Sunday, April 30, 2017

OMICS Journal of Forensic Medicine

OMICS has long been criticized for aggressively and deceptively promoting conferences and journals of dubious quality. In 2012, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported that although OMICS began publishing in 2008, "only about 60 percent of [its 200] journals have actually published anything."  As of 2012, NIH informed OMICS that PubMed Central would not accept any OMICS Publishing Group journals because the "[National Library of Medicine's] selection group has raised serious concerns about the publishing practices of your organization." A letter demanded "that you cease and desist from employing our name or the name of any of our agencies institutes or employees on your website for other than true factual statements."

The website of its Journal of Forensic Medicine includes such morsels as "Forensic Medicine is a multidisciplinary subject ... used to for the scientific assessment of DNA, blood samples, and so on. Forensic plays an important role in criminal investigations and it is equally used in archeology, Anthropology, Astronomy, Biology, Geology and Victimology." All OMICS journals advertise a "21 day rapid review process."

Who edits the journal and what researchers will pay $519 to avail themselves of this "platform to the authors to publish their research outcome"? No editor-in-chief is listed. The US members of the editorial board are said to be
Bruce A. Jackson, Professor and Chair, Biotechnology Department, MassBay Community College, 50 Oakland Street, Wellesley Hills
John Zheng Wang, Professor of Forensic Science, School of Criminal Justice, Criminology and Emergency Management, California State University-Long Beach (a crime scene technician who later became an instructor at China Criminal Police University according to the pop-up biography; also a featured speaker at OMICS conferences)
Ronn Johnson, Associate Professor, University of San Diego (in the School of Leadership and Educational Sciences according to the pop-up biography)
Jon P Ver Halen, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Texas A&M School of Medicine
Alireza Heidari, Faculty of Chemistry, California South University (CSU), Irvine, California (a postdoc according to the pop-up biography)
Email
  •  From: Editor-Journal of Forensic Medicine <forensic@clinicalmedicaljournals.com>
    Sent: Friday, April 14, 2017 4:22 AM [duplicating an email of 4/12/17]
    Subject: Forensic Research Publication
    Dear Dr. David H Kaye,
    Greetings from “Journal Of Forensic Medicine”! We appreciate your contribution in the similar research field as “The good, the bad, the ugly: the NAS report on strengthening forensic science in America.”. We would like to take this opportunity to invite you to contribute paper in our journal. We believe that our journal will soon be getting a very good reputation in scientific community with your valuable submission. We are assuring 14 days rapid review process. Journal of Forensic Medicine ISSN: 2472-1026. If your next article is ready kindly forward it as an attachment directly to this mail or online at www.editorialmanager.com/medicalsciences/ on or before 19th April 2017. If submission is not possible in the given timeline, kindly let us know about your feasible time regarding submission. Please feel free to ask for any further queries if any. Looking forward for your kind response. Thanks and regards,
    Parrish MP, Journal Coordinator | Journal of Forensic Medicine, Office: +1-650-618-9889
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  • From: Editor-Journal of Forensic Medicine [mailto:forensic@clinicalmedicaljournals.com]
    Sent: Monday, April 17, 2017 11:39 AM
    Subject: Forensic Research Updates
    Dear David H   Kaye, Greetings from Journal Of Forensic Medicine! Explore the journal for interesting articles that covers all departments of Forensic. Articles that have great impact on Forensic research are available in our volume sector. We are greatly impressed with your research interests and previous work. If you would like to be a part of our journal, kindly forward your next article (if it is ready) for possible publication in our journal or you may also review article based on your previous article. Journal of Forensic Medicine ISSN: 2472-1026.If your next article is ready kindly forward it as an attachment directly at forensic@clinicalmedicaljournals.com or via Online tracking system on or before 25th April 2017.Please feel free to ask for any further queries if any. Thanks and regards, Parrish MP, Journal Coordinator | Journal of Forensic Medicine, Office: +1-650-618-9889,
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Saturday, April 29, 2017

2425 Publishers Is Delighted to Invite Me

Among the slogans scrolling on the website of 2425 Publishers (4/29/17) are the following:
⊗ Our aim is to maintain connectivity of science to all of our customers, researchers, students and professionals and enable them to ... burgeon.
⊗ We value a rich humanistic tradition.
⊗ Your vision is our dream & will give hope for a better future and work together for science.
⊗ Your success is our success.
⊗ Your money is our money. (Just kidding about this one.)
The About Us section explains that "2425 publishers cross-discipline's and platform to you for the support in research journey ... ." One journal, Clinica Press, "also emphasize on publishing the recent and current research findings to help the scientific community in its high class Journal." It adds that "We encourage quality submissions ... and thus with an aim of being to make it an high quality journal our team work for your success which is our motto ... ."

