From Science PG's International Јoᴜrnаl of Law and Society

A discussion of SciencePG and several of its journals is in a posting from January 2017. The following emails are from its International Јoᴜrnаl of Law and Society:

• From: Wilson Charlotte [charlottewilson@jlaarp.com]
  Sent: Saturday, April 3, 2021 12:40 PM
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) expect you reply

The website of the Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute states (10/25/17) that

MDPI.com is a platform for peer-reviewed, scientific open-access journals operated by MDPI AG, based in Basel, Switzerland. Additional offices are located in Beijing and Wuhan (China) as well as in Barcelona (Spain).

However, the domain mdpi.com is registered to Perfect Privacy, LLC, of Jacksonville, Florida, making it hard to know who is really behind this megapublisher.

MDPI crows that

Our publishing activities are supported by more than 15,700 active scientists and academic editors on our journals' international editorial boards, including several Nobelists. More than 263,500 individual authors have already published with MDPI.

I guess it is better to have active rather than passive scientists working for you.The journals that attract these Nobelists have names such as Actuators, Algorithms, Axioms, Atoms, Animals, and Ads. Those are just a few of the ones that start with A. Alas, there are no entries for K, X, Y, and Z. W is for Water, and U is for Universe (and Urban Science). There is a Toxins and a Toxics, a Pharmaceuticals and a Pharmaceutics. Nevertheless, some MDPI journals may be sincere efforts to publish meaningful work. From 2010-2016, the editor in chief of Laws was Larry Gostin, a preeminent scholar of global public health law, and the journal includes some articles from mainstream law faculty, particularly in the health-law field.

If the emails to me are any indication, MDPI is scrounging for material by writing authors of articles appearing in bona fide journals whose titles suggest that they could prepare some related article for one of their journals. Indeed, they are even offering to waive publication charges for the recipients of their personalized spam.

UPDATE of 5 Oct 2022: The following discussions of MDPI are revealing. Some contain additional links:

• Thorough article on MDPI’s Remarkable Growth by Christos Petrou in the Scholarly Kitchen;
• News story in ScienceInsider entitled "Open-access journal editors resign after alleged pressure to publish mediocre papers: Nutrients editors quit en masse from MDPI journal";
• Discussion on the mathematician's Igor Pak's blog;
• Discussion on the geographer Mats Widgren's blog;
• Postings on ResearchGate

Email

Mathematics

• From: Nemo Guan [nemo.guan@mdpi.com]
  Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2021 9:16 AM
  Subject: Call for Paper Reminder: [Mathematics] (IF: 1.747, ISSN: 2227-7390) — Special Issue "Mathematical Modelling and Hybrid Strategies for Risk and Uncertainty Management"
  Dear Dr. Kaye,
  We contacted you on 31st of March, regarding a Special Issue entitled "Mathematical Modelling and Hybrid Strategies for Risk and Uncertainty Management", to be published in the journal Mathematics (ISSN 2227-7390, IF 1.747). Prof. Dr. Svajonė Bekešienė and Prof. Dr. Ieva Meidutė-Kavaliauskienė are serving as Guest Editors for this issue. Based on your expertise in this field, we think you could make an excellent contribution.
  This Special Issue focuses on the characterization of uncertainties and the development of risk assessment models for the essential infrastructures in different areas of life. Both practical applications for reliability-based design code calibration and quantitative risk assessment, and novel methodological developments, including emerging areas, such as machine learning and artificial intelligence, are included to provide a reliable method for multifaceted risk assessment. We invite you to contribute and submit your latest research work.
  For further reading, please follow the link to the Special Issue Website at: ...
  The submission deadline is 31 December 2021. You may send your manuscript now or up until the deadline. Submitted papers should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. We also encourage authors to send a short abstract or tentative title to the Editorial Office in advance (mathematics@mdpi.com).
  Mathematics is fully open access. Open access (unlimited and free access by readers) increases publicity and promotes more frequent citations, as indicated by several studies. Open access is supported by the authors and their institutes. An Article Processing Charge (APC) of CHF 1600 currently applies to all accepted papers.
  For further details on the submission process, please see the instructions for authors at the journal website ...
  We also invite you to post an early version of your paper on our free preprint platform, Preprints, allowing you to receive feedback from your peers and make your early results citable. For more information or to submit your preprint, visit ...
  We look forward to hearing from you.
  Kind regards,
  Nemo Guan
  Assistant Editor
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Risk

