Thursday, January 12, 2017

Scientific Research Association (SCIREA)

Not to be confused with the McGraw Hill company that publishes educational materials (not to mention Gaetano Scirea, one of the greatest football defenders), Scientific Research Association (SCIREA) is a "global academic organization" that lists the following "Open Science Policy Guide Lines to Submit the Manuscript:

The absolute prototype for manuscript is originality, high scientific quality and interest to a multidisciplinary audience.

Its website once provided no address, no names, and no editors. There could be a connection to the SCIRP group, for the About SRA webpage states (9/26/16) that "SCIRP currently has 40 open access journals in the areas of science, technology and medicine." Another page (viewed 10/6/16) urges readers to "Subscribe for Interminable Submissions" by becoming individual, institutional or "cooperation" members. For an annual fee of $1200, the last group's "submitted manuscripts are eligible to avail the waiver."

The membership page displays a connection to yet another dubious publisher, namely, the American Association for Science and Technology (AASCIT). Joining Scirea provides one with a discount "for the publication in AASCIT journals." Still Scirea "takes an opportunity to serve the scientific community, students and researchers with undefiled research works." Who could object to that?

By 6/22/17, a long list of editors for various journals had appeared. The list includes

⊘ Dr. Jyotica Batra, "Deaprtment of Maths and Physics, Kentucky State University, Frankfort, KY, USA" [a Visiting Professor of Physics according to the university's directory]
⊘ Prof. Joseph G Nguyen, Natural and Applied Sciences Department, Mount Mercy University, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA

The SCIREA Journal of Computer (yep, that's the full name), has no editor, but a huge editorial board that includes a Dr. Babita (that's the full name) of Lovely Professional University in Punjab. The one board member from the US is Chunhui Guo, Department of Computer Science, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL.

UPDATES
4/22/21: The email does not even give the name of the journal (let alone identify the publisher).
5/5/21: "Smut Clyde" commented on the entry for the Scirea Journal of Sociology that

Back when SCIREA burst onto the scene in 2016, Jeffrey Beall noted that "the internet domain data indicates the registrant is Li Yu of Beijing, China". https://web.archive.org/web/20170113053328/https://scholarlyoa.com/2016/10/06/four-new-sketchy-oa-publishers-from-september-2016/
They clearly swiped much of their web design from SCIRP (along with their business model), not always replacing everything that needed to be replaced. As you noted a few years ago, the 'AbutSCIREA' page initially provided the unhelpful information that "SCIREA is also an academic publisher of open access journals. SCIRP currently has 40 open access journals in the areas of science, technology and medicine." https://web.archive.org/web/20161128020542/http://www.scirea.org/AbutSCIREA
Email

General

  • 9/26/16: A "Dr. Smith" emailed me that inasmuch as "promotion activities are offered for some excellent author," all of its journals would be publishing articles without payment of the normal $100 fee from September 8 through September 30.
  • 10/6/16: "Dr. Smith" again: "From October 1 to October 31 promotional activities are offered for some excellent author. No publication fee in all journals."
  • 11/17/16, 11/20/16, 12/6/16: No sender's name this time -- just a picture of a hang glider and a "Dear Scholar" note "calling for new members ... working in any research-based discipline, including the chemistry, ... etc. " Clicking on http://www.scirea.org/membership shows the benefits, such as "An increase in your earning potential," "Independent verification of your skills and experience," and of course "Subscription can be availed for all the current journals of SCIREA."
  • 12/13/16, 12/22/16: Dear Scholar, Science Research Association (SCIREA) is calling for new members ... from all scholars working in any research-based discipline, including the chemistry, medicine, engineering, social sciences, energy, food science, etc. If you are not already a Member, do not worry, JOIN NOW to access the Members-Only content. ... Once you become a member, you can enjoy the benefits ... .
  • 12/31/16: Dear Scholar, Good day to you. ... Science Research Association(SCIREA) is recruiting new members. If you are interested, please click here to learn more. Yours sincerely, Prof. Amer Taqa
    Member Services Representative, Science Research Association(SCIREA)
  • 1/11/17: Dear Scholar, ... To expand the editorial board and reviewer team, now we sincerely invite you to join us as an editorial member or a reviewer in our journals. ... We ... cordially invite you to join us as an editorial member or a reviewer. If you have any interest, please submit your application ... .
  • 3/20/17: [J]oin now to get the Members-only benefits ... To be an SCIREA member, you can take this precious chance to make a good preparation for your potentially fruitful year of 2017. We are always here looking forward to your joining. Hope we can have a pleasant cooperation in the near future.
  • 4/4/17 (from scirea@scirea.org): Submit Your Paper and Enjoy Privilege. ... SCIREA is poised on offering researchers and research institutions with recent advances in the field of science by researchers and professionals. ... The Article Processing Charges for papers submitted to the journals of SCIREA is only 70 USD before April 30, 2017.
  • 4/9/17 (from scirea@scirea.org): Call for Papers and Editorial Members
    Dear Scholar, Science Research Association is a leading platform offering journal articles from 39 journals. ... Before April 30, 2017, promotional activities are offered for author: The APCs for manuscripts submitted to Science Research Association is only 70 USD. Submit your article today and gain worldwide visibility ... .
    Editorial Invitation. SCIREA sincerely invites you to join the editorial board. As an internationally-recognized publisher, SCIREA can offer you an excellent platform to share ideas, develop your career and have greater impact throughout the world. SCIREA warmly welcomes both scholars and practitioners. Looking forward to your participation. [No signature line]
  • 6/22/19 (from Nyomi@scirea.org): Welcome scholars from Arizona State University (United States) to join SCIREA and submit papers
    Dear Scholar, Science Research Association (SCIREA) ... would like to make a special offer for authors from all scholars, expects and researchers in fields such as Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Energy and Environmental Sciences, Engineering, Civil Engineering and Construction Science , etc. ... [F]rom May 1, 2017 to May 31, 2017, SCIREA would like to make a special offer for authors. It means that the APCs for manuscripts submitted to Science Research Association is 90USD. You esteemed authors can take this precious chance to make a good preparation for your potentially fruitful year of 2017. ... SCIREA sincerely invites you to join the editorial board. As an internationally-recognized publisher, SCIREA can offer you an excellent platform to share ideas, develop your career and have greater impact throughout the world. ... [No signature line]

