Medwin Publishers

Medwin Publishers' website (visited 10/19/16) has some pretty good lines:

☆ an open access, internationally peer-reviewed Publishers that are indulged in publishing original articles
☆ aspires to bring eminent original findings of research information across the globe into light
☆ The motto of MedWin is to intellectualize the global society by providing them with the advancements
☆ We strive with a mission to proliferate superiority knowledge

The enterprise claims to publish more than 30 journals bimonthly "in the fields of Dental, pediatrics, diabetes, ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Biotechnology, virology." The address provided is in Troy, Michigan, and corresponds to the Bytes and Mortar building on Crooks Road, which "offers private and virtual office space." The domain medwinpublishers.com is registered to Shravan Kumar Yeluvaka, 1411 Kirts Blvd, Apt 104, Troy MI 48084, (814) 566-5899, medwinpublishers@gmail.com.

International Journal of Forensic Sciences

Its International Journal of Forensic Sciences includes an article from Michael Hall (Roger Williams University) on "Concept Mapping, Social Value, and Public Administration: Public Administration in the Mind of the Public it Serves." Here, one learns that "[t]he United States is based on and operates societally and governmentally as a social contract" and that "[m]essages to establish Public Administration’s social value can be crafted and distributed to the public to reawaken what Public Administration contributes to the social contract, its history, and its education contributions." It would take a good detective to find a significant connection to forensic science. The names of the journal's editors are not to be found in the pages of the journal or on the website. The publication fee for an article like this is $1949.

The 24 members of the board of editors include the following U.S. experts: Ahmet S Yayla, George Mason University; Ronn Johnson, Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System; Richard P Conti, Kean University; Katherine Carolyn Turner, San Diego State University; Julia M Mack, Gannon University; Claire L Glynn, University of New Haven; and Zhu Dan, Iowa State University.

• From: forensic@medwinpublishers.com
  Sent: Jul 13, 2017, 6:56 AM
  Subject: Manuscript submission: IJFSC
  Greetings…!! This is a kind email regarding the submission of your quality manuscript. We would like to let you know that we are about to release our upcoming issue by the mid of next month, quality articles from an eminent person like you will add scope to our journal. So we humbly request you to submit your valuable manuscript which will be more helpful to release our upcoming issue successfully. As you have supported to our journal by which we have succeeded in winding up our volume. Hope your assistance will be with us in near future also. We will be glad if you submit your valuable manuscript as early as possible. We request you to submit your work to the below link given below and hope you will contribute to our esteemed journal and support us. Await your optimistic reply.
  Kind Regards,
  Terri Katherine
  Assistant Managing Editor, International Journal of Forensic Sciences (IJFSC), MedWin Publishers
• From: forensic@medwinpublishers.com
  Sent: Feb 23, 2018, 2:16 AM
  Subject: Call for paper:IJFSC
  Dear Dr. David H Kaye,
  Greetings from International Journal of Forensic Sciences (IJFSC)! All the authors are cordially invited to submit their valuable work for publication in the Upcoming Issue of our  https://medwinpublishers.com/IJFSC/ and kindly follow the below link ... .
  If you want to be an Editorial Board Member. ○ Biography (150 words) ○ Research interest ○ Recent photograph
  Also, we request you to submit your manuscript by on or before March 5th 2018 so that we can release upcoming issue successfully to enable swift process of peer review and publication.
  Note: If you want to be an Editorial board member please let us know. The eligibility is minimum Ph.D. or M.D Looking forward for a long lasting scientific association with you. Kindly acknowledge this email within 24 hours
  Kind Regards,
  Terri Katherine
  Assistant Managing Editor, International Journal of Forensic Sciences (IJFSC). MedWin Publishers, Email: forensic@medwinpublishers.us

Vaccines and Vaccination Open Access

Medwin invited me (10/19/16 and again 10/21/16) to "act as editor" for its journal on vaccines in this email:

• Dear Dr. David H Kaye,
  Greetings from Vaccines and Vaccination Open Access! We have gone through your profile, which is impressive and so, we ... kindly request you to act as editor for our Vaccines and Vaccination Open Access. ... We request you to kindly accept our invitation for being an honorable Editor in our Journal and kindly send us below particulars to upload your profile in our Journal website: • Curriculum Vittae [sic] • Research Interest • Short Biography (about 250 words) • Recent Photograph. Hope you accept our invitation and look forward to receive from you at the earliest. Have a great day.
  Kind Regards,
  Monica Kathryn
  Assistant Managing Editor, Vaccines and Vaccination Open Access (VVOA), MedWin Publishers

Maybe VVOA found its editors, for it then turned to more prosaic solicitations of manuscripts:

• 1/12/17: Dear Dr. David H Kaye, Greetings from MedWin Publishers!We have contacted you earlier through email. Since we have not received any response from you regarding your valuable manuscript submission, we are taking the liberty of resending the invitation as we are aware that you may be engaged in other activities or our message may not have successfully reached you. We are very pleased to announce that submissions for upcoming issue are now being accepted for Vaccines and Vaccination Open Access (VVOA). We have chosen eminent scientists, who have significant involvement in the advancement of research in their field and have the potential to give best quality articles for upcoming issue of our journal. We gently request you to submit any kind of article for publication and to help us in releasing the issue at the designated time. ... We hope that your articles will help us in the growth of our Journal and kindly follow the below link for online submission ... .
  Also, we request you to submit your manuscript by Feb 5th, 2017 to enable swift process of peer review and publication. Kindly acknowledge this email receipt within 24 hours. Await your prompt response.
  Kind Regards,
  Monica Kathryn
  Assistant Managing Editor
  Vaccines and Vaccination Open Access (VVOA, MedWin Publishers

Monica sent the same email on 2/21/17, modified only to propose March 15, 2017, for "swift process of peer review and publication" in the vaccine journal. I asked if this journal would interested in "a paper reporting that I still got some colds after being vaccinated against the flu." Monica replied, "We are glad with your positive response towards our journal. As time being an important factor towards the issue release. We request you to submit your valuable manuscript as soon as possible." The full correspondence appears on a page of its own.

Epidemiology International Journal (EIJ)

• From: epidemic@medwinpublishers.com
  Date:Jan 30 2019 1:40 AM
  Subject: Call for paper: EIJ
  Dear Dr. David H. Kaye,
  Greetings from Epidemiology International Journal(EIJ) ISSN: 2639-2038
  We have contacted you earlier through email. Since we have not received any response from you regarding your valuable manuscript submission, we are taking the liberty of resending the invitation as we are aware that you may be engaged in other activities or our message may not have successfully reached you.
  All the authors are cordially invited to submit their valuable work for publication in the Upcoming Issue of our Epidemiology International Journal (EIJ) and kindly follow the below link for online submission ... .
  If you want to be an Editorial Board Member. • Biography (150 words) • Research interest • Recent photograph
  Also, we request you to submit your manuscript by on or before February 15, 2019 so that we can release upcoming issue successfully to enable swift process of peer review and publication.
  We also provide re-prints on the choice of authors
  Note: If you want to be an Editorial board member please let us know. The eligibility is minimum Ph.D. or M.D
  Looking forward for a long lasting scientific association with you.
  Kindly acknowledge this email within 24 hours
  Kind Regards,
  Karen Pamela
  Assistance Managing Editor
  Epidemiology International Journal (EIJ) MedWin Publishers Email: epidemiology@medwinpublishers.com
• From: epidemiology@medwinpublishers.org
  Date: 14 Aug 2019 8:22 AM
  Subject: Followup: Manuscript submission
  Dear Dr. David H Kaye,
  Greetings..!! This is a friendly follow up regarding manuscript submission towards our journal. We are taking the liberty of resending the invitation as we are aware that you may be engaged in other activities or our message may not have successfully reached you. [← No such luck.]
  It is an honor and privilege to invite you to contribute a manuscript for publication in Upcoming Issue of Epidemiology International Journal (EIJ) ISSN: 2639-2038. EIJ is an international, online, open access, peer-reviewed journal publishes Original article, review Article, Short Communication, Mini- Review, Case Report, Opinion, Letter to Editor, etc., dealing with Epidemiology.
  If you want to be an Editorial Board Member. Kindly submit your ( Biography (150 words), Research interest, Recent photograph) Note: If you want to be an Editorial board member please let us know. The eligibility is minimum Ph.D. or M.D
  You may submit your valuable manuscript through online submission on (or) before August 30th, 2019. We request you to encourage your colleagues and friends to submit their papers for publication in EIJ. Please share this letter with them. Looking forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience.
  Kind Regards,
  Stephen Ms
  Assistance Managing Editor

Journal of Infectious Diseases & Travel Medicine

The email from this journal closed with this timely message on COVID-19: "Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) is disseminating all over the modern world. It's time to save your lives. Protect yourself by taking necessary precautions and be healthy person."