• From: Risks Editorial Office
  Subject: [Risks] Invitation to Publish a Paper Free of Charge in Risks (ESCI - Web of Science) - expect you reply
  Sent: Oct 24 at 9:30 PM
  Dear Dr. Kaye,
  We noticed you published the following outstanding manuscript: Beyond uniqueness: the birthday paradox, source attribution and individualization in forensic science testimony. Law Probab. Risk 2013, 12, 3-11.
  On behalf of the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Mogens Steffensen, of Mathematical Sciences, University of Copenhagen (Denmark), we would like to invite you to contribute a research article or review article for publication in our journal Risks. If you could submit an article by the end of 2017, the article processing charges (APCs) will be fully waived. Your submission will be paid high priority during processing. Please visit the Instructions for Authors before submitting a manuscript: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/risks/instructions/. Once your manuscript is ready, please submit it through our online submission system at http://www.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload/.
  *About Risks* ...*Rapid publication*: manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision provided to authors approximately 41 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 9 days (median values for papers published in this journal in 2016).
  In order for us to plan for the whole project, please kindly inform us within 3 weeks as to whether you would be willing to accept our offer. We look forward to hearing from you.
  Kind regards, Daria Shi, Assistant Managing Editor, Email: daria.shi@mdpi.com
  On behalf of Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Mogens Steffensen, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
  --MDPI Branch Office, Beijing, Risks Editorial Office, Tel. +86 10 6193 4609, Fax +86 10 6193 4609, E-mail: risks@mdpi.com, http://www.mdpi.com/journal/risks/
  MDPI AG, Postfach, CH-4020 Basel, Switzerland, Office: St. Alban-Anlage 66, 4052 Basel, Tel.: +41 61 683 77 34; Fax: +41 61 302 89 18
• From: Risks Editorial Office [risks@mdpi.com]
  Sent: 11/10/2017 1:46 AM
  Re: Gentle Reminder: [Risks] Invitation to Publish a Paper Free of Charge in Risks (ESCI - Web of Science) - expect you reply
  Dear Dr. Kaye,
  We invited you to submit a free Paper to the journal Risks in October 2017. In case you missed our previous email, we would like to renew our invitation for you. We noticed you published the following outstanding manuscript: Deadly statistics: quantifying an 'unacceptable risk' in capital punishment. Law Probab. Risk 2017, 16, 7-34. On behalf of the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Mogens Steffensen of Mathematical Sciences, University of Copenhagen (Denmark), we would like to invite you to contribute a research article or review article for publication in our journal Risks. If you could submit an article by the end of 2017, the article processing charges (APCs) will be fully waived. Your submission will be paid high priority ...We look forward to hearing from you.
  Kind regards, Janine Li, Assistant Managing Editor, Email: janine.li@mdpi.com On behalf of Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Mogens Steffensen, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
  --MDPI Branch Office, Beijing, Risks Editorial Office,Tel. +86 10 6193 4609, Fax +86 10 6193 4609, E-mail: risks@mdpi.com, http://www.mdpi.com/journal/risks/
  --MDPI AG, Postfach, CH-4020 Basel, Switzerland, Office: St. Alban-Anlage 66, 4052 Basel, Tel.: +41 61 683 77 34; Fax: +41 61 302 89 18
• From: Risks Editorial Office (risks@mdpi.com)
  Sent: 11/2617, 10:46:19 PM
  Subject: Gentle Reminder: [Risks] Invitation to Publish a Paper Free of Charge in Risks (ESCI - - Web of Science) - expect you reply
  Dear Dr. Kaye,
  We invited you to submit a free Paper to the journal Risks in October 2017. In case you missed our previous email, we would like to renew our invitation for you. We noticed you published the following outstanding manuscript: Beyond uniqueness: the birthday paradox, source attribution and individualization in forensic science testimony. Law Probab. Risk 2013, 12, 3-11.
  On behalf of the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Mogens Steffensen of Mathematical Sciences, University of Copenhagen (Denmark), we would like to invite you to contribute a research article or review article for publication in our journal Risks. If you could submit an article by the end of 2017, the article processing charges (APCs) will be fully waived. Your submission will be paid high priority during processing. Please visit the Instructions for Authors before submitting a manuscript: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/risks/instructions/. Once your manuscript is ready, please submit it through our online submission system at http://www.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload/.
  *About Risks* ...
  *Rapid publication*: manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision provided to authors approximately 41 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 9 days (median values for papers published in this journal in 2016).
  In order for us to plan for the whole project, please kindly inform us within 3 weeks as to whether you would be willing to accept our offer. We look forward to hearing from you.
  Kind regards, Daria Shi, Managing Editor, Email: daria.shi@mdpi.com
  On behalf of Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Mogens Steffensen, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
  -- MDPI Branch Office, Beijing, Risks Editorial Office, Tel. +86 10 6193 4609, Fax +86 10 6193 4609, E-mail: risks@mdpi.com, http://www.mdpi.com/journal/risks/
  -- MDPI AG, Postfach, CH-4020 Basel, Switzerland, Office: St. Alban-Anlage 66, 4052 Basel, Tel.: +41 61 683 77 34; Fax: +41 61 302 89 18