The website is hosted at a server in Tempe, Arizona (198.15.116.243, gains.arrowbigapps.com) that is said to be malicious. The domain name 2425PUBLISHERS.ORG was registered through GoDaddy.com by Prabhakara Kuna of Hyderabad, India, prabha2425@gmail.com.
Email
From: 2425 Publishers [mailto:editorialoffice@2425publishers.org]
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2017 1:42 PM
Subject: Editorial Board Invitation
Dear DAVID H. KAYE,
Greetings! 2425 Publishers which provides information and support in research journey, career management and empower you to make a greater impact in your field. To advance the reputation of our Journals, we are delighted to invite you to collaborate by serving as Editorial Board member for our journals – Medica Press, Clinica Press, Life Science Press & Medica, Clinica and Life Science Imaging. Hence, we request you to please send your CV, recent passport sized photograph & research interests to update it on our website.. We are looking forward to hearing from you. Have a nice day. Best Regards, Anna Lisa, Managing Editor, 2425 publishers

Friday, April 28, 2017

International Organization of Scientific Research (IOSR) Publishing

The website (4/28/17, 12/23/17) of the International Organization of Scientific Research displays many danger signs. For example,
  • "IOSR Journals follow peer review process. It takes 7-10 days."
  • "[A]ll authors would be awarded hard copy of acceptance certificates after the publication of paper."
  • "Research Areas ... Lightning and Ear thing works ... ."
  • "In the present days International Organization of Scientific Research (IOSR) publishes research articles related to various streams of Technology and Engineering."
  • "IOSR Board Member[s]" are "formely" this and "formealy" that.
  • No telephone number
  • Bogus addresses (e.g., 8th floor, Straight hub, NS Road, New York)
  • "IOSR Journal Achievements": "IOSR Journals is becoming a major international research journal editors and thesis research."
  • Promises publication in "Transstellar Journals"
The IOSR Journal of Engineering's editorial board includes "Dr. Madison Luke, Havard University, USA," and "Dr. Augustine Ahorght, Boston University, USA." The faculty directories (4/28/17) of Harvard and BU. do not contain these names. Note also that IOSR-JEN has authors give it full copyright to their work via a "Copy Right Form."

The domain iosrjournals.org is registered to Chetan Sharma, Shri Ram Colony, Devi Mandir road, Dasna, haziabad (201015), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh 201015, India, +91.9313171903, chetan.journals@gmail.com. The gmail address appears in the whois records for the domains used by other journals such as the "American Journal of Engineering Research" and those in QuestJournals.org.

Email
Spam for IOSR Journals in General
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"We are happy to announce you" emails
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"Please go through" emails
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IOSR Journal of Engineering
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    Dates: 4/28/2017 6:51 AM and again 5/12/17 12:26 AM
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IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science (IOSR-JHSS)

  • From: IOSR-JHSS 9info@xumd.online]
    Sent: Tuesday, December 8, 2020 2:35 AM
    Subject: IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science (IOSR-JHSS)
    Call For Paper December 2020 e ISSN No. 2279-0837 p ISSN No. 2279-0845
    Dear Author/Researcher,
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    Important Dates: December 2020
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    Acknowledgement of submission : Within 24 hrs
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    Regards
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    (IOSR-JHSS)
  • From: publishgood@rediffmail.com
    Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2021 5:18 AM
    To: [Many email addresses]
    Subject: Medical and clinical research articles
    IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science (IOSR-JHSS)
    Submit Your Paper
    Dear Author/Researcher,
    We are pleased to inform you that IOSR-JHSS is going to launch its next issue (May 2021).
    We would like to invite you to contribute your Research Paper for publication in IOSR-JHSS.
    The Journal provides a common forum where all aspects of humanities and social sciences are presented.
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    e ISSN No. 2279-0837
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    Publication frequency: 12 issue per year
    IOSR-JHSS follows the rapid publication process
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    Important Dates: May 2021
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    Publication Date: 25 May 2021
    Contact Details
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    Whatsapp no: 9311515042
    Regards
    [The nameless] Director General

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

DEStech Publications

The website (4/25/17) reports that "DEStech Publications, Inc., founded in 2001 and located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania (U.S.), is an independent academic STM publishing company that develops and publishes original professional books and university textbooks written and edited by scientific researchers." Sounds good, but the email I get is all for conferences in China, with admonitions like "academic moral is required" and promises of publication even if I do not attend the conference.

