleagues in your field about the quality of the journal you want to publish in. Also, read the journal and become familiar with the quality of the articles in it before submitting.

      Reply
73. Peter Anthony Smith says:

    March 5, 2014 at 5:35 AM

    Dear Jeffrey Beall,

    Thankyou for your wonderful work in naming and shaming these destructive publishers and journals.

    Just wondering, since you mentioned them separately in another post but I’m not seeing them on this list – are you going to include the Global Science and Technology Forum (GSTF) based in Singapore? I was recently deluded into submitting a paper to one of their journals and asked for $300 to publish (previously not mentioned in any of their conditions), and their submission process was a complete mess. I’m happy to provide email proof if it would help others to steer clear and not be burned like I was.

    Cheers!

    Reply
74. Bustomi Rosadi says:

    March 6, 2014 at 12:42 AM

    I mean, Journal of Agriculture Engineering and Biotechnology (JAEB)? Is this a predatory journal?

    Reply
    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      March 6, 2014 at 6:38 AM

      There is a journal with this title published by Bowen Publishing. This publisher is on my list, so I recommend that you find a better journal.

      Reply
75. paul says:

    March 6, 2014 at 7:22 AM

    Thank you for information but what is your criteria for terming some of the publishers as questionable? I have read some of their works and they seem ok. Is it on a case by case or is it a blanket condemnation that they are questionable?

    Reply
    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      March 6, 2014 at 7:30 AM

      Paul, please see the established criteria here: http://wp.me/p280Ch-g5 Let me know if you have any questions.

      Reply
76. Arun says:

    March 6, 2014 at 9:37 AM

    Dear Beall

    Thank you for the list.

    Is the “Journal of Computational Intelligence and Electronic Systems” published by “American Scientific Publishers” legit? By going through the website,I did not think so. However, it is not included in your list, but is part of DOAJ website, so I am not sure if this is predatory journal. I would like to know your opinion.

    Journal of Computational Intelligence and Electronic Systems
    ISSN: 2326-3008 (Print); EISSN: 2326-3024 (Online)

    Thanks.

    Reply
    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      March 6, 2014 at 6:13 PM

      Arun: I limit my analyses to open-access journals and publishers. This publisher is not an open-access publisher, so I have not analyzed it and cannot comment on its quality.

      Still, I did look at the journal you mentioned. When I clicked on it I saw this: “Buy & download fulltext article: Price: $113.00 plus tax.” That is very expensive for a single article! If you publish your article in this journal, you risk having very few people read it.

      Reply
77. Onah says:

    March 6, 2014 at 12:51 PM

    Please, why is ScienceDomain International included in your list of predator publishers? We sent our work to one of their journals (British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research) and it took about 5 months of rigorous reviews and corrections before the paper was accepted. I am confused here.

    Reply
    • sylvanus says:

      June 18, 2014 at 6:31 AM

      I do not understand how sciencedomain could be included in this list. this is because it me many months of correction and sending and resending before my paper was accepted. there must be something else being pursued. it difficult for me to accept.

      Reply
      • Jeffrey Beall says:

        June 18, 2014 at 7:30 AM

        I see that you have many, many articles published in this publisher’s journals. Perhaps it’s time for you to aim higher.
78. gorka says:

    March 9, 2014 at 9:44 PM

    Dear Bell,

    Would you please confirm if the international journal of marine sciences (sophia group) is a predatory journal or not?

    http://bio.sophiapublisher.com/index.php/ijms/

    They invite me as a reviewer and I see they charge 1200 per publication although they say to me that since I am reviewing an article I can publish free of charge within 6 months.

    Thanks

    Reply
    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      March 10, 2014 at 9:10 PM

      That journal’s publisher, BioPublisher, is not on my list.

      Reply
      • naelil says:

        April 29, 2014 at 8:05 AM

        Dear Mr. Bell and Mr. Gorka

        I think here Mr. Gorka and my professor face of same case. My professor has submitted the article to International Journal of Marine Science, published by Sophia Publishing Group. Now the article has published in International Journal of Marine Science (IJMS). But suddenly we got an information from our university that IJMS is kind of predatory journal. But they do not have any enough reasons to explain of that matter. Now, i search on many information according predatory journal, and found this website. Would you mind to reconfirm of IJMS whether is it predatory journal or not? In your opinon, is it recommended journal to submit or not?
        According on your database, do International Journal of Marine Science has impact factor? And if the journal is not on your list so that it can be accepted unpredatory journal?
        I am very sorry for the questions and thank you very much for your response Mr. Bell and nice sharing MR. Gorka.
      • Jeffrey Beall says:

        April 29, 2014 at 12:11 PM

        Can you send me a link to the journal, please? It appears there may be more than one journal with this title.
      • naelil says:

        April 29, 2014 at 11:03 AM

        Dear Mr. Beall
        Thanks for this information. Actually Mr. Gorka and my professor have almost same question about International Journal of Marine Science (IJMS). My prof’s manuscript has been published since the begining of April. Since it has been published then my university told us that IJMS is kind of predatory journal, even do not have enough reasons of this matter.
        So that i’ m join to this website. Would you mind to answer my questions, Mr. beall. Is this journal has good reputation? And does it has an impact factor? According your opinion, is that true IJMS as unpredatory journal and why? how IJMS doing until now espicially for publication? And am I right to submitted manuscript,in IJMS.?
        Thank you very much, Mr. Beall for your informarion. It will be very helpful to us.
      • naelil says:

        April 29, 2014 at 6:19 PM

        The link http://bio.sophiapublisher.com/index.php/ijms/
      • Jeffrey Beall says:

        April 29, 2014 at 6:55 PM

        This journal is published by BioPublisher. This publisher is not on my list of questionable publishers. I cannot answer all your questions. You need to make your own decisions about where you submit your work. If your university is not happy with the journal or publisher, please talk to your university about that.
      • naelil says:

        April 29, 2014 at 7:10 PM

        Thank you very much Mr. Beal for the answer and advice.
      • oceandaniel says:

        May 19, 2014 at 1:43 PM

        This is Daniel Smith, the editor of International Journal of Marine Science (IJMS). I was somewhat excited to see our journal was mentioned here. I knew many publishers are corrupt and exist only to make money, their ridiculousness makes me proud, but they also make a hard time for the newly OA journals, especially when the journal doesn’t have any background. Nevertheless, we march unswervingly, no matter how long the way will be.
      • Jeffrey Beall says:

        May 19, 2014 at 1:49 PM

        Mr. Smith, on the journal’s website, you are listed as the “Publishing Manager,” not the editor. Can you explain this discrepancy?
      • oceandaniel says:

        May 19, 2014 at 2:48 PM

        I was the editor, for three years, and now I am planning and shaping of the journal’s publishing programme, its aims and scope, etc.. So I always think I am the editor.
79. tauseef ahmad says:

    March 10, 2014 at 9:13 AM

    http://www.ijarcsse.com/
    can you please let me , know about this journal , and about he impact factor of this journal , is this impact factor fake.

    Reply
    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      March 10, 2014 at 9:20 PM

      This journal is on my list. It does not have a legitimate impact factor.
      I recommend that you not submit any papers to this bogus journal.

      Reply
      • tauseef ahmad says:

        March 12, 2014 at 12:49 PM

        sir , i had already submitted the paper , but i was not knowing the fact, Don’t we have any laws so that these can be banned, for cheating scholars, academicians and researchers. what you suggest me further to do?
      • Jeffrey Beall says:

        March 12, 2014 at 1:10 PM

        The laws vary by country, but in most cases there are no laws against predatory publishing.
80. Jan Szczepanski says:

    March 10, 2014 at 11:35 AM

    I would appreciate your opinion about the publisher
    Society for Science and Education

    http://scholarpublishing.org/wp/

    Jan

    Reply
    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      March 10, 2014 at 8:06 PM

      I consider this a questionable publisher. It is on my list, and I recommend against submitting papers to this publisher’s journals and against agreeing to serve on its editorial boards.

      Reply
81. Dr. Olokooba Saka says:

    March 11, 2014 at 5:53 AM

    Dear Beall, I really commend your work. When i saw the 2014 list i was very sad but at the same time i was happy. The reason for my sadness was that, i have published some of my very good papers in some of those journals which amounted to wastage. However, my happiness now is that i am better informed of the publishing outlets i should use. This is a learning experience, though, a bitter one. Please keep the good work going.

    Reply
    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      March 11, 2014 at 8:41 AM

      Thanks — I appreciate this. Good luck with your future research.

      Reply
82. ify says:

    March 11, 2014 at 11:58 AM

    I want to commend you. You are really doing a great work, keep it up. My questions are (1) is it possible for journals or publishers on your list to mend their ways by improving on quality and correct their mistakes and thus be removed from predatory list. (2) can you please give us list of good journals in biomedical science
    Thanks
    From. Ify

    Reply
    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      March 11, 2014 at 12:02 PM

      Yes, I do remove publishers and journals from my lists. This is not uncommon.
      No, I do not supply lists of good journals, sorry.

      Reply
83. bsulis says:

    March 14, 2014 at 1:13 AM

    Reblogged this on Benguet State University Library & Information Services and commented:
    A Warning to our researchers who want to upload!

    Reply
84. Siti Azizah says:

    March 14, 2014 at 4:38 PM

    Please be careful of JAERD! I did a mistake by sending my article there!!! I sent my article there in 2011 and I paid $300. Then they ask me to pay again $600 today.. This is a kind of [...] act!

    Reply
85. Just Ishaq says:

    March 15, 2014 at 2:19 AM

    Dear Prof. Beall,

    What a great job you did! I would like also to ask your opinion regarding this publisher: Global Science Research Journal (http://globalscienceresearchjournals.org/).