Center for Academic Research (CAR)

The spam from the Center for Academic Research (CAR) resembles that from RIPK. Indeed, CAR promises even more impressive review and publication times, asking for manuscripts five days before publication. Its categorization of subject areas is interesting. "Business" is part of "business," Law is part of "accounting and marketing." And so on.

The owners of the domain ijssb.com are hidden, since the domain is registered to Domain AdminOrganization: Privacy Protect, LLC (PrivacyProtect.org). The webpages at ijssb.com list an editorial office at 45 Laburnum Grove, Portsmouth, PO2 0HQ, UK, and a branch office at Abohawa office road, Tangail, Bangladesh. Judging from the images on Google Maps, the building at the Portsmouth address is a residential townhouse.

Email

• 12/17/16: Call for paper... International Journal of Social Science and Business (IJSSB) is an international peer-reviewed journal ... all fields of Social Science and Business. ... IJSSB publishes original papers, review papers, conceptual framework, analytical and simulation models, case studies, empirical research, technical notes, and book reviews. ...
  The journal is published both in print and online versions. The journal publishes research papers in the fields of: Business and Humanities: business, Humanities, Religious Studies, Public Administration, Psychology, Philosophy, hotel and tourism, development studies, population studies, international relations, Political Science, History, entrepreneurship development and so on. Accounting and marketing: economics, banking, accounting, commerce, human resources management, international business, finance, marketing, law, journalism and mass communication, corporate governance, cross-cultural studies, linguistics and so on. Management and Social science: management, human resource management, strategic management, e-business, services, information technology production & operations management, financial management and managerial economics, Social Science, Sociology, Social Welfare, Anthropology, Education, Women Studies and so on.
  Date of Publishing: IJSSB is inviting papers for Vol. 1 No. 4 which is scheduled to be published on December 30, 2016. Acceptance Notification: Within 7-10 days from the date of manuscript submission. Submission deadline: December 25, 2016. ...
  With Warm Regards,
  Chief Editor
  Dr. Gerald Fontaine
• From: Dr. Gerald Fontaine [editor@ijssb.com]
  Sent: Friday, June 16, 2017 1:32 PM
  To: Earwine
  Subject: Call for paper
  International Journal of Social Science and Business (IJSSB) is an international peer-reviewed journal ... in all fields of Social Science and Business. The core objective of IJSSB is to publish new knowledge and theories for the benefit of society from academics, researchers, professionals to industry practitioners. It also provides a venue for PhD scholars to submit on-going research and developments in these areas ... The journal publishes research papers in the fields of: ... hotel and tourism ... and so on ... cross-cultural studies, linguistics and so on ... human resource management, strategic management, ... Women Studies and so on.
  IJSSB is inviting papers for Vol. 2 No. 3 which is scheduled to be published on June 30, 2017. Acceptance Notification: Within 7-10 days from the date of manuscript submission Submission deadline: June 23, 2017.
  Warm Regards,
  Chief Editor
  Dr. Gerald Fontaine
  International Journal of Social Science and Business
• From: Dr. Gerald Fontaine [editor@ijssb.com]
  Sent: Monday, December 25, 2017 1:39 AM
  To: Earwine
  Subject: Call for paper
  ... IJSSB is inviting papers for Vol. 3 No. 1 which is scheduled to be published on January 30, 2018. Acceptance Notification: Within 7-10 days from the date of manuscript submission Submission deadline: January 10, 2018. ...
  With Warm Regards,
  Chief Editor,
  Dr. Gerald Fontaine
  International Journal of Social Science and Business
• From: Dr. Gerald Fontaine [editor@ijssb.com]
  Date: Feb 20, 2019, 12:52 PM
  Subject: Call for paper
  ... Date of Publishing: IJSSB is inviting papers for Vol. 4 No. 1 which is scheduled to be published on March 10, 2019. Acceptance Notification: Within 7-10 days from the date of manuscript submission Submission deadline: February 28, 2019.
  With Warm Regards,
  Chief Editor,
  Dr. Gerald Fontaine
  International Journal of Social Science and Business

