tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919517653892378810.comments2023-10-20T07:52:16.424+00:00JournalologyMatt Hodgkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02376788922895957748noreply@blogger.comBlogger127125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919517653892378810.post-4101928740657117662017-07-25T00:34:48.310+00:002017-07-25T00:34:48.310+00:00I was excited to receive such a good news to publi...I was excited to receive such a good news to publish my paper into a book plus royalties. So in my joy to reply them, I wanted to know how to address the editor because I wasn't familiar with the name. So I took the editor's with the publication name and googled and hold and behold, I landed here and other blogs showing how scam they are. I thank God I did not reply them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05052101925290752027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919517653892378810.post-71328831794603831082017-04-12T23:24:41.789+00:002017-04-12T23:24:41.789+00:00Much here very well-articulated -- albeit I'm ...Much here very well-articulated -- albeit I'm in no condition, position myself to offer legal advice. <br /><br />There's also much here I puzzled over. Key, most: Why/how all the distinctions between Pubmed and Wikipedia? Pubmed gets/asserts fair use yet Wikipedia NO because . . . ???<br /><br />>"Ideas mean different things to a scientist and to a (traditional) publisher." <br /><br />Copyright protects neither ideas nor facts to begin with -- only "expression."<br /><br />>"Papers written by employees of US federal agencies in the course of their employment will be public domain . . . ."<br /><br />what/why is NOT "n the course of their employment"? why not same rule for research publicly funded, tax-exempt charitable funded, papers from employees from other govt agencies?Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10710432523609231630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919517653892378810.post-33810044039324836422017-03-23T15:20:53.118+00:002017-03-23T15:20:53.118+00:00What's to be done? Caveat Emptor (let the buy...What's to be done? Caveat Emptor (let the buyer beware!). Any established scientist who doesn't do the minimal work required to verify the reputation of a publisher deserves their unhappy fate. That is what is to be done.<br />(Note: I realize this is a response to a long-ago post from 2015)Bensadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12082583504490021299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919517653892378810.post-53491636554267044152016-07-05T20:25:51.102+00:002016-07-05T20:25:51.102+00:00It looks like they're still at it, I had an em...It looks like they're still at it, I had an email offering to publish my case study/thesis from 2007 about a now defunct department based at a single retail branch of a national UK chain. I'm going to email them back and ask "who cares?"Jen's Jewelleryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15125856613431516079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919517653892378810.post-37460692484601876952016-06-28T22:56:14.984+00:002016-06-28T22:56:14.984+00:00A comment from a reader's perspective, I purch...A comment from a reader's perspective, I purchased a very interesting book from this publisher (via net) on little known edible plants in India, I thought it was a little odd that the grammar was very poor, though thought this might be normal for Indian texts in English, a second language, all the scientific names were accurate at least. I was suspicious enough to Google the publisher, interestingly the first time I've ever done this, good to read your comments.<br />I get the impression the references to edible species are accurate, but many seem unique to this text so almost too good and exciting to be true, but they may well be true. It would be very sad if this is a sound document and the author was innocent of the nature of this publisher. This is certainly disappointing to me, will still use the book but with caution.<br />I would have thought a publisher like this could get into trouble, if a book falsely says something is edible and it kills someone who eats it couldn't they be held accountable, I suppose they've thought of ways around this. <br /><br /> David Nichollshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03136627232711003524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919517653892378810.post-88138252791010455632016-06-08T22:23:46.927+00:002016-06-08T22:23:46.927+00:00Thanks for this clarification as this blog appeare...Thanks for this clarification as this blog appeared during googling on this company as l received email from them so l get doubtful about this as l know how is it very difficult to make a respectful publishing. But as their fraud is very obvious why there is no action taken against themAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06593557566848862439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919517653892378810.post-39584189961826391122016-01-17T20:16:24.653+00:002016-01-17T20:16:24.653+00:00Yes, this is a fake journal and you should not pay...Yes, this is a fake journal and you should not pay.Matt Hodgkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02376788922895957748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919517653892378810.post-69748745781956528092015-12-31T06:25:53.791+00:002015-12-31T06:25:53.791+00:00dear friends