    I have no connection at all with the publisher. I received several emails from it, invite me to submit manuscript. But, their emails came to spam folder.

    Thank you very much.

    Reply
    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      March 15, 2014 at 8:42 AM

      I’ve added Global Science Research Journals to my list.
      This is a new brand created by International Scholars Journals. They’ve copied a lot of content from their journals into the journals in the new brand.
      The new brand has launched with around 130 journals, and I recommend against submitting to all of them.

      Reply
86. Imran Omer says:

    March 15, 2014 at 7:57 AM

    http://southasiajournal.net/

    Can you please confirm is it predatory journal or not

    Reply
    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      March 15, 2014 at 8:55 AM

      Oh no, another journal using a blog platform as its publishing platform.
      This seems mostly to be a popular journal rather than a scholarly journal. It also appears that they sell print subscriptions, and that these contain more content than the online version. I don’t want to add this journal to my list at this time. It’s really more of a magazine.

      Reply
87. Kevin J. Black, M.D. says:

    March 17, 2014 at 12:12 PM

    Any comments about BaiShiDeng Publishing Group? E.g. http://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/NavDetail.aspx?id=52
    Thanks

    Reply
    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      March 17, 2014 at 12:20 PM

      Sure, this publisher used to be on my list. They made many improvements and asked me to have another look. I did and removed them from the list.

      Reply
      • Kevin J. Black, M.D. says:

        March 17, 2014 at 12:22 PM

        Thank you.
88. Nilo Bugtai says:

    March 17, 2014 at 8:05 PM

    hi Jeff,

    Please tell me about this journal/publisher Thomson Scientific ISI Web of Knowledge. They told me that if my paper will be accepted I will pay USD 1200 for the publication.

    Thank you very much.

    - Nilo

    Reply
    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      March 17, 2014 at 8:49 PM

      Nilo,

      What publisher do you mean?

      Reply
89. Mellissa Bortz says:

    March 22, 2014 at 4:05 AM

    Hello Jeffrey In your 2014 list I dont see any listing for Scholars’-press.com a trademark of AV Akademikerverlag GmbH& Co. KG. Does this mean then that they are not predatory?
    With grateful thanks
    Melissa Bortz

    Reply
    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      March 22, 2014 at 7:46 AM

      It means they’re not open-access. I limit my lists to open-access publishers; this one charges for the books it sells.

      Reply
90. shingirai sikomwe says:

    March 24, 2014 at 6:40 AM

    thank you Jeffrey , kindly assist me why IISTE is regarded as dubious. I had three papers accepted, they claim to have good impact factor and referenced in a number of publishers

    Reply
91. popof says:

    March 25, 2014 at 11:18 AM

    hi, what do you know about future medicine publishing (http://www.futuremedicine.com/)? do you think they’re predatory too?

    Reply
    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      March 25, 2014 at 6:59 PM

      I haven’t analyzed it because it does not market itself as an open-access publisher. Still, I recommend extreme caution with this publisher.

      Reply
92. Annabelle Fairest says:

    March 26, 2014 at 8:14 AM

    Hi Jeff,

    I work in the subscriptions team here at Future Medicine Ltd. I am interested to know why you would recommend caution?

    As you correctly pointed out, we are not an open-access publisher and all our publications are peer-reviewed.

    If you are interested to know more about our peer-review process, you can find information on our website http://www.futuremedicine.com/page/authors.jsp#open
    Alternatively I would be happy to put you (or anyone with concerns) in touch with one of our commissioning editors who would be able to explain our editorial policy in more detail.

    Thanks
    Annabelle Fairest

    Reply
93. Aamer Hanif says:

    March 31, 2014 at 3:14 AM

    Kindly comment if the 4 journals given in following link are recommended for publishing papers. Thank you.
    The publisher is: The International Journal Research Publications Pte. Ltd., Singapore

    http://www.theinternationaljournal.org/ojs/index1.htm

    Reply
    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      March 31, 2014 at 5:35 AM

      I strongly recommend against publishing in those journals.

      Reply
94. muafi says:

    March 31, 2014 at 4:04 AM

    Hi Prof. Jeff,
    My paper was receive in ICIMER 2014 (International Conference on Information Management and Education Research) in Shanghai Cina, april 17-18 2014.
    All accepted paper will be published by Atlantis Press and be online available in full text via the publication platform, then be submited for indexed to Thomson ISI, WOS, Scopus.
    But I was doubt to follow in this conference because I am not sure if the conference indexed by Thomson ISI, WOS and Scopus. Are you recommended me to follow? I will be waiting for your information. Thank you very much.

    Reply
    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      March 31, 2014 at 5:30 AM

      Sorry — I limit my analyses to scholarly journals. I don’t know whether this conference is legitimate or not. I recommend caution, especially if you are unfamiliar with the conference.

      Reply
95. Zohrain says:

    April 3, 2014 at 4:31 PM

    Hi! I found the information here very useful. I was browsing and found this predatory journal: http://valleyinternational.net/index.php

    Im guessing they changed the website address as one of the similar name ‘valleys international’ is already included in your questionable publishers list..

    Thanks for all the good work!

    Reply
    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      April 3, 2014 at 5:00 PM

      Thanks — I’ve made this correction on my main page here: http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/

      Reply
96. Corrado Giuliani says:

    April 4, 2014 at 7:01 AM

    I was wondering why DOAJ keeps in the lis the Journal of Biomedical Science and Engineering which is a SCIRP Journal that i guess to understand that is a predatory company.
    Any explanation would be appreciated.
    Thanks for your work, you make my group avoid publishing on the Open Biomedical Engineering Journal by Bentham Science

    Reply
97. jane says:

    April 8, 2014 at 4:47 AM

    This is a wonderful page… practically the “don’ts” of where to publish (and I look forward to the “do’s” – which open access journals are trustworthy…!).

    I would like to ask if you know anything about Open Journal of Ophthalmology (http://www.scirp.org/journal/ojoph/). My university has encouraged us to publish in this journal, as they have arranged for a discount on publishing in the next two months. However, I can’t seem to find out anything about it. Is it worthwhile to send articles here, or would you advise caution? I worry about being biased because it seems to be a new journal, but everyone has to start somewhere, after all. thank you very much/

    Reply
98. jane says:

    April 8, 2014 at 4:50 AM

    Whoops! sorry about that, am new to this. Just found out – The journal is produced by one of your questionable publishers… uh oh! A comprehensive list indeed! thank you!

    Reply
99. Deepak says:

    April 10, 2014 at 12:19 PM

    Dear Mr Beall,

    Is this predatory too. No personal experience but found a mail from them in my inbox:

    Welcome to El Mednifico Journal!
    El Mednifico Journal (http://www.mednifico.com/index.php/elmedj) is an open access, quarterly, peer-reviewed journal that aims to publish scientifically sound research across all fields of medicine and public health. It publishes researches as soon as they are ready, without waiting to be assigned to an issue. These articles are then proofread, copyedited and arranged into four issues per volume and one volume per year.

    The scope of the journal encompasses: Clinical Medicine, Laboratory Medicine, Surgery, Public Health, Dental Surgery, Radiology, Pathology, Pharmacy, Nursing, Biophysics, Biochemistry, Health Policy, Global Health, Medical Education and other allied fields.

    All submissions receive the following benefits:

    Quick and efficient peer-review; rapid publication after acceptance
    Submissions are judged according to the content and methods employed
    All articles are published as open access; no submission or processing fees
    Articles are deposited at various indexing and archiving agencies upon publication
    Wide dissemination to readers and researchers throughout the world
    We have a strict policy against plagiarism. All submissions are screened for plagiarism upon receipt. Any submission found to have plagiarized material will be immediately rejected and the authors will be permanently banned on failure to provide adequate clarification.

    We invite notable scientists and medical professionals for post-publication peer-review and debate on articles published in the current issue. Review reports are published as letters to editor in subsequent issues. We also encourage post-publication peer-review over social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. Both these features distinguish EMJ from other journals, and enhance the citability of published material.

    Reply
    • Jeffrey Beall says:

      April 11, 2014 at 3:01 PM

      I have had a close look at this journal but I didn’t find anything about it that met the criteria for classing it as a predatory journal. I do find the name strange — are they trying to use a play on words with the Spanish word magnífico? Let’s observe how this journal progresses.

      Reply
100. Deepak says:

     April 10, 2014 at 12:38 PM

     Dear Mr Beall,

     The journal of Biomedical Graphics and Computing (http://www.sciedu.ca/journal/index.php/jbgc) is published by Sciedu, which you have included in your list of predatory publishers. Yet, it is listed in the NLM catalogue database (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/?term=Journal+of+biomedical+graphics+and+computing)

     Do predatory journals make it to the NLM catalogue too?

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       April 11, 2014 at 2:58 PM

       Yes, there is some overlap.

       Reply
101. shiv says:

     April 11, 2014 at 4:21 AM

     sir,
     is this is predatory journal or not.
     INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES
     http://www.earthjournals.org/ijmas.html

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       April 11, 2014 at 2:25 PM

       This journal is published by a company called Earth Journals. I have added this publisher to my list. I recommend that you avoid this journal and find another, better one from a legitimate publisher.

       Reply
       • pr singh says:

         May 15, 2014 at 10:20 AM

         our journals was indexed by chemical abstract,index corpenicus, why you say like that kindly clarify
102. Daniel Graziotin says:

     April 12, 2014 at 4:01 AM

     Dear Jeffrey Beall,

     I found the “Scientific Online Publishing” publisher in your list. I could not find a specific post with an analysis of their journals. I am here to report my experience with them as a reviewer.

