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)
Archives in Neurology & Neuroscience (ANN)
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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.
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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)
Global Journal of Forensic Science & Medicine
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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
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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
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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
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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