More unflattering information on DEStech was at Beall's website.

UPDATE (4 April 2019): More email is here.

Monday, April 24, 2017

Xia & He Publishing and Medjaden in Texas?

The Xia & He Publishing website (4/24/17) "company information" page states that the company is a "publisher of topical English language journals on all aspects of biomedical research." It promises "peer review and education regarding the scientific process, achieved through workshops, lectures, and our editorial interactions with authors." The directors are Hua Xiang Xia and Hua He. Although "headquartered in Texas, USA," only one of the eight company "members" is in Texas. The other seven are in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida, and China (Wuhan, Chongqing, and Beijing). Director Hua He also is an executive editor of an Omics journal.

That Xia & He would offer someone like me, with zero expertise in pharmacology, $200 for an article for the Journal of Exploratory Research in Pharmacology because of "your significant contributions to the field of pharmacology" (see below) is a bad sign.

So is the company's address -- 11415 Ashford Willow, Sugar Land, Texas, 77478, USA. The building at this address is a single family dwelling. A couple of real estate websites give a variety of names for the occupants (with a little overlap): Vinay S Kantak, Rekha S Puranik, Sudhir Puranik, B Salunkhe, and Amy Verga. Directors Xia and He use the same address for Medjaden, Inc., incorporated in Texas in 2015. This company may be the same as Medjaden Biosciences, Ltd, a Hong Kong company founded in 2005.
Email
  • 4/16/17, 4:34:26 AM EDT: Dear Dr. Kaye, We are pleased to inform you Journal of Exploratory Research in Pharmacology (JERP) published the first issue in November 2016. JEPR ... focus[es] on novel findings and the most recent advances in basic and clinical pharmacology, covering topics from drug research, drug development, clinical trials and application. The exploratory research published in JERP may not necessarily be conclusive, but the study design must be solid, the methodologies must be reliable, the results must be true, and the conclusions must be rational and justifiable with evidence. ... As an open access journal, JERP guarantees a fast process in the editorial response, peer review, and online publication. ... Based on your significant contributions to the field of pharmacology, I am honored to invite you to write an article, which you believe to be appropriate for this journal. If you are able to provide a submission to JERP, please confirm within one week by e-mail. ... Additional time can be provided if needed. To acknowledge your contribution and valuable support, we will provide a modest honorarium of USD 200 upon acceptance of your manuscript for publication. Moreover, there will be no article processing fees or other related charges for this invited article as well as any additional articles subsequently submitted to JERP in which you are the first or corresponding author until 2020. ... Look forward to hearing from you with a positive response. ... With kind regards, Prof. Jide Tian, Prof. Ramón Cacabelos, Editors-in-Chief, Journal of Exploratory Research in Pharmacology, http://www.xiahepublishing.com/, editorialoffice@jerp-xh.com

Sunday, April 23, 2017

The Global Scientific Library (GSL) Journal of Forensic Research

"Global Science Library (GSL) is one of newly start-up publishers [that] aims at making access to knowledge FREE for ALL." Its website (4/23/17) sports the names of 34 journals. The first one I heard from, the GSL Journal of Forensic Research, purports to have 19 editors but apparently needs more (see the email below). These editors include
⊖ Dr. Kristin Holland, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, United States
⊖ Dr. Heath Grant, John Jay College of Criminal justice, United States
⊖ Dr. Judge Mary A Celeste, National Judicial College, United States
The "Dr. Judge" is a retired Denver County judge who is a consultant "designated as an expert witness on marijuana and driving in a Court of Law" with one article in a peer reviewed journal listed on her C.V. The affiliation with the National Judicial College is "Adjunct Faculty."