     Let me first state that the publisher presented a spammy behavior in the past, inviting authors and potential editors via automatically generated emails. That stopped after their launch, as far as I know. Their website has often contained inaccuracies, e.g., the “Archive” page link was called “Achieves”. On the other hand, they have always promptly responded to my suggestions and feedback.

     Encouraged by this, I applied as a reviewer for their “Open Journal of Communications and Software”. They receive many submissions from authors of developing countries. So far, I agreed to review 3 manuscripts submitted there. I suggested rejection for all 3 of them because I found that the articles were mostly plagiarisms. Now, receiving plagiarized articles is an issue, but it does not make a journal/publisher predatory. These articles were never published by the journal.

     While I think that the publisher is inexperienced and lacks professionalism-hopefully because of the lack of experience-I can report that from the point of view of a reviewer there have never been issues with them.

     I hope this helps other people there. However, it would be interesting to read the experience of authors who submitted there.

     Reply
103. Publicaciones científicas | Annotary says:

     April 12, 2014 at 7:21 AM

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     Reply
104. ajay kumar says:

     April 14, 2014 at 4:01 AM

     thank you Jeffrey Beall Sir. Please also suggest me some respectable journal in field of pesticide toxicity.

     Reply
105. ALLI L. A says:

     April 14, 2014 at 5:55 AM

     Dear Jeffrey Beall,
     I will like to know why ScienceDomain publisher is included as a predatory publisher. The publisher has many journals under their publication. Do you mean all their journals are predatory or some. Please kindly explain further.

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       April 14, 2014 at 7:01 AM

       I analyze at the publisher level whenever possible, so I recommend that you find a better publisher than Science Domain.
       Here’s a review I wrote that included this publisher: http://eprints.rclis.org/17051/

       Reply
106. Roland says:

     April 14, 2014 at 9:58 PM

     Dear Jeffrey,
     Could you explain me what is according to your point of view wrong with Avens Publishers.
     I saw they moved the editorial office from LA to Northborough, NY.
     Thanks

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       April 15, 2014 at 6:16 AM

       I plan to publish a blog post about Avens on Thursday. I think both their Los Angeles and Massachusetts addresses were/are dishonest. The Massachusetts one is a house. This publisher operates out of Hyderabad, India.

       Reply
107. Javed Iqbal says:

     April 14, 2014 at 11:34 PM

     I receive a lot of requests from the editors to review a sent to their journal. This list will help the reviewer a lot to avoid providing volunteering review services for such questionable journals. Thanks Jeffrey
     Dr. Javed Iqbal

     Reply
108. Sajib says:

     April 15, 2014 at 10:26 AM

     About Scientific Online Journal (SOP), not much experiences were shared by people including authors & reviewers. I wonder if the list shown here on the Predatory Journals is well justified! I Meanwhile, was bit happier when I got an offer yesterday through an email of SOP containg information such as, among others,
     ” As a new Open Access publisher, Scientific Online Journal (SOP), dedicates to providing high quality publishing services for authors. From 01/04/2014 to 30/04/2014, all your submission will be reviewed, formatted, proofread and published without any fees. It’s totally FREE.”
     Truely, there were very few reasons that could make me feel wrong about SOP, yet I did feel and came across this blog ultimately; worthy to be here, aint it?
     Adios!

     Reply
109. muafipaciran says:

     April 16, 2014 at 8:14 PM

     Hi Prof…what’s your opinion about “Interdisciplinary Journal of Information, Knowledge, and Management (IJIKM)”. http://www.informingscience.us/icarus/journals/ijikm/indexed

     In web was written that this journal indexed by
     ‘ Indices and Directories Listing this Journal

     Cabell’s Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Computer Science and Business Info Systems
     Cabell’s Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Educational Technology & Library Science
     Cabell’s Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Management
     Compendex
     Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
     Elsevier
     EBSCO
     Index of Information System Journals
     Ulrichs”,

     Thanks Prof Jeffey….

     Regards..muafipaciran-Lamongan

     Reply
110. Dr. Md. Shazedur Rahman says:

     April 17, 2014 at 12:58 AM

     OMG..they are in plenty…there should be an online screening authority for us to check before submission….will anyone volunterr this please!

     Reply
111. Kesatebrhan Haile says:

     April 21, 2014 at 9:52 AM

     Dear
     The International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research is free journal i.e. has no any publication charge. Moreover, it has 4.57 impact factor. So why is it consider as predator publisher in the list 2? Could you plz explain?

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       April 21, 2014 at 10:33 AM

       That journal does not have an authentic impact factor. It is lying to you, and to others. This, along with many other reasons, is why the journal is on my list.

       Reply
112. Max says:

     April 23, 2014 at 2:53 AM

     Jeff, I have come across OMMEGA Publishers
     http://ommegaonline.com/
     and was surprised not finding them in your list. Do you think they are kosher?
     Thanks!
     Max

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       April 23, 2014 at 4:14 PM

       Max, Thanks very much for letting me know about this new publisher — I had not heard of it. I have analyzed it and added it to my list. Thanks again, Jeffrey.

       Reply
       • Ambika says:

         June 12, 2014 at 7:03 PM

         Hi Friends, They are a fraud company who have been using my Texas address as their business location and doing a fraud business in India. Kindly I’d like to report the same to whoever is interested in them.
         I can personally prove it that it is not legitimate business.
113. abdou says:

     April 23, 2014 at 7:08 AM

     Dear Pr Jeffrey,
     Thanks a lot for this work,
     I would like to know about the publsher Intechopen, they asked me i wish contribute by a chapter in book. Please advise me.
     Best wihes,
     Abdou

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       April 23, 2014 at 7:57 AM

       Yes, InTech Open is on my list, and I recommend that you NOT submit a chapter to their book.

       Reply
114. sneha says:

     April 23, 2014 at 11:19 AM

     Dear Mr. Beall,
     I want to know wether the journal “ACADEMIC SCIENCE” http://www.academicscience.co.in/index.php is authentic or not!!
     Could you please inform me about the status of this journal?
     Thanks

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       April 23, 2014 at 12:16 PM

       Academic Science appears to be a new publisher — I have not heard of it before. I don’t have time to analyze it now, so I’ve added it to my backlog. The publisher appears to be claiming that its journals have authentic impact factors, which they do not, so I recommend that you find a better publisher than this one. This one looks very suspect.

       Reply
115. Mitch Balish says:

     April 25, 2014 at 8:24 AM

     Jeff,

     What can you tell me about Jacobs Publishers (http://www.jacobsitsolutions.info/)? It looks about as shady as you can get, but I don’t see it on your page here. I received this:

     Dear (x),
     Warm greetings from Jacobs Publishers!
     We introduce ourselves as Jacobs Publishers have initiated a Journal Called Clinical Journal of Microbiology and Pathology; Jacobs Publishers is an Open access journal publishes peer-reviewed novel research related to Cancer Science. Our journal focuses on the current research in Pathology, Clinical microbiology, Hematopathology, Transfusion medicine, Molecular Genetics Pathology, Immunopathology, Veterinary Pathology, Virology etc.
     Clinical Journal of Microbiology and Pathology welcomes qualified researchers and experts as Editorial Board Members from Microbiology and Pathology research scientific world. Based on your proficiency and immense contributions to Microbiology and Pathology research, we would like to invite you as Editorial Board Member. We are also planning to initiate “Inaugural Edition” and seeking quality submissions from qualified Scientists, Researchers and Experts of Microbiology and Pathology research for Inaugural Edition.
     You may please forward your updated CV, Biography, recent photograph and manuscripts to cjmp@jacobspublishers.net Manuscript formatting details are available on http://www.jacobspublishers.com/index.php/books-2/author
     Anticipating your support and response in this regard to enable us to enhance the sharing of knowledge in the scientific community.
     Thank you very much.
     Regards
     Mathew Stevens
     Clinical Journal of Microbiology and Pathology
     Jacobs Publishers
     9600 Great Hills
     Trail # 150 w
     Austin, Texas
     78759(Travis County)
     E-mail: cjmp@jacobspublishers.net

     Best regards,
     Mitch

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       April 26, 2014 at 12:18 PM

       Mitch:
       I added this publisher to my list last week. I think it is extremely questionable, and I advise scholars to avoid it.

       I am wondering if it is connected to the publisher JSciMedCentral in any way — the “J” in the logo matches on both publishers’ websites.

       But perhaps this new questionable publisher just stole the logo from the older predatory publisher.

       Thanks,

       Jeffrey Beall

       Reply
       • Deepak says:

         April 26, 2014 at 1:11 PM

         Poetic justice, when one predator poaches the logo of another!
116. Benno von Bormann, MD says:

     April 28, 2014 at 4:10 AM

     I was invited by OMICS group to contribute for the Journal of Blood Disorders & Transfusion, either via website or sending the manuscript attached to an Email. I did the latter after a lot of work with the title, ‘Does Preoperative Anemia Deteriorate Patients postoperative Outcome or about the Difficulty of Comprehension.’ After peer review with some minor remarks the manuscript was eventually accepted, and up to that point the whole process was professional. Sending the final file for proof reading they surprisingly added an invoice of an amount of 1,500,- $ for publishing, something I of course denied. In response to my wondering letter they indicated that the conditions for publishing are described in their website. However, submitting the manuscript directly via mail, as offered, I didn’t have this information. Because I will never pay for being published the paper was retracted by me and my co-author. These organizations are money-collectors. Their prey are people who are in desperate need for publication(s) due to rules of their affiliation (uiniversity, company). It’s an industry.
     A positive example as yet is the Baishideng Publishing Group. They asked for a case report emphasizing from the beginning that there will be no costs at all.

