Tuesday, July 31, 2018

AND Media, a "Google Partner Network"

Today's email is not from a journal publisher -- flaky, predatory, or otherwise -- at least, not one that I can locate. It purports to be from Google News, Google News (Partnered Company), and AND Media Ltd ( Google Partner Network). The message has the deceptive title "You are Featured in Google News" -- no such luck. The claims are rather silly -- "you can even apply for grants from the government or university by publishing your work in Google News"!

The domain name oasispub.co.in suggests an Indian origin. ICANN does not show registration data, but a whois search on domaintools.com shows registration to "Student" in India in June 2018. The website oasispub.co.in is a blog (with no content) called "Oasis Cart – One shopping destination." Neither Mapquest nor Google Maps recognizes the email's street address in Massachusetts.

Under these circumstances, it is difficult to imagine why anyone would send "your opinion article" or "your research work" to this "Google Partner Network." I submitted an inquiry to Google News and will supplement this posting if I learn more.

UPDATE (August 23, 2018): Apparently Google could not care less who advertises itself as a "Partnered Company." So far, I have received no reply to my inquiry there. In response to a second spam on Aug. 19, I asked Jennifer Ballard, "Before I send an article, could you provide more information about AND Media Ltd – who is on the editorial board, whether you pay for articles, what subjects are of interest, etc.?" No reply so far.
Email
  • From: Google News [google-news@oasispub.co.in]
    Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2018 3:39 PM [and again
    Subject: You are Featured in Google News
    Hello Dr.David H Kaye,
    I am Jennifer Ballard, Editorial Assistant for Google News contacting you with the reference from our Editorial Board.
    We are looking for experts like you in the medical field. Many top medical researchers are going unnoticed due to predatory journals are taking up the lead. You would get nothing but a published article in that journal and they don't add any value to your hard work.
    We at Google News (Partnered Company) are going to take your research to the world by publishing your opinion article in our news website. This way, your research will get noticed by many people and you can even apply for grants from the government or university by publishing your work in Google News
    Google News receives millions of visitors daily from all over the world, and it is one of the top news websites in America. If you think that your research work is not getting enough exposure, we can help you feature you and your research work in Google News. All we need is a news article especially written for Google News by explaining in detail about your research, so that common people can understand it and send it to us so that we can publish your article with us. If you want us to write the news article for you, just send us your articles, so that our editors can write about you and your work and will publish the same in our news website.
    This will help you in getting high impact factor and more citations for your articles and also increases your credibility.
    If you are interested in our proposal, just send us your articles or published article link, so that we can send you more details.
    All the best
    Jennifer Ballard, | Editorial Assistant,
    AND Media Ltd ( Google Partner Network)
    3164 Christie Way Salem,
    Massachusetts 01970, USA
  • From: google news [google-news@webgroup.in]
    Date: Sun 8/19/2018 1:29 PM [and Sun 7/29/2018 3:39 PM]
    Subject: Your are Featured in Google News
    Dear DR.David H Kaye,
    I am Jennifer Ballard, Editorial Assistant for Google News contacting you with the reference from our Editorial Board. We are looking for experts like you in the Scientific field. Many top Researchers are going unnoticed due to predatory journals are taking up the lead. You would get nothing but a published article in that journal and they don't add any value to your hard work.
    We at Google News (Partnered Company) are going to take your research to the world by publishing your opinion article in our news website. This way, your research will get noticed by many people and you can even apply for grants from the government or university by publishing your work in Google News. We believe that publishing with Google News will be of great value to you, and will help you reach your research with a world-wide recognition. It is going to impact your profession in a major way.
    Google News receives millions of visitors daily from all over the world, and it is one of the top news websites in America. If you think that your research work is not getting enough exposure, we can help you feature you and your research work in Google News. All we need is a news article especially written for Google News by explaining in detail about your research, so that common people can understand it and send it to us so that we can publish your article with us. If you want us to write the news article for you, just send us your articles, so that our editors can write about you and your work and will publish the same in our news website.
    This will help you in getting high impact factor and more citations for your articles and also increases your credibility.
    If you are interested in our proposal, just send us your articles or published article link, so that we can send you more details. Nothing is more important to us than the satisfaction of those we work with. I’m sure we will live up to your expectations.
    The package includes publishing in Google News along with 300+ major news outlets. Here I am attaching you report of 300+ major news outlets in which your work gets published.
    All the best
    Jennifer Ballard, | Editorial Assistant,
    AND Media Ltd
    (Google Partner Network)
    3164 Christie Way Salem, Massachusetts 01970, USA

Thursday, July 12, 2018

Iris Publishers, "your one-stop-place for latest scientific!"

