Thursday, December 22, 2016

Remedy Publications

Remedy Publications describes itself (12/22/16) as a "mega journal." Its journals bear names like "American Journal ___," "World Journal ___," "Global Journal ___," and "Clinics In ___." Harvard Medical School professor Shuji Ogina tweeted (3/11/16) "Remedy Publications LLC is a horrible publisher that keeps sending me countless spam emails. Please do not support this company." Beall writes that "Remedy Publications claims it’s based in California, but I think it is probably a new brand from the Hyderabad, India-based publisher OMICS International. They botched their California address on their website ... . ... Once again, UTSA’s George Perry is listed as one of the editors. He serves on more predatory editorial boards than anyone."

Clinics in Oncology
Not many bona fide medical journals call themselves "mega journals," but the website (7/2/16) reports: "Clinics in Oncology Journal is a peer reviewed open access mega journal aims to publish basic, translational and clinical original research articles from all areas of oncology, surgery, clinical oncology, surgical oncology, radiation oncology, medical oncology, oncology case reports and images." It promises "rigorous peer-review"--wait for it--"within 2–3 weeks of submission. The interval between acceptance and publication online is 8 days ... on a continuous publication model." The editor-in-chief is "Min Rex Cheung, MD, PhD," who "is a board certified radiation oncologist specializing in the treatment of a variety of adult cancers with radiation therapy. He obtained his M.D. and Ph.D. from Columbia University School of Medicine in New York City."
Email

  • 3/11/2016: Dear Dr. David H Kaye, Greetings for the day, Clinics in Oncology would like to take this opportunity to invite you to join our Sarcoma Editorial Board with the aim to serve the fast growing research community to disseminate best clinical practice. Clinics in Oncology is looking for prominent physicians ... to convey finest clinical resource and increase scope for best clinical understanding. [Evidently this spammer is looking in the wrong place -- I am neither a physician nor prominent.] The journal is looking forward to peers with top academic aptitude whose judgment is highly regarded within the journals main discipline. To confirm your willingness to be a part the Editorial Board for the Clinics in Oncology, kindly send: · A scanned copy of your CV · A scanned copy of your photograph. We would be glad to have you as a part of our editorial board and looking forward to hearing from you soon. Best Regards, Blossom R. Damania, Remedy Publications LLC, 820 EL Camino Real, Belmont, CA 94002, USA

8 comments:

  1. I'm currently receiving spam from the lowlife scammers at OAText, in the name of Rex Cheung, who purportedly edits one of their journals (the grifters keep sending their spam from different domains so as to evade spam filters). I was looking for his e-address so I could warn him that some scuzzy little fraudsters were misusing his name, but I'm beginning to suspect that he knows.

    He also contributes to and edits the equally-predatory Journal of Cancer and Clinical Research:
    http://austinpublishinggroup.com/cancer-clinical-research/editorialBoard.php
    ---------------------------------------
    Dear Dr. ,
    Hope this mail finds you in good health.
    We would like to invite your kind attention towards the journal Nuclear Medicine and Biomedical Imaging – NMBI (ISSN: 2398-3361).
    We have a Rapid Review Process and Publication Facility which allows submission to be published in just over 7-10 days. We appreciate all your efforts for the growth of scientific research. Based on your recent contributions, it is a great pleasure for me to invite you to contribute an article to NMBI.
    Special processing fees for Vol 2:
    Article Type Charge
    Images with short description Free of cost
    Commentaries/Short Review $250
    Case Reports $350
    Research/Review Articles $450

    For more details, please contact editor@nuclearmedicinejournal.com or to submissions@oatext.com (mention the journal’s name)
    Thank you for your time and consideration.
    Regards
    Robert Rae
    Editorial assistant
    Supporting
    Rex Cheung
    Editor-in-chief
    University of Texas M.D.
    Anderson Cancer Center

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  2. Ah, I see he also sits in the Editorial Boards for journals from ClinMed, Jacobs, and SM Group -- one of these guys whose involvement in a journal is a helpful indicator of its parasitical nature.