SCIREA Journal of Mathematics

SCIREA Journal of Sociology

NOTICE: As of 28 May 2021, I have stopped reproducing the incessant emails from SCIREA journals. Pennsylvania State University has blacklisted the webpages for submitting manuscripts, noting that "Access to the Website you were trying to use has been blocked because it could possibly be unsafe or potentially malicious."

11 comments:

  1. Now reduced even further, from $70 down to $90!
    "To give SCIREA authors opportunities to publish valuable papers, from May 1, 2017 to May 31, 2017, SCIREA would like to make a special offer for authors. It means that the APCs for manuscripts submitted to Science Research Association is 90USD. You esteemed authors can take this precious chance to make a good preparation for your potentially fruitful year of 2017."

    From "Dr.C.D.Eamon". Yeah, right. In fact one Yu Li (yli62665@163.com). A Chinese scammer is a pleasant change from Hyderabad.

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  2. This is what I received in my email and I thought to google SCIREA

    Welcome to Join SCIREA and submit your paper
    Dear Scholar,
    SCIREA (http://www.scirea.org) would like to make a special offer for authors from all scholars, expects and researchers in fields such as Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Energy and Environmental Sciences, Engineering, Civil Engineering and Construction Science etc.
    Editorial Invitation
    SCIREA sincerely invites you to join the editorial board. As an internationally-recognized publisher, SCIREA can offer you an excellent platform to share ideas, develop your career and have greater impact throughout the world.
    SCIREA warmly welcomes both scholars and practitioners. Looking forward to your participation.
    More details about the journals please pay a visit to: http://www.scirea.org/journals
    Benefits of becoming an editorial member
    1. The editorial board members could enjoy 30% discount to publish their articles.
    2. Enrich your academic background by getting the Certificate of Recognition from the journal editor.
    3. Raise your profile among scholars by updating your name in the journal website.
    4. Become more professional in your area by expanding your knowledge in the reviewing process.
    5. Keep up to date with newest research works by reviewing different manuscripts.
    Publication Fee: $70
    From July 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018, SCIREA would like to make a special offer for authors. It means that the APCs for manuscripts submitted to Science Research Association is 70USD.
    More details about the journals please pay a visit to: http://www.scirea.org/journals
    Get SCIREA Membership for Free
    Regular Members can enjoy a discount of 50% for the publication in the journals of SCIREA.
    Senior Members can publish papers with 0 USD in the journals of SCIREA.
    For details, please visit: http://www.scirea.org/membership
    8 Recommended Journals
    SCIREA Journal of Mathematics
    SCIREA Journal of Physics
    SCIREA Journal of Chemistry
    SCIREA Journal of Biology
    SCIREA Journal of Clinical Medicine
    SCIREA Journal of Agriculture
    SCIREA Journal of Computer
    SCIREA Journal of Materials


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  3. 3/15/2019 I received an email. Now, they call themselves as the Journal Clinical Medicine, the one IF of 5!

    Here are the contents in the email "Invitation to Submit Your Research Paper
    Dear P...N

    Greetings from the editorial office!
    It is learnt that you have published a paper titled Quality of ........ in JOURNAL OF ......., and the topic of the paper has impressed us a lot.
    Researchers specializing in a wide range of disciplines have expressed keen interests in your paper." Then, they invited me to submit or become the editorial board or reviewers. When I clicked the link it went to Scirea.. not the original Journal of clinical medicine.

    From these past few years, they improved their tricks a lot. Read carefully and be safe from fraudulent publishers.

    NP

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    1. I received the same email twice this week: 10/02/2019 & 10/04/2019.


      VI

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  4. i particularly want to know indexing status of the SCIREA Journal of computer science.

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  5. Pls is the SCIREA Journal of Chemistry a fake journal? I received email from them to send in manuscripts for publication.
    Nubila

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  6. A new weird one coming now from SCIREA Journal of Energy from Ding Derong. So many spelling mistakes in the email and the professional profile of the person. It almost makes one laugh, if it wasn't a bit... well.

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  7. Is the name a combination of Science and Diarrhea?

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  8. I received an identical email from scirea journal of agriculture and scirea journal of health. Each mail was sent at least Three times by different people. The journal and publisher should be investigated

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  9. Same with me. Every time the name changes.

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  10. Ingo Kee, D.Sc., MoscowApril 30, 2023 at 6:51 AM

    The SCIREA people wrote to me several times that they have been very impressed by one my article and wanted a submission of my new article. They promised me to publish the sended manuscript in 10 days after payment of $360 fees. But no peer reviews, no names of senders, no address of publisher. All that looks like work of scammers. Are their 40 journals all fake ones?

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