     Reply
     • Benno von Bormann, MD says:

       April 28, 2014 at 10:48 PM

       Journal of Blood Disorders & Transfusion: In fairness I have to add, that the paper was published today with a quite professional layout including all essential informations, without payment of course. Not bad, and therefore no problem for us. Unfortunately the Journal is nowhere listed (PubMed etc.) but can be found easily using Google.

       Reply
117. lihachtel says:

     April 28, 2014 at 3:58 PM

     Dear Beall, I really commend your work. It is quite helpful.
     Recently I got an email from Scholars’ Press (Germany) would like to publish my PHD thesis. One of the conditions is shown as below, how do you think of this publisher !? will it be added on your 2015 list !?

     “The Author transfers to the Publisher without limitation of place the exclusive right of reproduction and dissemination (Publisher’s right) of the work for the duration of statutory copyright including all additional bibliographical texts and/or images supplied by the Author (e.g. cover text, biographical details) for all print and electronic editions (e-book) and for all print runs without limit of units and in all language versions. In the case of works which have already been published by other publishing houses, a non-exclusive right of use shall be transferred. The Author shall continue to be the copyright holder of his work.”

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       April 29, 2014 at 9:10 AM

       This is not an open-access publisher. They want you to sign over copyright to them, and then they will try to sell copies of your thesis. There’s nothing wrong with this, but you may be better off publishing your work in an open-access venue, and keeping your copyright. It is your decision.

       Reply
118. FUKUSHIMA UPDATE | Fukushima Health Effects in North America? says:

     May 1, 2014 at 4:49 AM

     […] The journal publisher is on Beall’s “List of Predatory Publishers 2014″ : http://scholarlyoa.com/2014/01/02/list-of-predatory-publishers-2014/ […]

     Reply
119. sunith says:

     May 2, 2014 at 7:03 AM

     Dear Mr.Jeffrey Beal,

     could you please tell me about the International Journal of Computer Science and Engineering Research and Development (IJCSERD) http://www.prjpublication.com/IJCSERD.ASP

     Thank you

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       May 2, 2014 at 7:15 AM

       This journal’s publisher is Priyanka Research Journal (PRJ) Publication. This company is on my list, so I recommend that you not submit papers to any or its journals.

       Reply
120. Robot paper retracted for stealing from doctoral thesis | Retraction Watch says:

     May 2, 2014 at 7:30 AM

     […] InTech, the publisher of the journal, is on Jeffrey Beall’s list of questionable and potentially predatory publishers. […]

     Reply
121. WHY IS'NT MSM REPORTING ON THE escalating DANGERS of Radiation, UPDATED - Page 34 - ALIPAC says:

     May 3, 2014 at 7:29 PM

     […] The journal publisher is on Beall’s “List of Predatory Publishers 2014″ : http://scholarlyoa.com/2014/01/02/li…blishers-2014/ The two studies critiqued Mangano J, Sherman J, Busby C. (2013). Changes in confirmed plus […]

     Reply
122. Alerte Fukushima:les radiations auraient faites plus de 14,000 victimes en Amérique du Nord | Michelduchaine says:

     May 3, 2014 at 10:06 PM

     […] L’éditeur de journal qui a refusé la publication, est sur ​​la "Liste des prédateurs Publishers 2014" Beall:http://scholarlyoa.com/2014/01/02/list-of-predatory-publishers-2014/ […]

     Reply
123. Mathew Peet says:

     May 4, 2014 at 12:08 PM

     Possble typo, 420. Smartpub links to smatpub.com (which exists) smartpub.com seems to be domain name sitters.

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       May 6, 2014 at 12:10 PM

       I’m sorry — I am not seeing the problem. Which page has the bad link?

       Reply
124. Alerte Fukushima:les radiations auraient faites plus de 14,000 victimes en Amérique du Nord | Michelduchaine | Enjeux énergies says:

     May 4, 2014 at 1:46 PM

     […] L’éditeur de journal qui a refusé la publication, est sur ​​la "Liste des prédateurs Publishers 2014" Beall:http://scholarlyoa.com/2014/01/02/list-of-predatory-publishers-2014/ […]

     Reply
125. Alerte Fukushima:les radiations auraient faites plus de 14,000 victimes en Amérique du Nord | Philippehua's Cellule 44 says:

     May 5, 2014 at 3:26 PM

     […] a refusé la publication, est sur ​​la "Liste des prédateurs Publishers 2014" Beall:http://scholarlyoa.com/2014/01/02/list-of-predatory-publishers-2014/ Les deux études scientifiques  les plus  critiquées sont: Mangano J, J Sherman, Busby C. […]

     Reply
126. Fukushima Health Effects in North America? | VicIoUs wOrlD says:

     May 6, 2014 at 9:51 PM

     […] The journal publisher is on Beall’s “List of Predatory Publishers 2014″ : http://scholarlyoa.com/2014/01/02/lis… […]

     Reply
127. Lukman says:

     May 8, 2014 at 12:06 PM

     Dear Mr. Beall

     Thank you for the list that you created and always updated.
     Last month, my manuscript was published in http://thescipub.com/ajas.toc. The publisher have two full address in Australia and the United States. Is my manuscript published will be useless? Best regards.

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       May 8, 2014 at 3:39 PM

       This publisher does list an Australia and a New York City address as you indicate; this tells us for sure that the publisher is not based in either Australia or New York. Your research will not be useless, but in the future, I think you should find a better publisher. Good luck.

       Reply
       • Dart says:

         May 26, 2014 at 4:52 AM

         Dear Mr. Beall,
         Just for good purpose, i think this company is really based at least in Australia, because their bank account are in Australia with the same name of company…but this is just my opinion,tell me if i’m wrong
128. Mustafa says:

     May 8, 2014 at 12:20 PM

     Dear Beall,

     Thanks for your effort here. Actually, I think it is better to check out the publisher “SOCIETY FOR SCIENCE AND NATURE”. I think it is somewhere in Africa. Have you checked it before? If so, did you find any doubt about it?
     Please let us know about it.

     Mustafa

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       May 8, 2014 at 3:37 PM

       Hi, Mustafa:

       Thanks — I do have this publisher on my list. Please see my list here. I recommend that you find a better publisher than this one for your research.

       Thanks,

       Jeffrey

       Reply
       • Mustafa says:

         May 9, 2014 at 6:53 PM

         Thank you so much. I am sorry, I wasn’t aware of the name, and I found it now in your list.
         Sure, I’ll not throw my paper in such journal, but I wondered how could they have DOI for their publications or even ISSNs for all of those journals if they don’t have real publishers? Could anybody do that easily?
         Thank you
         Mustafa
       • Jeffrey Beall says:

         May 9, 2014 at 7:55 PM

         Oh, yes. Standard numbers such as the ISSN and DOIs are often given out without regard for quality.
       • Mustafa says:

         May 10, 2014 at 11:51 AM

         Sorry for bothering again, but have you looked at this website?
         http://arepub.com/Journals.php
         They describe themselves as:
         American Research Publications is USA based publications and American Research Publications are covering all kind of subjects such as General Science, Engineering Science, Science & Technology, Environment & Earth Science, Computer & Information Science, Commerce & Banking, Business & Management, Agricultural Science & engineering, Medical Science & Public Health, Energy & Power, Arts & Social Science, and etc.
         American Research Publications is an open access publications. American Research Publications is inviting to you submit your valuable research work to your desire journal.
       • Jeffrey Beall says:

         May 10, 2014 at 11:56 AM

         Yes, this publisher is on my list. Most definitely, do not submit any papers to its many journals.
129. ayodele says:

     May 9, 2014 at 12:27 AM

     Sir, I just published with textroad journal, and this is freed of charges after a 3 months thorough review and scrutiny. Do you still believe this is questionable?

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       May 9, 2014 at 7:07 AM

       Yes, I think you made a mistake.

       Reply
     • AlexH says:

       May 9, 2014 at 8:14 AM

       I think that a convincing rebuttal of Mr. Beall’s evaluation must start with making available the (anonymized & full-text) peer reviews for, let’s say, all articles published in the last 3 issues.

       I’ve seen something similar at http://www.sciencedomain.org , where the first published reviews under the “peer review history” seems genuine and (most of the times) written by experts who were able to make substantial comments and critiques. However, it is still dubious whether final acceptance decisions was made based on the expert’s comment or not, or if the company tried to “balance” negative expert peer evaluations with positive non-expert or even “fake” reviews or not. Maybe its worth to reevaluate this publisher sometimes in the future.

       (disc. I’m not affiliated with sciencedomain or any of its journals)

       Reply
130. Sue says:

     May 9, 2014 at 1:20 AM

     Dear Jeffery,

     Thanks for your efforts. In fact, a friend of mine has just assigned a contract as an assistant manager in one of the listed journals. He knew that the journal that he accepted to work for has been Q4 ranked without an impact factor or index in the PubMed for eight years. I recommended him to skip it, but he believed that he can do the change and make it really a reputably journal. Do you think he can withdrew it from the list in one year or two?. Is that feasible?. Thanks.

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       May 9, 2014 at 7:06 AM

       Yes.

       Reply
131. Jan Szczepanski says:

     May 9, 2014 at 7:29 AM

     Hi Jeffrey,

     Found this in the German EZB

     Titel: International Journal of Scientific and Innovative Mathematical Research (IJSIMR)
     RSS Icon
     Verlag: Academicians’ Research Center (ARC)
     Open Access Policy des Verlages in SHERPA/RoMEO suchen
     Fachgruppe(n): Mathematik
     Schlagwort(e): Allgemeine Mathematik
     E-ISSN(s): 2347-3142
     P-ISSN(s): 2347-307X
     ZDB-Nummer: 2737668-0
     erste Volltextausgabe: Jg. 1, H. 1 (2013)
     Homepage(s): http://www.arcjournals.org/ijsimr/ijsimr_home.php

     I got bad vibrations but Academicians’ Research Center is not on your list. What do you think?