"Newly start-up" seems to be a euphemism as well as a solecism. Apparently, there is no editor-in-chief, and the links for "current issue" and "archives" reveal nothing.

GSL gives its address as 1320 Willow Pass Road Suite 600, Concord, California. So do various lawyers and other businesses. The property is advertised as a place to "[b]uild a local business presence with professional, tech-powered workspace" where "You can meet up with clients in our convenient, fully equipped meeting rooms" and "Work confidently in private or shared office space."
Email
  • From: forensic@gslpublishers.com
    Sent: 4/17/17
    Dear Dr. David H Kaye,
    We hope this mail finds you in good health and activity. I'm writing today to extend an invitation to you to serve on GSL Journal of Forensic Research Editorial Board. The GSL Journal of Forensic Research is an international, peer reviewed, open access journal, committed towards publishing most recent and innovative advancements in the area of Forensic Research. The main aim of the journal is to provide a common access platform to all academicians and scientists from all over the world to share, discuss and promote various latest developments in Forensic Research. Since you have already served in this capacity I thought you might be interested in continuing your relationship with us in this capacity. I hope that you will consider joining the Editorial Board. If you accept this appointment, please forward a copy of your curriculum vitae and photograph. I look forward to your reply.
    Yours sincerely,
    Nancy
    GSL Journal of Forensic Research
  • From: GSL Journal of Forensic Research (forensic@gslpublishers.com)
    Sent: 5/17/17, 12:39:29 PM EDT
    Dear
    Greetings! Hope you are doing well. GSL Journal of Forensic Research is a newly launched Journal and we are in the process of procuring articles for Inaugural Issue. We accept research articles/review articles/case reports/perspectives/short communications in the field of Forensic Research. We promise a stringent peer review process to publish quality articles. [W]e follow 100% Transparency. We would be glad if you could contribute an article towards the Journal Inaugural Issue. Please let us know your decision in this regard. Closing date of submissions for Inaugural Issue: 31 May 2017  ...
    Awaiting your kind response.
    Nancy,
    GSL Journal of Forensic Research
  • From: GSL Journal of Forensic Research (editor.forensic@globaljournals.net)
    Sent: 8/10/17, 2:54:31 PM EDT
    ... We hope you are doing well…..! Please allow us to introduce our self as “GSL Publishers”, “Sharing knowledge through open access Journals”. We are very fond of all your past valuable submission, and we do not want to miss your future research works to be published in our group. We would appreciate if you would contribute us with an article to our GSL Journal of Forensic Research inaugural issue, and we request you to please send us your valuable submissions on or before August 25, 2017 as an email attachment. We  accept research articles/review articles/case reports/perspectives/short communications in this field. Kindly let us know in case of any further queries. Your participation and contribution is highly desired and will be well appreciated.
    Best Regards,
    Nancy
  • From: GSL Journal of Forensic Research (forensic@gslopenaccess.com)
    Sent: May 15, 2018, at 11:43 AM
    Subject: Boundless Opportunity to Publish your Manuscript
    May this day will be filled with Success! Please allow us to introduce our self as “GSL Publishers”, “Sharing knowledge through open access Journals”. We are very fond of all your past valuable submissions, and we do not want to miss your future research works to be published in our journal. We would appreciate if you would contribute us with an article to our GSL Journal of Forensic Research upcoming issue, and we request you to please send us your valuable submissions on or before June 05, 2018 .... Kindly let us know in case of any further queries. Your participation and contribution is highly desired and will be well appreciated. Waiting for your reply.
    With Regards
    Samanta
    GSL Publishers
  • From: GSL Journal of Forensic Research [forensic@gslopenaccess.net]
    Date: 5/23/18 at 12:38 PM
    Subject: Deserving Excellent Research
    Greetings of the day! We are pleased to introduce ourself GSL Publishers open access field. GSL Journal of Forensic Research is an open access journal, publishes research works in the various fields of science, biomedical and medicine. By virtue of your past publications and research areas, we would like to welcomes you to submit an article for consideration in the upcoming issue of our journal. The aim of the special article request is to publish latest scientific data and provide free access to the readers across the world. We are inviting researchers in the field to contribute their valuable work for the possible publication in the upcoming issues on “Forensic Research and its related topics.” ... Submissions received will be double blind peer-reviewed to enhance the quality. Proposed deadline for submissions would be on or before June 10, 2018. We look forward to hear from you.
    Regards,
    Samanta
    GSL Publisher
  • From: GSL Journal of Forensic Research [forensic@gslopenaccess.com]
    Date: Jun 11 at 10:08 AM
    Subject: Connecting Research Minds
    [Same email, with the deadline changed to June 30, 2018]
Other Journals
Journal of Clinical Case Reports and Reviews
  • From: Kristen B [camp@globalsciencelibrary.info]
    Date: Thu 8/23/2018 3:58 AM
    Subject: 2nd Follow up- Clinical cases/reviews
    Dear Researcher,
    Greetings from the Journal of Clinical Case reports and reviews- JCCRR (eISSN: 2637-7527)!!
    Hoping that you might have been busy and could not reply to our previous e-mail, we hereby make a follow-up regarding our invitation to submit an article to the upcoming issue of JCCRR.
    Please send a case report/review/mini-review for the upcoming issue. Or you may write a 1-2 page editorial/ commentary/ Letter to Editor/short communication/opinion article or send a clinical/medical image on any of your interested topic that fits the scope of the journal.
    Please submit your article by Sep 05, 2018. Send the article as a reply to this e-mail or you may submit online ... .
    Hoping for a positive reply
    Regards,
    Kristen B
    Clinical Case Reports and Reviews
  • From: Kristen B [camp@globalsciencelibrary.info]
    Date: Tue 11/20/2018 4:50 AM
    Subject: With reference to your Expertise: Special Follow Up
    Dear Researcher,
    Greetings from Journal of Clinical Case Reports and Reviews!!
    Considering your expertise in the field, we would like to invite you to submit an article for publication in the upcoming issue of the journal. You can submit full length cases and reviews, or you can also submit a 1-2-page editorial/mini review, etc. on your current research or on any topic within the scope of the journal. Please submit your article by November 30, 2018. You can send your article as a reply to this e-mail.
    We would be happy to know your interest to join Journal Editorial board and Reviewer Board. For any other information, please contact us.
    Thanks & Regards,
    Kristen B
    Managing Editor