    Although the spam from OAText boasts of his "Anderson Cancer Center" affiliation, his e-address there is no longer valid, and he is elsewhere variously listed as working from a clinic in Flushing, and a street address in Pennsylvania.

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  3. I am also receiving spam mails from Heart and stroke published by Remedy publications. The content of the mail is:
    Greetings!!

    We tried several times, but there is no response from you, we would like to contact you again!

    We understand your priorities and professional commitments, it would not appropriate at this point of time to over burden you by asking you to write/ contribute a full length manuscript for the inaugural issue.

    We would really appreciate if you could consider contributing at least a 2 page short Communication, Editorial, Clinical Image, Mini Review, Case Reports on your current area of research.

    We really appreciate when you are collaborating with our journal.

    Kindly send your manuscript as an email: heart@remedyoapublications.com

    Please let us know your tentative timeline of manuscript submission.

    We look forward to receive your positive response.

    We are waiting for your Submission.

    Best Regards,

    Riya Jacob
    Editorial Manager
    Remedy Publications LLC
    820 EL Camino Real
    Belmont, CA 94002, USA
    Tel: +1-415-690-1011
    Email: heart@remedyoapublications.com
    Web: www.remedypublications.com

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  4. Remedy Publications Private Limited is a Private incorporated on 11 November 2014. It is classified as Non-govt company and is registered at Registrar of Companies, Hyderabad. Its authorized share capital is Rs. 100,000 and its paid up capital is Rs. 100,000.It is inolved in Printing and service activities related to printing

    Remedy Publications Private Limited's Annual General Meeting (AGM) was last held on 30 September 2017 and as per records from Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), its balance sheet was last filed on 31 March 2017.

    Directors of Remedy Publications Private Limited are Naresh Kumar Reddy Yeruva and Johnny Thyagaraj Dakkumalla.

    Remedy Publications Private Limited's Corporate Identification Number is (CIN) U22222TG2014PTC096328 and its registration number is 96328.Its Email address is johnnythyagaraj@gmail.com and its registered address is Sai Nitish Techno Space H.No.1-98/5/4/154 Plot No. 154/280, Patrika Nagar, Hitech City Hyderabad Rangareddi TG 500081 IN , - , .

    Current status of Remedy Publications Private Limited is - Active.

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  5. this is the email I received - however, their webpage is down

    Greetings for the day!!
    Thank you for your prompt response.
    Kindly send your manuscript ASAP.
    Feel free for any type of queries.

    Best Regards,

    Kecey D'Souza
    Editorial Assistant
    Remedy Publications LLC
    820 EL Camino Real
    Belmont, CA 94002, USA
    Tel: +1-415-690-1011
    Email: surgicalreports@remedypublicationsonline.com
    Web: www.remedypublications.com/annals-of-surgical-case-reports/

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  6. Hi all. To know more about predatory journals and predatory conferences, please visit www.predatoryconferences.com please send in your suggestions to predatoryconferences@gmail.com to support the website and spread the awareness about these predators to the scientific community.

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  7. Another email from Remedy, but caught by spam filter
    Dear ....................,
    Greetings to the day!!
    We are aware of your reputation for the quality of research and
    trustworthiness in the field of "Journal of Gynecological Oncology
    (ISSN 2689-9396)” and we would like to invite you to contribute a
    paper for Trending Issue towards our journal.
    We believe that your thoughts would make a significant awareness in
    the field of "Oncology" and may have a great impact on the readers
    globally.
    Thus, on behalf of our Editorial team, we hereby take the privilege
    of inviting you to write and submit a clinically related work
    like Research,/Review/Case Reports/ Clinical Image/ Video Article/
    Short Commentaries/Communication/Letter to Editor/ Opinion/
    Perspective/ Book Review, etc., for possible publication.
    You may submit your interesting paper directly at
    this E-Mail to alyssa@remedypublication.net

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  8. Anyone ever have a student accidentally submit to them? have you been able to get it withdrawn?

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