• From: infections@medwinpublishers.org [infections@medwinpublishers.org]
  Sent: Monday, May 11, 2020 6:59 AM
  Subject: Support for Upcoming Issue
  Importance: High
  Dear Dr. Kaye David,
  Greetings..!! We are inviting you to take part in releasing our Upcoming Issue successfully. We request authors to submit their valuable unpublished work towards publication in Journal of Infectious Diseases & Travel Medicine. We appreciate if you submit your manuscripts on or before 22nd May. Support us by sending any kind of research work, if not at least try to submit 2 page editorial/mini review this wouldn't consume much time for an eminent person like you. Stay to be our first and most active supporter to our journal.
  We are confident that you will always be there to support us. Thanks in advance & please do acknowledge this email.
  Kind Regards
  Jacqueline Maria
  Assistant Managing Editor
  MedWin Publishers, USA

Journal of Clinical Science and Translational Medicine

Although I have no degrees or experience in clinical science or medicine, my "profile is quite impressive and appropriate to our journal." Its email requests me "to kindly accept our invitation for being an honorable Editor in our Journal."

• From: clinicalscience@medwinpublishers.org
  Sent: Mar. 7, 2018 at 6:41 AM
  Subject: Request for being an Eminent Editor: JCSTM
  Dear Dr. David H Kaye,
  Greetings from,Journal of Clinical Science and Translational Medicine. As we have gone through your profile which is quite impressive and appropriate to our journal. So we would like to cordially invite you to be a part of the Editorial Board for our journal.
  MedWin is interested to associate with well qualified people to increase the reach in the scientific community and request you to kindly accept our invitation for being an honorable Editor in our Journal.
  MedWin aspires to bring eminent original findings of research information across the globe into light and aims to build an efficient platform for the researchers/readers all over the world. It is the platform to bring the highest quality research over advance topics.
  Hope our Journal will offer you an enriching experience and hope to achieve great successful endeavors.
  If you are interested to be a part of our EB, Kindly submit: Present CV, Research nterest, Short biography (about 250 words) and Recent photograph. Hope you accept our invitation and look forward to receive from you at the earliest. Have a great day.
  Kind Regards,
  Colleen Tracey
  Assistant Managing Editor, Journal of Clinical Science and Translational Medicine, Med Win Publishers
• From: clinicalscience@medwinpublishers.org
  Date: July 5, 2018 3:19 AM
  Subject: Followup: Editorial Board Member: JCSTM
  Dear Dr. David H Kaye,
  Greetings from Journal of Clinical Science & Translational Medicine (JCSTM)!!
  We have contacted you earlier through email. Since we have not received any response from you regarding Honorable Editor to our journal editorial board, we are taking the liberty of resending the invitation as we are aware that you may be engaged in other activities or our message may not have successfully reached you.
  We have gone through your profile, which is impressive and so, we are interested to introduce our Journal of Clinical Science & Translational Medicine (JCSTM) to you.
  JCSTM is the highly interdisciplinary field and especially focus on biomedical research field. Translation medicine aims to accelerate the discovery of new diagnostic tools and treatments by using a multi-disciplinary, highly collaborative Bench-to-Beside approach and also this journal is to promote enhancements in diagnosis, prevention, and therapies with combining disciplines, expertise, resources, and techniques. This journal emphasizes clinical potential and applications of new biotechnologies, structural Biology Techniques, molecular Genetic Test, etc.,
  We kindly request you to act as editor for our JCSTM. To know more, kindly go through below link for Editor Guideline ... We request you to kindly accept our invitation for being an honorable Editor in our Journal and kindly send us below particulars to upload your profile in our Journal website ... . Hope you accept our invitation and look forward to receiving from you at the earliest.
  Have a great day.
  Kind Regards,
  Colleen Tracey
  Assistant Managing Editor, Journal of Clinical Science & Translational Medicine, MedWin Publishers

Nanomedicine & Nanotechnology Open Access (NNOA)

This Medwin journal did not write me, but a German researcher did. He reported that when he replied to its spam with the words "Go AWAY!" and a link to this posting, he received the following reply:

Von: nanotechnology@medwinpublishers.com [nanotechnology@medwinpublishers.com]
Gesendet: Montag, 10. September 2018 13:23
Betreff: Re: AW: Support for Upcoming Issue: NNOA
Dear Dr. [name omitted],
Greetings..!!
Thank you for your e-mail.
This is to let you know that we totally disagree with your comments, because all the open access journals are facing this problem. Anyhow, we are growing rapidly with quality peer review process and producing quality articles to the readers, so we don’t bother about such comments and we totally depend upon author’s/editor’s belief. We believe that it is common for any organization that is running successfully.
Regarding the evidence kindly go through the below link, more than 40 of our journals have ISSN and we have applied for all the remaining Journals, we are indexed in Google scholar, Index Copernicus, ASI (Advanced Sciences Index), Research Bib, Publons, SIS and member in Crossref. Also, we are in the process of getting indexed in SCI.
Hope you understand us. We hope association with eminent people like you will help our publisher to reach greatest heights.
Have a great day.
Kind Regards,
Paula Annette
Assistant Managing Editor, Nanomedicine & Nanotechnology Open Access (NNOA), MedWin Publishers