     Jan

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       May 9, 2014 at 8:08 AM

       Thank you — I will give this one a full analysis. At first glance, I see some significant problems. It launched with nine, broad journals. They even launched without ISSNs. Everything was quickly created with a template, and this shows that you can create a new scholarly publisher is about a day, and immediately start collecting money from researchers.

       Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       May 9, 2014 at 12:23 PM

       Hi, Jan, Thanks for sharing this information. I have analyzed this publisher and added it to my list. Thanks again, Jeffrey.

       Reply
132. Mari says:

     May 11, 2014 at 1:17 AM

     Hello Doctor

     Could you please let me know if these following journals are in the BLACK list or not? are they ISI?

     1) The scientific world journal

     2) Indian Journal of Scientific Research (IJSR)

     Thanks a lot
     Mari

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       May 11, 2014 at 7:44 AM

       The Scientific World Journal is not on my list. It is not a predatory journal.
       The Indian Journal of Scientific Research is indeed on my list. It is a questionable journal, and I recommend that you NOT submit any papers to it. Good luck.

       Reply
133. Cuidado com as revistas e editoras predadoras - Enago Brasil Blog says:

     May 12, 2014 at 4:34 AM

     […] proteger os pesquisadores de tais editores, foi criada uma lista de periódicos questionáveis que é atualizada todos os anos. É recomendado que pesquisadores, cientistas e acadêmicos evitem […]

     Reply
134. Benno von Bormann says:

     May 13, 2014 at 6:36 AM

     Dear Jeffrey,
     I’m a retired Anesthesiological Prof. working as a scientific adviser in Asia. This part of the world has great potential, and is consequently in great need for publication, the more as acceptance by the established Journals is increasingly difficult to achieve. Your list is extremely helpful to avoid traps and pitfalls.
     I didn’t find the following dubious(?) company on your list: SciMed Central. They catched me for the Editorial Board because I found some reputable names already in it. Strangely they changed from Herald Scholarly Open Access to SciMed Central. Sounds not convincing. The final hint is the submisson process: One file (word or PDF) to an Emailaddress. Can you confirm? I consider to cancel my cooperation. Thank’s in advance, Peter

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       May 13, 2014 at 7:13 AM

       Sir, sorry for the confusion. I do have this publisher included on my list. It is listed as JScimed Central, so it is listed under “J”. I agree it is dubious, and I do recommend that you not work with them.

       Reply
135. Heru says:

     May 13, 2014 at 10:52 PM

     Mr. Jeff…….
     I am Heru from Indonesia…..
     please give me several names of —–CLEAN JOURNALS, that publish the researches about INFORMATION SYSTEMS
     Thank’s Sir.

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       May 14, 2014 at 6:21 AM

       Sorry — I limit my work to warning people about questionable publishers. I cannot recommend the best journals in each field.

       Reply
136. wakhid jauhari says:

     May 14, 2014 at 12:51 AM

     Could you tell me if the Advances in decision sciences and advances in operations research (Hindawi publisher) are good journals or a predatory journals

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       May 14, 2014 at 6:17 AM

       I can tell you that the publisher Hindawi is not on my list.

       Reply
137. Dr khan says:

     May 14, 2014 at 10:40 AM

     Hello Beall,
     Could you please check the following. its a pakistani journal..
     International Journal of Basic Medical Sciences and Pharmacy (IJBMSP)
     Link: http://www.ijbmsp.org/index.php/IJBMSP/index

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       May 17, 2014 at 7:10 AM

       I have added this journal to my backlog. Thanks.

       Reply
138. Niloofar says:

     May 16, 2014 at 4:00 AM

     Dear Mr. Beal,
     Thank gou very much for providing us with useful information. The problem is that I needed a journal which gives quick response and I could not wait for a long time. I sent my paper to international journal of English language and translation studies. It is accepted. I don’t know what to do now. I couldn’t find a good journal which gives an early response. How about Asian EFL journal? Is it good or better than IJ-ELTS? Thank you in advance for your consideration.

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       May 16, 2014 at 2:40 PM

       I don’t know which are the most and least respected journals in fields outside my own. Quick acceptance and high quality usually don’t go together in scholarly publishing.

       Reply
       • Kevin J. Black, M.D. says:

         May 28, 2014 at 9:17 AM

         “Quick acceptance and high quality usually don’t go together in scholarly publishing.” — This is probably true in general, but I think it is less true now than it used to be. Here are a few rather different examples: (1) Elsevier journals post their median review times online for each journal, and they get the unedited submitted manuscript online very quickly after acceptance, with edited proofs following quickly. (2) There have always been journals aiming at fast publication times, like Neuroscience Letters, and the new, highly selective journal eLife aims to do something similar. I have also been quite impressed with PeerJ, which is much like PLoS One; it’s too new for an impact factor but publishes accepted papers quite rapidly. (4) I think there is a place for the mildly radical publishing model of F1000Research (publish first, review second, revise as needed; indexed in PubMed only after positive reviews), both for work that is not at all groundbreaking but deserves to see the light of day and for work for which you need a citable publication before submitting an NIH grant application.
         Since it may matter to the discussion, I do have a good bit of experience with scientific writing.
       • Kevin J. Black, M.D. says:

         May 28, 2014 at 10:25 AM

         P.S. I should probably add for transparency that I am (one of hundreds of) unpaid academic editors for PeerJ, and have published in PLoS ONE and F1000Research, in addition to journals from Elsevier (and NPG and etc.)
139. Kathleen Wynd says:

     May 16, 2014 at 6:34 AM

     Reblogged this on Ressources électroniques des bibliothèques de l'UQAM and commented:
     Bonjour,
     Voici une liste bien intéressante…la liste des éditeurs Open Access au comportement prédateur. Beall inclut même les critères permettant de déterminer si un éditeur ou un périodique est prédateur. Bonne lecture !

     Reply
140. Sven says:

     May 17, 2014 at 7:09 AM

     Dear Mr. Beall,

     Recently I got two invitations to be part of the editorial board (http://www.indianalytics.de/p). The second one was from Austin Publishing Group, which is on your list. So I ignored it.

     However, the first one was from VRJ Publishers (http://www.vrjpublishers.com) for the Journal of Bioinformatics Research Studies (http://jbrsonline.com). It is not on your list but it seemed suspect to me.

     Can you provide an opinion/assessment on this publisher/journal?

     Thanks!

     Regards,
     Sven

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       May 17, 2014 at 9:26 AM

       I have added this publisher to my backlog here: http://wp.me/P280Ch-Ov There are too many journals/publishers emerging out of India for me to analyze. In the meantime, I recommend finding a better publisher.

       Reply
       • Said Bin M S says:

         May 18, 2014 at 6:45 AM

         Sir,
         What do you say about the authenticity of “AIMS International Journal of Management”?

         AIMS – Association of Indian Management Scholars
       • Jeffrey Beall says:

         May 18, 2014 at 7:39 AM

         I haven’t analyzed it. It’s a subscription journal. I limit my analyses to open-access journals.
141. Becoming an editor. Not. » Indianalytics says:

     May 17, 2014 at 7:11 AM

     […] some of the members such as Prof. Andrzej Kloczkowski are associated with other journals by questionable publishers (OMICS Publishing Group in this […]

     Reply
142. Said Bin M S says:

     May 18, 2014 at 4:11 AM

     Dear Mr Jeffrey,
     Thank you very much for this kind work you are doing!
     Well! After that, I have one special request (advice) to you for us.

     I found that most of journals I came across on internet are in your list, really I feel headache on that. I don’t know which one is not included there, so it take long to observe every journal for authenticity.

     MY REQUEST: Apart from popular publishers like ELSEVIER, I request you to add another page here on you web reading like “HONEST/RELIABLE JOURNALS/PUBLISHERS” this will help us focusing on them so as can save our time searching for a ‘good’.

     When you are reviewing journals and publishers, and found that one is honest just put it on for us.

     Thus is all for now from me, hope is clear, understandable and taken for consideration.
     Thanks

     Reply
143. saleem says:

     May 18, 2014 at 11:05 PM

     Dear Mr Jeffrey,

     What about this journal. “International journal of photoenergy”. IS it ok???

     Link:- http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijp/

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       May 19, 2014 at 6:14 AM

       Yes, it is OK. Its publisher, Hindawi, is not on my list.

       Reply
144. Kousar says:

     May 18, 2014 at 11:53 PM

     Dear Jeffrey,

     why these two journals in your list? both are ISI indexed.
     1. Research Journal of Recent Sciences
     2. International Research Journal of Biological Sciences

     Kindly, tell me the reson so i’ll satisfy to others.

     Thanks.

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       May 19, 2014 at 6:45 AM

       Both of these journals are published by a highly questionable and even dangerous publisher called International Science Congress Association. This publisher is on my list and I recommend that scholars avoid all of its many journals.
       Please document that these journals are “ISI Indexed.” I do not see this. Send a URL that confirms this; I think it is false.