Centre of Excellence for Scientific & Research Journalism (COES&RJ)

A conference organizer (Turkey, Malaysia, UAE, and China, many cancelled) and publisher of oddly organized journals, CIES&RJ pretends to have a US address (that belongs to a warehouse and is used by international scammers). The email I received (2/1/17) was for the "Journal of Social Sciences." The website refers to a "Journal of Law," but that link goes to the other journal. The only editorial board listed (2/1/17) is for the "Journal of Business and Management," whose editor-in-chief is Dr. Ra'ed (Mo'hd Taisir) Masa'deh, Dean: Faculty of Management, University of Jordan, Aqaba, Jordan.

The domain coesnrj.com was registered by GoDaddy.com for Nasir Shamsi, 10685-B Hazelhurst Dr. # 16258, Houston, Texas 77043 (the warehouse address), +1-281-407-7509, shamsipnp@hotmail.com. According to the About Us page of the center's website, the center is a Texas corporation with legal name COES&RJ, LLC (same telephone number) for which "the governing persons are: Mrs. Farhat Tabbasum [and] Mr. Nasir Ali Shamsi."

An email of 4/29/17 entitled "Call for Paper" for the COES Journal of Social Sciences came from editor.jss@centreofexcellence.net (no name). This journal now has an editorial board. The editor-in-chief is Nasir Ali Shamsi. Dr. Neda Khan (with no stated affiliation) is the editor. US members are Dr. Michael F. Shaughnessy, Eastern New Mexico University, and Dr. Neuvic Kalmar Malembanie, PhD., Howard University. Dr. Shaughnessy is a Professor of Special Education in the ENMU Educational Studies department. Dr. Malembanie's biography, written while he was working toward a Ph.D. in literature, is at https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract_id=2152666.

OMICS International

Horror stories abound. See Wikipedia | Australian Broadcasting Corp. | Beall ( 1 | 2) | Individuals: ( 1 | 2 ). In August 2016, the FTC charged the OMICS Group, its tentacles (iMedPub LLC and Conference Series LLC), and Managing Director and CEO Srinubabu Gedela, with multiple deceptive acts or practices. See also Kevin Carey, Fake Academe, Looking Much Like the Real Thing, N.Y. Times, Dec. 30, 2016. [UPDATE: A federal court issued a $50 million fine and a permanent injunction.]

The website boasts "700+ leading-edge peer reviewed, Open Access Journals that operates with the help of 50,000+ Editorial Board Members and esteemed reviewers and 1000+ Scientific associations." If that is not enough, would you believe "more than 15 million readers" study these journals? It might take that many to decipher some of the articles. For example, the webpage of the Journal of Scientific and Industrial Metrology includes the "relevant topic" of electricity and magnetism, which is defined -- mind-numbingly -- as follows:

This article presents key ideas of power and attraction important to anaesthesia. Straightforward analogies are utilized to clarify current power and the activity of electronic parts in like manner utilization. The idea of electric and attractive fields is presented with samples of their handy application.