The About Us webpage of Iris Publishers (7/12/18) has such ringing phrases as "your one-stop-place for latest scientific!" "aiding the growth of learners ... for the prosperity of science." They want "to exploit the scientific information"and "to unfold the quality research globally." To exploit and unfold, IRIS uses a "potential Editorial team" and a "highly qualified and expert Editorial committee [that] is indulged in scrutinizing articles with stringent peer review process ensuring that it follows our policies." Who could ask for anything more?

Iris has pictures of 35 journals on its website -- 36 if you count the World Journal of Yoga and Natural Therapy twice inasmuch as it "is an ambidextrous journal."

The domain name irispublishers.org is registered to New Dream Network, LLC dba DreamHost Web Hosting. The telephone number on the contact page, 914-407-6109, also is used by Lupine Publishers, which is "focused on ... Remedial missions in relation with Technical Knowledge." Virtual office supplier, Regus, could be the source of the address of the office building in San Francisco. Clearly, there is reason to wonder where Iris is actually located. The spam inviting me "to join your hands with us in this instigate" suggests that the handshake would be quite a stretch.

UPDATE: Two comments of July 13, 2018, provide more information. One from "Smut Clyde" reveals that the common telephone number for Lupine and Iris (not to mention the flowery association) is no accident. He (or she) found that

Iris Publishers LLC is a Colorado Domestic Limited-Liability Company filed on May 18, 2018 .... The company's principal address is 7865 S Grand Baker St., Aurora, CO 80016. That Aurora street address is also the home of Lupine Publisher, Crimson Publisher, "Biomedical Research Ltd", and Sudheer Kaku (the scammer who registered the corresponding domains).

The address on the spam from the Global Journal of Forensic Science & Medicine is that of an office building with space rented by Regus. This company provides a "Virtual Office, The right image for your business, with a prestigious address and a range of supporting services."

UPDATE (5/17/19): Understandably, Mr. Kaku objects to being referred to as a "scammer." He commented (below) that "I own Biomedical Research Network + & Crimson Publishers and yes, the Colorado Address is an editorial office for the domains we did specify that on websites. We use Virtual offices for mail handling." He insisted that "we formed this corporation to publish quality research" and added "Please let me know if you come across any genuine complain or an instance where we scammed or didn't deliver on what we promised." At least two papers in the Annals of Biostatistics and Biometric Applications could not have received the peer review and editing that the journals promise to their authors and the public. So too, a reason to question whether the Peer Reviewed Journal of Forensic and Genetic Sciences is peer reviewed in practice as well as in name is at the posting on Lupine Publishers.

UPDATE (9/14/19): If further proof of the flakiness of Iris Publishers and related spammers is needed, it comes from an email referred to me by a professor in the United Kingdom who wrote that "[a]s these things go it really takes the biscuit! The standout bit is in bold below. [T]his seems to me to be a new low." The email from Iris reads as follows:

From: iris@publisher-france.com
Subject: top rated journals of Scopus and WoS
Date: 11 September 2019 14:30:00 BST
Good day,
Great opportunity to publish your article.
in the top rated journals of Scopus, until the end of 2019,
book a publication at the beginning of 2020.
Now, we have a program called “Co-authorship”. You can become a co-author of an already finished article, which is accepted for publication.
in a journal indexed in Scopus.
We translate the article to English and design the article ourselves.
We guarantee that your article will be published in the journal of Scopus and indexed.

We also have a large number of journals of all directions. We will help you publish your article quickly and monitor indexing to Scopus.
Send articles, ask questions.
We will be happy to answer you.

Perhaps Mr. Kaku can explain how he plans to make people into "co-authors" of "already finished" articles by having Iris translate it into English. Is the assumption that the "co-author" already is an author of the original article, or is "a program called 'Co-authorship'" a solicitation for plagiarism?

UPDATE (4/26/20): The peer review at Iris's Scientific Journal of Research and Reviews is also bogus. See Iris Publishers and the World's First Quantification of the Deal with Birds.