i have been asked to pay 540USD thro...dear friends<br /><br />i have been asked to pay 540USD through following link. detail as follows<br /><br />*Wufenia journal WILL send you the FORMAL ACCEPTANCE LETTER AS SOON AS YOU PAY THE PUBLICATION FEE. <br /><br />Payment detail<br />Method: Online payment<br /><br />Use the following link to send your money (540 USD):<br /><br />http://taylorspub.com/540usd.php<br /><br />is it fake message??????/<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02991642786773275094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919517653892378810.post-64275394170069758822015-11-18T15:05:17.006+00:002015-11-18T15:05:17.006+00:00Hey, thanks for this! A brief moment of excitemen...Hey, thanks for this! A brief moment of excitement followed by realisation that the email belongs in my spam folder! Back to normal life...<br /><br />And, Bluffer Xask - buy your own thesis off them? Why on earth would you actually go through with that?Jon Porterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16322884355881352430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919517653892378810.post-63378149070430812072015-11-18T05:00:01.003+00:002015-11-18T05:00:01.003+00:00They are still around. I just received a "cal...They are still around. I just received a "call for submission" trumpeting "The journal 5-year impact factor is now: <b>0.649</b>!!!" and directing me to multidisciplinarywulfenia.orgDr. Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08064193448035102834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919517653892378810.post-3551472400628369882015-11-06T19:20:55.092+00:002015-11-06T19:20:55.092+00:00fooled ! :(fooled ! :(Twenty first Century Space Travelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15487781341813569683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919517653892378810.post-31338904135252261502015-10-20T14:48:44.305+00:002015-10-20T14:48:44.305+00:00I received similar mail offering to publish my res...I received similar mail offering to publish my research as a book. I replied and requested further details. The Acquisition Editor responded immediately. But before acting I decided to check and the name of the acquisition editor appears curiously similar to that of a professor in Australia. No profile online to indicate the background and link to Lambert. <br /><br />I decided to google and these blogs come up. Thank you for saving my work. OkwiriAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02277410490654162158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919517653892378810.post-32482686990582576562015-10-18T10:14:34.779+00:002015-10-18T10:14:34.779+00:00They have just started this model of business in B...They have just started this model of business in Brazil too: http://editoraprismas.com.br/ Pletny of colleagues are receiving emails from them, with "invitations", that of course touch one´s ego.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14420950441505887937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919517653892378810.post-63771262547430268802015-09-02T10:37:10.823+00:002015-09-02T10:37:10.823+00:00
Seriously, A MUST AVOID COMPANY!!!!
First they co...<br />Seriously, A MUST AVOID COMPANY!!!!<br />First they convinced you to publish your thesis with them, telling you that you will be receiving royalties payment in the future and they will market your book on various online bookstore. That’s absolute crap!!<br />What they actually do is converting your thesis into a “book” which do not even exists. It is only print on demand and the price is about 35 to 100 EURO which I am sure nobody will be interested to buy as it is already available online on your university library I suppose.<br />So they make you BUY YOUR OWN WORK!!! Yes, that’s true! They will persuade by telling you that the more copies that you gonna buy, the more the price will be reduced..etc..etc. The fact is that THEY RUN THEIR BUSINESS BY MAKING YOU PURCHASING YOUR OWN BOOK. They know that nobody will buy your book. That”s the business. One book is approx 40 EUR and you need to buy minimum 3 copies!! So they earn about 120 EUR from one author :O . Just imagine how many persons do they contact in a day!<br />Moreover, they have several imprints such as Scholars Press and many others! THEY ARE FOOLING US.<br />They made me purchase my book and it has been almost 2 years and not even a single copy of my book has been sold so far. I am not the only person who has experienced this but also many colleagues of mine. Our university is now trying to prevent students to publish with them!Bluffer Xaskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06750296949256418242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919517653892378810.post-483657242241616642015-08-13T09:39:18.012+00:002015-08-13T09:39:18.012+00:00Great blog post, and hi from another ex-BMC recrui...Great blog post, and hi from another ex-BMC recruit! <br />When I was younger and needed cash (i.e. when I worked at BioMed Central...;-)) I used to use a website called Freelancer.com to find freelance writing and editorial work. I don't use it now because I reckon 90% of the 'employer' profiles are fake or otherwise dodgy - in fact, I have a sideline hobby in ratting them out and posting a list on my blog (https://lisaamartin.wordpress.com/2013/10/24/the-fake-freelancer-profile-watch-list/). There are some very similar patterns between your detective work and mine: plagiarised content, stock or stolen photos, users claiming to be American or British when they are in fact Indian, Pakistani or Bangladeshi. I dare say many of the manuscripts that end up published in these dodgy predatory journals are probably written (or plagiarised by) these so-called writers at Freelancer.com and other similar sites. What's to be done?!