       Reply
       • Kousar says:

         May 19, 2014 at 10:44 PM

         Dear Jeffrey,

         Both were in ISI indexed but just min before i checked one isn’t appeared in indexing but check this URL:
         http://science.thomsonreuters.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jlresults.cgi?PC=MASTER&ISSN=2278-3202

         Thanks,
       • Jeffrey Beall says:

         May 20, 2014 at 5:46 AM

         You’re right — thanks — it is indeed there. I think ISI is making a mistake by including this vapid journal.
145. Benno von Bormann says:

     May 19, 2014 at 3:23 AM

     Dear Mr. Beall,
     my I ask your opinion about the ‘World Journal of Clinical Cases’, (http://www.wjgnet.com) which is one of many open access Journals of a group called ESPS, Baishideng Publishing Group, 8226 Regency Drive, Pleasanton, CA 94588, USA. They ask for submitting a manuscript as a single word file, something that strikes me odd. Thank you for your effort.

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       May 19, 2014 at 7:16 AM

       Baishideng Publishing Group is not included among the publishers on my list, but I do find it borderline in some aspects.

       Reply
146. Hamid says:

     May 19, 2014 at 11:32 AM

     Dear Dr. Beall,
     Warm greetings of the day,
     “International journal of English language and translation studies” is on your list. This journal accepted my manuscript. I thought it is an ISC journal. Now I don’t know what to do. Isn’t it ISC? In general, what is your opinion of ISC journals.
     Thank you in advance for your consideration.

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       May 19, 2014 at 12:41 PM

       I don’t recommend that the ISC list be used as a criterion in judging journals.

       Reply
147. Kurniawan Dwi Irianto says:

     May 19, 2014 at 10:00 PM

     Dear Dr. Beall,

     Could you please tell me about Journal of Advances in Computer Networks (JACN). Is it fine? the link is http://www.jacn.net/.

     Many thanks.

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       May 20, 2014 at 5:50 AM

       I’ve added this to my backlog. I’m sorry — I don’t have time to analyze all the new standalone journals appearing in South Asia.

       Reply
148. Iftekhar Saeed says:

     May 20, 2014 at 7:41 AM

     Dear Sir, What about European Academic Research?

     Reply
149. Simone Galina says:

     May 20, 2014 at 1:08 PM

     Dear Dr Beall,
     May I know your opinion about ´Academic Publishing Platforms´ and especifically PERSPECTIVES OF INNOVATIONS, ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS?
     Thank you in advance.

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       May 23, 2014 at 6:32 PM

       I am not sure what that is. An aggregator? A journal management system?
       I will do an analysis, thanks.

       Reply
150. Sigit says:

     May 21, 2014 at 5:05 PM

     Dear Dr Beall,

     May I know your opinion of Journal of Knowledge Management Practice and Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management ? Are they legitimate journal or not? Thank you very much

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       May 23, 2014 at 6:23 PM

       I haven’t analyzed the first one. I am not sure that it qualifies as a true scholarly journal, so I don’t want to spend any time evaluating it. Based on my quick look, I would advise looking for a more mainstream journal — publishing in this journal is not going to help your career, in my opinion.

       I have not analyzed the The Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management either.

       Reply
151. Steve says:

     May 22, 2014 at 1:18 AM

     Hi Jeffrey,
     I would like to have more information about Symbiosis. For example Journal of Nutritional Health & Food Science is a new journal and already several international groups have contributed to this journal. There is an Editorial Board. So it seems OK to me,
     Thank you,

     st

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       May 23, 2014 at 6:16 PM

       Can you send the link, please?

       Reply
152. H. K. Das says:

     May 23, 2014 at 10:04 PM

     What’s about American Journal of Operations Research? Is it good to publish a paper in Scientific Research Publishing? In which quality it maintain?

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       May 24, 2014 at 5:54 AM

       This journal is published by a publisher called Scientific Research Publishing (SCIRP). This publisher is included on my list, so I recommend that you NOT submit any papers to this journal.

       Reply
153. muafipaciran says:

     May 23, 2014 at 10:11 PM

     Dear Mr Jeffrey,

     What about this journal. “International journal of research studies in Management indexed by Microsoft Academic Search (MAS)?”.
     Are this journal indexed by MAS?
     I will be waiting for your information. Thanks Prof.
     muafipaciran@gmail.com

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       May 24, 2014 at 7:21 AM

       This journal is published by a firm called Consortia Academia. It is not on my list.

       Reply
154. adhi says:

     May 24, 2014 at 12:48 AM

     Dear Mr.Jeffrey Beal,

     could you please tell me about the International Journal of Information Technology and Computer Science(IJITCS)
     http://www.mecs-press.org/ijitcs/index.html

     Thank you

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       May 24, 2014 at 12:15 PM

       I am conducting an analysis of this publisher. It will take some time.

       The publisher is: MECS Publisher (Modern Education and Computer Science Publisher) = http://www.mecs-press.org/

       Thanks for your patience.

       Reply
155. Jan Szczepanski says:

     May 24, 2014 at 9:39 AM

     Hi again,

     eSci Journals Publishing is a publisher in Pakistan that I would appreciate your opinion about.

     Jan

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       May 24, 2014 at 10:53 AM

       Good question. This publisher used to be on my list. They appealed, and my appeals board recommended that I remove them. This occurred about a year ago. I am increasingly receiving inquiries like this one asking about this publisher, an indication to me that some find it fishy. Perhaps it’s time for another analysis.

       Reply
156. Debarchana says:

     May 25, 2014 at 6:31 AM

     Respected Sir,
     May I know your opinion of the following three journals? Are they legitimate journal or not? I would really appreciate your opinion about them.Thank you very much in advance.

     1.Journal of Microbiology & Experimentation (JMEN) by Medcrave Publishers
     http://medcraveonline.com/JMEN/

     2. International Trends in Immunity (ITI) by Research Publisher
     http://researchpub.org/journal/iti/iti.html

     3. SOJ Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (SOJMID) by Symbiosis.
     http://symbiosisonlinepublishing.com/microbiology-infectiousdiseases/

     Reply
157. Benno von Bormann says:

     May 27, 2014 at 7:26 AM

     Dear Dr. Beall,
     between others who contacted me during the last days (‘warmest greetings from…’) I didn’t find these two groups in your list. I think they are suspicious, as they both have tons of OAJ in their portfolio and proper information about the members of the various Editorial boards and their affiliations are often lacking. At least they do not hide that they expect payment.

     1. Jacobs Publishers, http://www.jacobspublishers.com/index.php
     2. Frontiers in medicine, http://www.frontiersin.org/

     May I have your opinion.
     Thank you very much. Benno

     Reply
158. Beware of predatory publishers | Rufaida Honor Nursing Society says:

     May 27, 2014 at 8:07 AM

     […] people are taken in to make the venture worthwhile. If you have any doubts then there is a useful list of predatory publishers that you may consult. It is regularly […]

     Reply
159. May says:

     May 27, 2014 at 3:40 PM

     Hi Jeff,

     Any thoughts on these 2 open access journals?
     1) Progress in Biomaterials (http://www.progressbiomaterials.com/about/privacypolicy). Here is their copyright policy: (http://www.springeropen.com/authors/license_spr)

     2) Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B (http://www.journals.elsevier.com/acta-pharmaceutica-sinica-b/). Here is their copyright policy: (http://www.elsevier.com/journals/acta-pharmaceutica-sinica-b/2211-3835/open-access-journal)

     #1 is from Springer Open and #2 from Elsevier (but I couldn’t find it on Elsevier open access journal list).

     Your feedback is much appreciated.

     Also, a big thanks for this list- it is has helped so many researchers.

     Kind regards.

     Reply
     • May says:

       May 30, 2014 at 10:51 AM

       Hi Jeff,

       Could you please tell me if these 2 journals are good places to submit academic research? I googled and couldn’t find much information on these journals.

       I would appreciate your input and advice.

       Thank you.

       Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       June 1, 2014 at 5:24 PM

       These two journals do not meet the criteria as predatory journals. I think they are fine.

       Reply
       • May says:

         June 1, 2014 at 7:51 PM

         Thank you Jeff. I really appreciate your help.
160. Lomax says:

     May 27, 2014 at 5:26 PM

     Hi, I would like to know about the journal. European Scientific Journal, Portugal. I cannot imagine they accepted an article within less than two (2) weeks. And publication fee is 97euros. They publish between 3 or 4 volumes in a month. Impact Factor is quoted as 8.25. Still shaking my head.
     http://www.eujournal.org/index.php/esj

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       May 27, 2014 at 5:32 PM

       I recently added this journal to my list and recommend against submitting papers to it or to any other journals published by this publisher.

       Reply
     • AlexH says:

       May 27, 2014 at 9:39 PM

       They are doing editorial review, not external peer evaluation: “Authors can publish their articles and thesis, after a review by our editorial board.” It is possible to make a decision within a few weeks if they use editorial reviewing.

       Reply
161. Rick says:

     June 3, 2014 at 2:27 PM

     What do you think about the “Frontiers in” journals? Seems to me that they are predatory for a variety of reasons. Just wondering if they are new enough that they haven’t made your list.

     It’s interesting how certain names seem to pop up on editorial boards of many of these predatory journals. Not even sure that these are names of real people, but that should be a giveaway itself. If you google the name of an editor and it comes up as an editor of numerous shady journals.

     Thanks for your excellent work compiling a list like this.

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       June 5, 2014 at 10:03 AM

       I do not think that the Frontiers journals meet the criteria for being classified as predatory. Still, I do receive many inquiries about the publisher, an indication to me that many find it … questionable.