Sunday, April 16, 2017

Science Domain International

I would guess that Science Domain International is another Indian venture. If there is a main address on the website, it is well hidden. Emails for the Journal of Scientific Research and Reports give three addresses -- London, Delhi, and New Castle (in Delaware). But SDI does not seem to have an office in Delaware. The New Castle address actually is for Agents and Corporation, Inc., a "remote agent" firm that provides cheap incorporations in Delaware. Wherever it may be located, however, SDI has a "thirst for excellence" and "top innovation."

SDI also may be operating as International Knowledge (IK) Press (discussed here) and ResearchPromotion.com. Scientific Spam reported that

Something calling itself “ScienceDomain International Ltd”, apparently of Third Floor, 207 Regent Street, London, W1B 3HH, continues to turn up in spamtraps. They have existed as an UK company twice, but both registrations have been dissolved (Reg. No 07794635 – Dissolved on 14 January 2014; Reg. No 08988029 – Dissolved on 24 November 2015). Nonetheless, they process personal data without having ever registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office, which in itself is a criminal act in the United Kingdom.

All the emails to me offer allegedly time-limited, steep discounts on publication charges.

UPDATES

  • 10/30/17: One email came from the domain yourjournal4.or, which is registered to Suresh Jat, in Pratap Nagar, Jaipur 302025 India, +91.98871275, Email:sapnajat38@gmail.com.
  • 4/21/18: Another, from dashboardstar.online, is less revealing. That domain is registered to Private by Design, LLC, 500 Westover Dr #9816, Sanford NC 27330, +1.9712666028, e4dccc5d37dab7eac3c912511a9645643671491c@private.design.
  • 6/18/18: The domain 4sdi.online that appears in an email for "The British Journal of Science and Applied Technology" was registered through PDR Ltd. in India. It claims that it is indexed in the "US National Library of Medicine (NLM) Catalog [NLM ID: 101664541]." In fact, the journal's status there is "Not currently indexed for MEDLINE. ... Not in the NLM Collection."
  • 4/21/18: sciencedomains.org is registered to P Monda, Tarakeswar, Hooghly West Bengal 712410 India +91.9434356957, mondal.pinaki@gmail.com
  • 10/19/20: The "headquarters" address for the SDI journals is Guest House Road, Street no - 1/6, Hooghly, West Bengal, India Corp. Firm Registration Number: L77527, Email: contact@journaljsrr.com, Tele: +91 8617752708."
    The publisher of the several Science Domain International journals I sampled is "Ms. M. B. Mondal, Ph.D".A 2018 report on "India's Fake Medical Journals" reproduced at dailyrounds.org (which describes itself as the country's "largest academic doctors network" has more information on Ms. Mondal and her publications:
    Run by a Hugli-based couple, Science Domain has a registered company in the UK. As for its owners, Pinaki Mondal is listed as an MTech degree holder and a former employee of International Centre for Automobile Technology, while his wife, identified only as “Dr (Ms) M B Mondal”, is shown to have completed her Ph.D. Sciencedomain.org says it charges $500 per article but offers discounts of up to 96% on this price. “Kindly contact to editor.15@sciencedomain.org to know payment instructions for bank wire transfer,” it states. The website claims that four of its journals are on the UGC list but The Indian Express found only one — British Journal of Economics, Management & Trade — although its new version, Journal of Economics, Management, and Trade, is missing. The company claims to have published over 20,000 articles.