Email

Annals of Public Health & Epidemiology (APHE)

  • From: Annals of Public Health & Epidemiology
    Sent: Monday, July 19, 2021 10:53 AM
    Subject: Eminent Support
    Dear Dr. Professor,
    Good Morning!
    I am sure you're quite busy, but I would appreciate if you could take a moment to my below request.
    We are glad to inform you that, we are in the process of framingEditorial/review committee for our journal. So, we respectfully invite you to join your hands with us in this instigate.
    Moreover, we request you to submit yourCVto the same email id.
    Also, we are cordially inviting eminent researchers like you to support us with your2-page opinion/mini review or any type of article for this Inaugural issue? We really need your support for this issue.
    I trust you will provide your valuable time and interest towards our journal.
    Please track the below link to visit our journal website ... .
    Await your valuable response.
    Dollie Roslyn|Managing Editor
    Annals of Public Health & Epidemiology (APHE)
    Iris Publishers LLC,315 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA.
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Archives in Neurology & Neuroscience (ANN)

  • From: Neurology& Neuroscience [neurology@irisopenaccess.org]
    Sent: Monday, July 18, 2022 3:31 AM
    Subject: Valuable Submission: ANN
    Dear Dr. Dh Kaye ,
    Greetings from ANN!!
    Hope you are doing well and very good in health.
    I am Grace Allan manager of "Archives in Neurology & Neuroscience (ANN)" I was in shortfall of one article for successful release of Forthcoming Issue. Is it possible for you to support us with your 2-page opinion/mini review/research article for this issue?
    I believe in you that; your one article brings out the best achievement to our Journal.
    We desire to receive your manuscript by the end of July.
    Await your positive response.
    Grace Allan| Impact Factor - 0.905| NLM ID: 101759143
    Iris Publishers LLC,315 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA.
  • From: Neurology& Neuroscience [neurology@irisopenaccess.com]
    Sent: Friday, July 15, 2022 11:00 AM
    Subject: Authors Issue: ANN
    Dear Dr. David H Kaye,
    Heartful greetings from Grace Allan!
    Theme: Our desire to publish your potential article in upcoming issue of ANN
    Outline: Archives in Neurology & Neuroscience (ANN) is an internationally peer-reviewed journal that aspires to publish articles relevant to Neurology and Brain Disorders from researchers worldwide. Submission: on/before July 30,2022
    Looking forward to receive your informative paper!
    Grace Allan| Impact Factor: 0.905| NLM ID: 101759143|ISSN: 2641-1911
    Iris Publishers LLC,315 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA

Archives of Reproductive Medicine (ARM)

  • From: Archives of Reproductive Medicine [reproductive@irisopenaccess.com]
    Sent: Friday, August 11, 2023 1:29 PM
    Subject: Invitation to Submit Article: ARM
    Esteemed Dr. Dh Kaye,
    I hope you are doing well.
    I am Sandra Angela, managing editor of the Archives of Reproductive Medicine (ARM).
    I sincerely apologize if I disturb you in any way. We are in shortfall of one article for the successful release of an Upcoming Issue of our journal, ARM. If this is short notice, kindly send a 2-page Opinion/Mini review. We hope a 2-page article is not time taken for eminent people like you.
    So, we are expecting this from your end without disappointing us.
    Drop us an email at your convenience; we have further discussion.
    Sandra Angela| Managing Editor
    Archives of Reproductive Medicine (ARM) | ISSN:2837-4614
    Iris Publishers LLC,315Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA94104, USA.
    Phone Number:+1-628-201-9788
  • From: Archives of Reproductive Medicine [reproductive@irisopenaccess.org]
    Sent: Friday, August 11, 2023 1:31 PM
    Subject: Looking for Support: ARM
    Esteemed Dr. David H Kaye,
    Hope everything will be good at your end.
    We cordially invite you to submit a Research/Review /Communicate report manuscript for possible publication in our Upcoming issue towards Archives of Reproductive Medicine (ARM). If you are unable to submit a full-length manuscript, an Editorial or Letter to Editor with a minimum 1000 words is also acceptable.
    I feel its a enormous pleasure to invite you, because we were confident that your article would increase our journal's citations and reputation.
    I trust this welcome is pleasing to you.
    Acknowledge this mail for further queries.
    Sandra Angela | Managing Editor
    Archives of Reproductive Medicine (ARM) |ISSN: 2837-4614
    Iris Publishers LLC,315Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA94104, USA.
    Phone Number: +1-628-201-9788

Archives of Rheumatology & Arthritis Research (ARAR)