       Reply
       • Kevin J. Black, M.D. says:

         June 12, 2014 at 9:24 AM

         That is awesome … considering that they are now published by Nature Publishing Group (more or less).
         http://www.nature.com/press_releases/npgfrontiers.html
162. SAOIM 14: Papers presented on day 1- a summary | SAOUG says:

     June 5, 2014 at 1:50 AM

     […] paper delivered by Dr Carina van Zyl from the CSIR on Predatory publishers. There are tools such as Beall’s list of predatory publishers that libraries can use to stay safe from these Predatory publishers, Beall can be followed on […]

     Reply
163. 該怎麼防範詐騙吸金學術期刊？ - Enago英論閣 部落格：論文撰寫與科學研究發表支援 says:

     June 5, 2014 at 5:31 AM

     […] 2014詐騙吸金期刊列表 […]

     Reply
164. A says:

     June 11, 2014 at 9:36 PM

     please see this
     https://sites.google.com/site/photonfoundationorganization/home/international-journal-of-biotechnology

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       June 12, 2014 at 4:45 AM

       I recommend: Do not submit any work to anything published by the Photon Foundation.

       Reply
165. A says:

     June 11, 2014 at 9:44 PM

     please verify this journal
     1. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research
     2.International Journal of Innovative Research in Advanced Engineering(http://ijirae.com)

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       June 12, 2014 at 10:48 AM

       I’m very sorry — I don’t have time to properly analyze these journals at this time. I have added to my backlog here: http://wp.me/P280Ch-Ov

       There are just too many megajournals such as these appearing. I don’t have time to review them all. I would suggest that, if you find these journals questionable, you seek a higher quality place to publish your work. Thank you.

       Reply
166. Rafat says:

     June 12, 2014 at 8:51 AM

     Dear Jeffrey,

     Kindly tell me about the “Journal of Life Sciences (ISSN 1934-7391), USA, David Publishing Company, http://www.davidpublishing.com. However, the name of David Publisher is on your list. But they claimed that they have ISSN number and their impact of 2009 and 2011 as 3.3 and 5.2 respectively. Furthermore, I could not found Impac of 2012 and 2013 through Google. I am confused now. Please tell me about this journal and the company..

     Best Regards

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       June 12, 2014 at 9:18 AM

       Rafat:
       I don’t see on their website where they say their journals have impact factors. Nevertheless, this publisher is on my list, and I strongly recommend that you not submit a paper to any of its journals. I recommend finding a better publisher.

       Reply
167. Aliah says:

     June 13, 2014 at 7:55 AM

     Very informative! I would like to follow this post.

     Reply
168. Stephanie says:

     June 14, 2014 at 8:40 AM

     Any thoughts on BioMed Research International? (formerly titled Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology) claims impact factor of 2.88

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       June 14, 2014 at 12:55 PM

       This is published by the Cairo-based publisher Hindawi, which is not on my list. I think the impact factor they claim is legitimate.

       Reply
169. rplimaye says:

     June 15, 2014 at 5:15 AM

     Why have you included RJPBCS they claim to be in NLM list soon.Please give us information about it.Thanks for thr great work

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       June 15, 2014 at 6:53 AM

       Right, this journal, Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences (RJPBCS), does indeed make a lot of claims. It (falsely) claims to have an impact factor of 0.35, for example. As you indicate, it may claim that it will be cataloged (not indexed) in the NLM online catalog soon, but this is not a measure of quality. I find this broad-scope journal to be amateurish and recommend that scholars find a more professional venue for their work.

       Reply
       • rplimaye says:

         June 22, 2014 at 7:46 AM

         Thanks for this detailed response. Unfortunate that I read your article late.Thanks anyway. I will refer the list before I make any future mistakes.
170. Tilahun says:

     June 17, 2014 at 4:28 AM

     Any comment on International Journal of Insect Science, Journal of Entomology and Nematology, Journal of Applied Biosciences, and Biopesticides International?

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       June 17, 2014 at 6:58 AM

       Regarding the International Journal of Insect Science, this is published by a company called Libertas Academica. This publisher is not on my list, but many find this to be a questionable publisher.

       Regarding the Journal of Entomology and Nematology, this is published by the Nigerian publisher Academic Journals, which is on my list, so I would generally advise people to seek a better entomology journal than this one.

       The Journal of Applied Biosciences is published by Elewa Biosciences, which is on my list.

       The journal Biopesticides International is not open access, so I haven’t analyzed it.

       Reply
171. The antivaccination cult’s idea of what constitutes “peer-reviewed” | Skeptical Raptor's Blog says:

     June 17, 2014 at 3:07 PM

     […] does occasionally land on the list of “predatory publishers,” that is, a publisher who demands money to publish. Which Hindawi does for all of its […]

     Reply
172. M. M. Khan says:

     June 18, 2014 at 6:49 AM

     Dear Jeffry! Really a commendable work and very informative for researchers and contributors.
     Can you share your analysis about IGI Global publishers:
     http://www.igi-global.com
     Thanks in advance!

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       June 18, 2014 at 7:20 AM

       IGI Global is not an open-access publisher, so I have not fully analyzed it.
       Because it is not an OA publisher, it is not eligible for my list.

       Reply
173. Another antivaccination cult "peer-reviewed" paper–SIDS and vaccines says:

     June 18, 2014 at 4:27 PM

     […] the notorious (not exaggerating) publisher Bentham Science. Bentham is accused of being a predatory publisher, meaning they charge the author to publish an article, probably because the article can find no […]

     Reply
174. Normah Mohd Ghazali says:

     June 18, 2014 at 10:27 PM

     Dear Jeffry,How about Praiseworthy Prize Publisher with a publication fee of ~USD200. My student submitted his paper to the journal (I.R.M.E.) and I was happy for him until I read some of the abstracts. Maybe I am wrong but e.g. a short abstract written in 2 paragraphs with related issues presented. It seemed odd.

     Reply
175. Professor Martin Fiebert says:

     June 19, 2014 at 10:56 PM

     I have published a number of articles in the International Review of Social Sciences and Humanities. I have been pleased with peer review process and editing. the cost is reasonable (no more than well established journals like Psychological Reports or Perceptual Motor Skills) and the turn around time is also reasonable. I know the journal is relatively new and is located in India. Publication is both online and in hard copy. I am interested in your thoughts.

     Reply
     • Aliah says:

       June 20, 2014 at 4:36 AM

       I have submitted and paid quite a big amount of money for my article’s publication in December, 2013, to Pensee Journal (http://www.penseejournal.com/archive.html). At that moment I didn’t have an idea at all about the existence of such kind hilacked journals! Now of course the Ministry of Science did not consider it as publication…i just wanna know why this journal is still continuing its crime?? Just look at the latest archive (http://www.penseejournal.com/archive.html)…It is a profitable business of course. Basically authors are from non english countries and they do not have information about that at all. Are there any ways to punish those people??..

       Reply
       • Jeffrey Beall says:

         June 20, 2014 at 4:44 AM

         Excellent questions– I wish I had some good answers. I am just trying to warn people about this and other scholarly publishing scams. I’m not sure what else I can do.
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       June 21, 2014 at 8:27 PM

       This journal is on my list, and I recommend that scholars not publish there.
       How long was the turn around time for each article?
       Are you willing to share the peer reviews with me? How many times did you have to revise and resubmit each article? Or, what was the extent of the changes the reviewers asked you to make? How many articles in total have you published there?

       Reply
176. Aliah says:

     June 20, 2014 at 5:01 AM

     Dear Mr Jeffrey Beall, thank you very much for your help for the authors! I wish I had seen your blog much earlier, but this is a good lesson for me of course, and i am going to warn my colleagues as well to be very very careful. I think it is just a question of time and…unfortunately money. I strongly beleive your blog must be speaded to each Ministry of Education and Science around the world especially to non english-speaking and developing countries!

     Reply
177. Professor Martin Fiebert says:

     June 24, 2014 at 10:16 AM

     Professor Beall in response to to questions of June 21: Over the past 3 years I have published 7 articles in the International Review of Social Science & Humanities (IRSSH). The articles ranged from an historical/psychological examination of Black-Jewish relations, to a approach to Gestalt therapy as well as a series of studies conducted by myself, colleagues and students exploring Facebook Behaviors. The turn around time for articles ranged from 2 to 5 months. The articles themselves have been viewed, cited and download from RESEARCHGATE. The cost of publication has been quite reasonable averaging about $200.00. The Journal itself has been consistent in is publication schedule (I think 3 times a year) and is available open access as well as in hard copy. As you may infer I am quite pleased with the policies & operation of IRSSH and would encourage researchers who have had terrible experiences with other journals to consider publishing in IRSSH. I myself am a full professor of Psychology at California State University, Long Beach starting my 50th year of teaching. If you check out my webpage or RESEARCHGATE you will note that I have published 59 articles in peer-reviewed journals..

     Reply
178. Ghias says:

     June 25, 2014 at 12:09 AM

     Jeffrey Beall

     What you say about “World Applied Sciences Journal”. We have already published some papers in this journal. last year This journal mentioned its impact factor but now removed from the website.Kindly also inform that Thomson Reuters, if removed, the name of a journal from the master list, does they can include again. or removed forever.

     thanks and regards

     Ghias

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       June 25, 2014 at 8:36 AM

       This journal is published by a company called IDOSI. This publisher is on my list, so I recommend against submitting papers to this journal or the others published by this company.

       This journal used to be indexed by Scopus, but the index decided to prospectively drop the journal. Please, find a better publisher. Good luck.

       Reply
179. M says:

     June 25, 2014 at 5:19 AM

     Hi
     i had published 3 paper on Academic Journals on 2009-2010. my papers have not any worth now?!

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       June 25, 2014 at 8:48 AM

       The value of articles is measured differently than the value of journals.
       How many citations have your papers had, for example?