  • 4/13/21: The London address comes from a virtual office supplier that "provide[s] the opportunity for companies, businesses and individuals to use this prestigious London W1 location for mail forwarding and as a registered office address." Also of interest is a ScholarlyOA posting on how SDI meets its 21-day promise for publication decisions.
Email

Monday, April 10, 2017

The Manuscripts of MedCrave

The MedCrave Publishing Group's About Us page contains the vacuous hyperbole typical of journals that are best avoided. Here we learn that MedCrave is
dedicated to make original valuable scientific content available freely to the global population. ... amazed by science and its wonderful forms and we now bring this beauty to you too. ... a collection of ... works of pure significance. ... relevant to science ... open for all interested members around the globe ... .
Not only that,but
The manuscripts of MedCrave have overcome all the barriers that lay in the way of knowledge.
With the insight of a Chinese fortune cookie, MedCrave "considers the will to tear up your ignorance as the best price you could pay" and gushes that "there is no best price for knowledge except the will to learn." As to what one might learn, well, it could be anything "from the traditional divisions to contemporary works."

It could even be a faux study of "uromycitisis poisoning" -- a disease created for an episode of Seinfeld -- submitted by a nonexistent "Arthur Vandelay Urological Research Institute" to MedCrave's Urology & Nephrology Open Access Journal. It took three days for the journal to complete its favorable peer review of an article with a references to nonexistent sources such as a putative New York Times report that "New Public Urination Passes Approved for Uromycitisis Sufferers." The author of the uromycitis article describes the incident in The Scientist.

Medcrave considers itself "one of the finest Online Publishing Groups" and has a scrolling banner of "NIH funded and indexed articles." I clicked on three of them. None were published by MedCrave. Another journal proudly proclaims that it will not "risk your creativity for the sake of the journal’s fame or quality." It will publish "any kind of article" "in the scope of science " "in any stage of the research in any [style]."

The domain medcraveonline.org is registered to Sabrina M, Boardwalk Cir, Bartlesville Oklahoma 74006, +1.9182080288, sabrinamyers07@gmail.com.
Email
  • From: Authors Journal
    Sent: Sep 15 at 7:25 AM
    Subject: Publication Rights to Authors: Authors Journal
    Greetings from MedCrave Group! Hope you are doing well. We are very glad to announce that a new journal Authors Journal is launched. The only aim of this journal is to protect your creativity. Your manuscript will not be peer reviewed. We do not risk your creativity for the sake of the journal’s fame or quality. All submissions will be published as soon as the author’s identities are checked and the content of the manuscript is in the scope of science and it does not violate the law of related countries. The quality of the papers in the journal is ensured by author’s names and affiliations.
    We kindly request you to submit any kind of article in any stage of the research in your own preferred style. Please let us know if you have any suggestions to help us to serve you better. This is the Authors Journal, your own journal.
    Best Regards, Helen White, Manager & Co-Founder, Authors Journal, Tel: +1-918-208-0288, E-mail: aj@medcraveonline.org
    *PS: For our ideologies and any concerns about the Journal, kindly contact us. We will provide you with one time password to verify our Journal strategy.