  • From: Archives of Rheumatology & Arthritis Research [arthritis@irispublishers-nl.net]
    Sent: Friday, April 30, 2021 8:37 AM
    Subject: Give A Chance
    Dear Dr. DH Kaye,
    Good Morning
    I am Rose Jane manager of Journal " Archives of Rheumatology & Arthritis Research (ARAR)" I was in shortfall of one article for release of Our upcoming issue. Is it possible for you to support us with your 2-page opinion/mini review/research article for this issue?
    I believe in you that, your one article brings out the best achievement to our Journal. Please tack the below link to visit on our journal website https://irispublishers.com/arar/
    Hope to receive your dedication and contribution soon.
    Please Acknowldge this mail for queries.
    Rose Jane| Managing Editor
    Archives of Rheumatology & Arthritis Research| ISSN: 2694-1724
    Iris Publishers LLC,315 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA.
    Web: irispublishers.com | Email Id: arthritis@irispublishers.com | Tel no: +1-628-201-9788
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Global Journal of Forensic Science & Medicine

  • From: Global Journal of Forensic Science & Medicine [forensic@irispublishers.net]
    Date: Jan. 22, 2019, 8:19 AM
    Subject: Publication of your potential work in GJFSM
    Good Morning!
    Global Journal of Forensic Science & Medicine is in shortfall of only one article of successful accomplishment of Volume 1 Issue 2 we are in search of professionals who can support us. In this process, we have gone through your eminent profile which has impressed our senior Editor a lot.
    So, it is our request you to submit any article (at least 2page opinion/Mini Review). ... Await your submission on/before January 31, 2019.
    Regards,
    Amber Smith
    315 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA, Tel: +1-628-201-9788
  • From: Global Journal of Forensic Science & Medicine [forensic@irispublishers.com]
    Date: Fri 9/21/2018 8:58 AM
    Subject: Looking for CV
    Dear Dr. David H Kaye,
    Good Morning!
    I am sure you're quite busy, but I would appreciate if you could take a moment to my below request.
    We are glad to inform you that, we are in the process of framing Editorial/review committee for our journal. So, we respectfully invite you to join your hands with us in this instigate.
    I trust you’ll provide your valuable time and interest towards our journal and we are looking forward to inaugurate our GJFSM with the eminent people like you.
    If you are interested to join as an editorial board member in our journal, please send your CV ...
    Sincerely,
    Amber Smith
    Managing editor
    Global Journal of Forensic Science & Medicine
    315 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA

Nursing & Care

  • From: Nursing & Care [nursing@iris-research.net]
    Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2023 1:17 PM
    Subject: Contribution
    Esteemed Dr. David H Kaye,
    Hope you are doing well!
    Can we have your article for the successful release of Volume 4, Issue 4 in our journal Nursing & Care (IJNC).
    In fact, we need one article to accomplish the issue prior to September 30, 2023; we hope that the single manuscript should be yours. If this is on short notice, kindly send a 2-page opinion/mini review/case report. We hope a 2-page article isn't time taken for eminent people like you.
    I believe in you and that your eminent manuscript brings good achievement to our journal.
    We do hope you will feel able to respond positively to this invitation, and we look forward to hearing from you shortly. Anticipate for your promising response.
    Amelia Hoffman| Managing Editor
    Iris Publishers LLC
    315Montgomery Street
    San Francisco, CA94104, USA.

Open Access Journal of Archaeology and Anthropology

  • From: Open Access Journal of Archaeology and Anthropology [archaeology@irispublishers.org]
    Date: Fri 9/21/2018 5:35 AM
    Subject: Contribution for Open Access Week
    Dear Dr. David H Kaye,
    Greetings from Iris Publishers!
    Happy Open Access Week!
    We are happy to celebrate Open Access Week and we are welcoming your submissions for our OAJAA.
    In this Occasion 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 the open access issue of our journal.
    We anticipate that you will support and make our celebration more joyful by sharing any type of manuscript towards our journal.
    Please acknowledge this email receipt within 24 hours.
    Regards,
    Carlo Alvaro
  • From: Open Access Journal of Archaeology and Anthropology [archaeology@irispublishers.org]
    Date: July 12, 2018, 3:59 AM
    Subject: Evaluation
    Good Morning!
    I am sure you're quite busy, but I would appreciate if you could take a moment to my below request.
    We are glad to inform you that, we are in the process of framing Editorial/review committee for our journal. So, we respectfully invite you to join your hands with us in this instigate.
    I trust you’ll provide your valuable time and interest towards our journal and we are looking forward to inaugurate our OAJAA with the eminent people like you.
    If you are interested to join as an editorial board member in our journal, please send your CV ... Kindly acknowledge this email for further queries.
    Sincerely,
    Carlo Alvaro
    Open Access Journal of Archaeology and Anthropology