The description of the journal Lovotics is a tour de force of verbiage:

Lovotics is an open access,peer reviewed which publishes original research papers on new ideas and concepts, new discoveries and improvements, as well as novel and innovative applications. It aims to cover a broad spectrum of topics related to the latest technologies. It should be considered as multidisciplinary research field which utilizing the essential concepts from social and computer science, artificial intelligence and engineering, robotics, philosophy etc. It defines the research of relationship between human and robot and this relationship offer new possibilities for exploring the bidirectional human to robot love.

Email

Journal of Forensic Research

• Discussed in another posting

Journal of Civil and Legal Sciences

The editorial board includes (according to the website):
▸Amit K.Chhabra, Professor, New York Law School (5/29/16)
▸Antonio Gidi, Professor, University of Tennessee College of Law (5/29/16)
▸Christina Mancini, Assistant Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University (5/29/16)
▸Elizabeth Nowicki, Associate Professor, Tulane Law School (5/29/16)
▸Daniel R. Ortiz, Distinguished Professor, University of Virginia School of Law (5/29/16)
▸David T. Ritchie, Professor of Law & Philosophy, Walter F. George School of Law (5/29/16)
▸Paul Rose, Associate Professor, Department of Law, Ohio State University (5/28/15)
▸Seval Yildirim, Associate Professor, Whittier Law School (5/28/16)
▸Tung Yin, Professor, Lewis & Clark Law School (5/29/16)

Authors include (according to the journal) Jessica Gabel Cino, Georgia State Law School (doi:10.4172/2169-0170.1000183 -- four days from acceptance to publication)

• Date: 2/2/16, 3/7/16, 6/21/16, 6/23/16, 10/5/16
  Hope you are doing great!!
  I would like to invite you to submit a paper for Journal of Civil and Legal Sciences ... an Open Access & peer-reviewed journal which strives to release issues bi-monthly and is adamant to publish manuscripts relating to the field of Civil & Legal Sciences. I would be glad to have a contribution from your side to this journal. ... Kindly provide your valuable manuscript on before February 15th, 2016 or let me know your possibility regarding submission date. If your Manuscript is ready you can submit it as soon as possible. You may submit your paper online ... or you can simply send as an attachment to editor.jcls@omicsonline.org. Kindly revert back for further queries. Looking forward to hear from you soon.
  Warm Regards,
  Sonia mattews
  Editorial Assistant, Journal of Civil & Legal Sciences [Sender name = Arabian Journal of Business and Marketing]
• Date: 3/21/17
  Hope you are doing great.
  It’s a great pleasure to invite you to submit a paper for the upcoming issue (volume 6 issue 2) in our journal. Journal of Civil and Legal Sciences ... is adamant to publish manuscripts relating to the field of Civil & Legal Sciences.I would be glad to have a contribution from your side to this journal. ... Kindly revert for further queries, Warm Regards, Sonia Matthews, Editorial Assistant, Journal of Civil and Legal Sciences
• From: Journal of Civil and Legal Sciences
  Date: Sat 3/24/2018 1:22 AM
  Subject: Law and Enforcement
  Dear Dr. David H Kaye,
  Greetings for the day
  It is a pleasure to invite you to contribute your manuscript ... to Journal of Civil and Legal Sciences.
  Journal of Civil and Legal Sciences is an International Open Access Journal publishing high quality peer-reviewed articles in the field of Civil and Legal Rights. The submitted papers undergo a rigorous peer-review to maintain the International publication standards.
  Suggested content areas include but are not limited to in the field of Civil and Legal Sciences or based on the topics which relate this journal.
  If possible, we would appreciate your submission on or before 10th April, 2018. Let us know your feasible time for submission. ... Deadline for submission: 10th April, 2018. Deadline for publication: 1 week after the acceptance. To submit your manuscript through online or send us the attachment at civillegal@scholarlyjournals.org. For all general enquiries, please contact: editor.jcls@omicsonline.org
  We look forward to get your quick and positive response.
  Regards,
  Sonia Matthews,
  Editorial Manager, Journal of Civil and Legal Sciences, Tel: +1-650-618-9889, Fax: +1-650-618-1414.
• From: Journal of Civil and Legal Sciences [operations@omicsonline.net]
  Date: Mon 7/23/2018 7:36 AM
  Subject: Civil and Legal Sciences
  Dear Researcher,
  Greetings from Journal of Civil and Legal Sciences!! Hope you are doing great!
  Journal of Civil and Legal Sciences is an Open Access and peer-reviewed journal which strives to publish manuscripts relating to the field of civil and legal sciences, civil and criminal law, conflict of laws, public affairs, banking and finance law, Human Rights law etc.
  It’s a great pleasure for us to invite you to submit a paper for the upcoming issue (volume 7 issue 2) in our journal. We would be glad to have a contribution from your side to this journal. You can contribute manuscripts like Reviews/ Research/ Commentaries/ Case Reports/ Short Communication/ Book reviews etc. If possible, we appreciate receiving your submission by 10 August 2018 or else you can suggest the date of submission as per your convenience. Please submit your article online ... or mail us. If you have any queries or suggestions please do let me know, it would be our pleasure to assist you. We look forward to your quick response.
  Regards,
  Sonia Matthews
  Managing Editor, Journal of Civil and Legal Sciences, Tel: +1-650-618-9889 Fax: +1-650-618-1414 Email: civillegal@scholarlyjournals.org