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00987859361664317397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919517653892378810.post-52357804756806900272015-08-12T09:56:08.912+00:002015-08-12T09:56:08.912+00:00Matt - PeerJ has never partnered in any form with ...Matt - PeerJ has never partnered in any form with that publisher. In addition, we announce any legitimately agreed upon arrangements on our blog and elsewhere, so that others may verify such claims.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13118466663269552619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919517653892378810.post-67279478968352495322015-07-06T10:28:35.970+00:002015-07-06T10:28:35.970+00:00I received a similar scam mail today morning from ...I received a similar scam mail today morning from some Sergiu Crudu, who claims to be from the editorial team of Lambert Academic Publishing. She claimed to be interested in publishing my MA thesis as a <b>'BOOK'</b> for <b>FREE</b> !! That's a give away for knowing it is a scam. Anyone who has even tiny bit of experience in academia would know how difficult and rigorous it is to get your work rightfully and authentically published!kritika93https://www.blogger.com/profile/09850326434667453300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919517653892378810.post-40928558284488375812015-06-16T08:08:08.994+00:002015-06-16T08:08:08.994+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17072777806320255393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919517653892378810.post-62916731188365468092015-05-09T15:04:03.433+00:002015-05-09T15:04:03.433+00:00I saw this article too late and let LAP publish my...I saw this article too late and let LAP publish my thesis. Then they basically disappeared and I never even got a copy of the book. Now I see 11 used copies for sale on Amazon. Royalties?? What a joke. What a scam. kgkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14888412297402007838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919517653892378810.post-29340913296935165602014-07-30T04:31:44.308+00:002014-07-30T04:31:44.308+00:00So far, three counterfeit websites have been detec...So far, three counterfeit websites have been detected for Wulfenia. There are also tens of other scientific journals that have been hijacked by cyber criminals.<br />Read at website of Dr. Mehrdad Jalalian who have detected most number of hijacked journals and maintains a comprehensive list of them:<br />http://www.MehrdadJalalian.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07398312756988195827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919517653892378810.post-36688267249223502522014-06-11T22:35:18.159+00:002014-06-11T22:35:18.159+00:00Thank you so much I was going to pay 500$ to submi...Thank you so much I was going to pay 500$ to submit article thereAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05082166948736382624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919517653892378810.post-61373576638541787072014-05-23T08:45:55.930+00:002014-05-23T08:45:55.930+00:00Thanks for information. I got from them a similar ...Thanks for information. I got from them a similar offer. They don't do even an elementary googling. Would they do they would see that I have already published my PhD thesis by other, respectable publishing house (both hardcover and paperback). So I answered them they if they interesting in translating and publishing my book in German given that they sitting in Germany, I would not be against it, but they should do it on their own account...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12988603640557225300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919517653892378810.post-72088526583746746872014-04-06T15:39:18.764+00:002014-04-06T15:39:18.764+00:00Thanks a lot for sounding the alarm bell. I got a ...Thanks a lot for sounding the alarm bell. I got a mail asking me to publish my article in the online issue. when I did a thorough search, I found your blog. I have immediately unsubscribed from the fraudulent website.<br />Dr.Rajesh.H<br />Mangalore,<br />Karnataka,<br />India<br />575015 drsharajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10384702583218094089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919517653892378810.post-3859036427886775372014-04-01T14:14:32.377+00:002014-04-01T14:14:32.377+00:00Thank you for this warning. I was contacted on my ...Thank you for this warning. I was contacted on my work email, and was at first flattered since I do not have any ambitions in academics (at least not now). After this blog, I am not so flattered anymore - but at least I`m glad I did not send anything to them.Madshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06899802095039464758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919517653892378810.post-78746725004898167972014-02-18T22:15:37.782+00:002014-02-18T22:15:37.782+00:00Yes, thanks for the post! After getting an email f...Yes, thanks for the post! After getting an email from them I googled "LAP Lambert Lisa Thompson" and found this blog. Happy I didn't reply to them!<br />Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16929366081541963504noreply@blogger.com