       Reply
       • M says:

         June 26, 2014 at 2:08 PM

         Dear Jeffrey
         until now, my papers had had 4 citations. you think it were enough for that and they have valuable for my resume?! thanks a lot for your reply.
         regards
180. hamed says:

     June 25, 2014 at 5:43 AM

     Dear Jeffrey,
     I have recently sent one of my papers to a journal entitled “http://journal-of-biotechnological-sciences.darsgah-e-ahlebait.com”
     however I want to ask you about this journal, is that authentic??? I do apreciate your comments on it. thanks

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       June 25, 2014 at 8:47 AM

       I had not heard of this journal before. It seems to be published by a company called Dargah-e-ahlebait.

       On their website, they say, “Journal of biotechnological sciences is published by dargah-e-ahlebait (Pakistan). A institute who prefer qualitative scientific work for publication. We have expert international team for evolution.”

       I will try to make time to fully analyze this publisher (it appears they publish two journals). In the meantime, I would recommend finding a better publisher. This one seems very amateurish.

       Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       June 25, 2014 at 2:54 PM

       Hi, Hamed,
       Thank you for your comment. I have analyzed this publisher and added it to my list.
       How long did your peer review take? The site does not mention anything about article processing charges. Did they ask you to pay anything? I could not find a contact email on the site — only a web form. I would recommend that you find a better publisher. This one seems very amateurish. Good luck.

       Reply
       • hamed says:

         June 25, 2014 at 3:49 PM

         actually they don not charge authors at all. moreover they accepted my paper immediately and published it, so I understood that they don’t peer-review articles. but it indexed by google scholar, is that valuable??? I can see my paper in google scholar and it, somehow, satisfied me. is this good?

         thanks for your kind help.
       • Jeffrey Beall says:

         June 25, 2014 at 3:54 PM

         Yes, in fact there is some value in being indexed in Google Scholar. It helps people find your articles easier. It increases visibility of articles.
181. Kimberly says:

     June 25, 2014 at 8:39 AM

     Dear Jeffrey,
     I was recently contacted by the Journal of Research on Contemporary Society (ISSN 1998-2607) a new academic journal, which is published by Longbridge Publishing Company Limited, Hong Kong. They are interested in one of my manuscripts based on an abstract they found in a conference abstract package. Can you tell me if they’re credible?

     Thank you so much for all you do.

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       June 25, 2014 at 8:54 AM

       Hi, Kimberly: This publisher is included on my list here: http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/

       They are using a tactic that many predatory publishers use, namely harvesting author names and emails from conference abstracts. Then they spam the author inviting a paper. I strongly recommend that you ignore this offer.

       Good luck,

       Jeffrey

       Reply
182. Josh says:

     June 27, 2014 at 12:38 PM

     Dear Jeffrey,
     I was recently invited to submit a manuscript to AIMS Neuroscience, a new OA journal listed here: http://aimspress.com/aimsn/ch/reader/view_special_issue.aspx?key_words=&id=20140530121202001
     I looked into the editorial board and they appear to be credible scholars who have published their own work in a number of different journals. The AIMS website states that the OA fee will be waived for the first 3 years of the journal in an effort to encourage submissions since this is a new journal. I am eager to hear your thoughts on this OA journal.
     Best Regards,
     Josh

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       July 6, 2014 at 9:37 AM

       I have analyzed this publisher before, and during that analysis, I did not find that the publisher met the criteria for inclusion on my list. Looking at it again, I reach the same conclusion. If you think I am missing something, i.e., that the publisher should be added, please let me know why. Thanks.

       Reply
       • Josh says:

         July 7, 2014 at 2:02 PM

         I agree with your conclusion and I appreciate that you took the time to look into it. I value your expertise on issues of OA journals and I wanted to ask you for your professional opinion. I’m glad that our evaluations (that this particular publisher appears valid) corroborated each other.
         Excellent website, knowledgebase, and resource on OA journals.
         Kind regards,
         Josh
183. Bijan Ehsanzadeh says:

     June 30, 2014 at 5:53 PM

     Dear Mr. Beall,
     Recently I have submitted my paper on “Open Journal of Geology (OJG)” which is classified as the subset for “Scientific Research Publisher”. It has been accepted, as I thought so. But my very question is that do you find such journals genuine? I mean, I am a student and I have to defend my thesis in two months. I really need to submit my studies. I have been working on them for almost a year. Dose these publishers decrease the validity of my studies?

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       July 1, 2014 at 4:19 PM

       Are you referring to the Open Journal of Geology that is published by Scientific Research Publishing? If so, then yes, this publisher is on my list, and I recommend that you find a better quality publisher for your work. This publisher is known for accepting and publishing questionable science, and this could hurt the reputation of your work if you publish in one of their journals. Good luck with your defense.

       Reply
       • Bijan Ehsanzadeh says:

         July 2, 2014 at 2:12 PM

         I appreciate your warm and prompt reply.
184. Arunava says:

     July 1, 2014 at 4:48 AM

     Dear Sir,

     Can you please verify whether the “Journal of Electrical Engineering” (website: http://www.jee.ro/index.php) is a predatory journal or is it ok? Thanks in advance.

     With warm Regards,
     Arunava.

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       July 1, 2014 at 4:07 PM

       I haven’t analyzed this journal. I didn’t know about it. I will try to analyze it as soon as I can. Thanks for letting me know about it.

       Reply
       • Arunava says:

         July 2, 2014 at 12:41 AM

         Thank you for your prompt reply. The Editor and some of the Editorial board members of this journal are eminent researchers and academicians in Electrical Engg. However, they’ve not published in this journal. This looks a bit fishy to me. Also the impact factor is a bit questionable. But I’ve seen it is indexed in Google Scholar. Eagerly waiting for your view.
         Warm Regards,
         Arunava
       • Jeffrey Beall says:

         July 6, 2014 at 7:34 AM

         I’ve added this journal to my list. I observed some serious problems with plagiarism. I would recommend finding a better electrical engineering journal.
185. Abd-Elrahman says:

     July 2, 2014 at 6:59 AM

     dear Prof. Beall
     Can you please verify whether the Journal of
     Network Biology ISSN 2220-8879 (http://www.iaees.org/publications/journals/nb/nb.asp) is a predatory journal or not?
     Sincerely,

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       July 2, 2014 at 7:18 PM

       I had not heard of this publisher (International Academy of Ecology and Environmental Sciences (IAEES)) before, so thank you for letting me know about it. I have analyzed it and added it to my list. I would suggest that you find a better publisher for your work. Thanks again.

       Reply
186. Subramaniyaswamy says:

     July 3, 2014 at 2:50 AM

     Dear Dr. Beall,

     Very useful for finding out predatory publishers. May i know, when the impact factor of the journal will be released by Thomson Reuters.

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       July 3, 2014 at 4:24 AM

       The new impact factors (the 2013 impact factors) should be released later this month.

       Reply
187. Abd-Elrahman says:

     July 3, 2014 at 4:07 AM

     Please, tell me how you evaluate its credibility ?

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188. Abd-Elrahman says:

     July 3, 2014 at 8:36 AM

     It is in master journal list of Thomson Reuters

     http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jlresults.cgi?PC=MASTER&Full=NETWORK%20BIOLOGY

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189. Ahmed says:

     July 4, 2014 at 2:15 AM

     Hello Professor
     May you please let me know if this following journal is in the Fake list or not?
     It is a SCI?
     Journal of Plant Pathology & Microbiology
     http://omicsonline.org/plant-pathology-microbiology.php

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     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       July 4, 2014 at 5:48 AM

       Yes, the journal’s publisher, OMICS Publishing Group, is on my list. I recommend that you NOT submit any articles to this journal. Please find a better journal.

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     • Andy says:

       July 5, 2014 at 3:24 AM

       OMICS is fake, so i will not expect any journal it produces to be authentic. Jeffrey will confirm!!!!

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190. Normah Mohd Ghazali, Ph.D says:

     July 4, 2014 at 8:18 AM

     Dear Jeffrey,
     I haven’t seen Praizeworthy Publisher on your list. Can you please check? My colleagues have published many papers here, I.R.E.M.E.)0 is one of them and since it’s scopus-indexed, publications are used for career promotions. Authors have to pay for publications. The reason I asked is because I wonder about the quality of some of the papers when I started reading some of them – I’m an academician in a public university. Thank you.

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     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       July 4, 2014 at 8:30 AM

       Dr. Ghazali, I removed this publisher from my list recently. They changed their publishing model from open access to toll access (subscription model). I prefer to cover only open-access publishers. Still, I think your observations about this publisher are correct, and I would personally advise scholars to avoid this publisher and find a better one.
       Thanks,
       Jeffrey

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191. M. M. Khan says:

     July 6, 2014 at 2:43 PM

     Hi, Jeffery Beall! What are your comments on River Publishers: http://www.riverpublishers.com
     Thanks

     Reply
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       July 7, 2014 at 7:15 AM

       I haven’t heard of this publisher before. I will analyze it.
       I’d appreciate hearing your comments on it and any experiences you’ve had.

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       • M. M. Khan says:

         July 7, 2014 at 2:04 PM

         Thanks for your reply. I haven’t had any experiences with this publishers but came to know of this through some friends who were interested in a book (perhaps) just published by them online. If it is reliable then I would like to recommend and also publish some works with them. I will wait for your analysis.
     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       July 7, 2014 at 6:59 PM

       This publisher does not meet the criteria for inclusion on my list.

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192. Aslam says:

     July 8, 2014 at 4:23 AM

     Dear Beall,

     I want ask a simple question

     On what criteria you have made this list? Also please mention that do you have proofs against these publishers?

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     • Jeffrey Beall says:

       July 8, 2014 at 4:51 AM

       Please find the criteria I use here. There are both subjective and objective components to the judgments and decisions to add or not add to the lists.

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