Global Journal of Nursing and Forensic Studies

• Date: 4/27/16
  Dear Dr. David H. Kaye,
  Hope you are doing well!
  Looking at your previous contribution towards the scientific community, we are very impressed with your great research work and we are glad to inform you that Global Journal of Nursing & Forensic Studies is under process of accepting new articles from an eminent person like you. It will be a great pleasure if you could submit your research work like review article, short commentaries, image articles towards our journal. ... The last date of submission is May 15th 2016. Awaiting to hear a positive response from you soon. Have a great day ahead!
  With regards,
  Princy D, Editorial Assistant
• Date: 5/5/16
  Dear Dr. David H. Kaye,
  Greetings!! It's your eminence and reputation in the quality of research field for which you have been invited and requested to submit a manuscript for Global Journal of Nursing & Forensic Studies! It will be a great honor for us if you accept our invitation and submit your manuscript. ... We strongly believe that your contribution to this issue will bring some momentum to solicit the articles in 2016. We look forward for a long lasting scientific relationship. With best regards, Princy D, Editorial Assistant

Intellectual Property Rights: Open Access (IPR)

This journal's website maintains that "Intellectual Property Rights is a controversial term ... . The journal includes a wide range of fields in its discipline to create a platform for the authors to make their contribution towards the journal and the editorial office promises a peer review process for the submitted manuscripts for the quality of publishing." A "related journal," it seems, is Intellectual and developmental disabilities.

• Date: 9/2/16, 9/15/16
  It gives us immense pleasure to share this moment of happiness that Intellectual Property Rights: Open Access (IPR) is planning to release articles for upcoming issue. We cordially invite you to submit a paper for Intellectual Property Rights: Open Access. Your contribution will help IPR establish its high standard and facilitate the journal to be indexed soon.

World Wide Law Review

The World Wide Law Review does not pretend to be an academic journal, but the publisher, Al Global Media, portrays itself as a "dedicated network of writers, researchers, designers and industry insiders." Furthermore, WWLR claims "contributions from some of the greatest legal minds of our day" and "razor sharp editorial [sic] designed to educate, inform and, ultimately, inspire readers, making it an invaluable resource for anyone involved with or interested in the global legal market."

Email

The following email purports to be a reminder, but it is the first communication from WWLR. It ends with a bizarre confidentiality notice and disclaimer. The confusion of first and last names is also reminiscent of Chinese spam, although Al Global's website sports a London address.

From: Lauren Downs - World Wide Law Review <DownsL@worldwidelawreview.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2017 11:49 AM
Subject: Reduced Content Offer
Hi Kaye,
Just a quick reminder to let you know that I still have some pages available in the next issue of Worldwide Law Review and I would like to know if you would like to be featured?
I have 3 reduced options available and they are as follows:
Option 1: £300 – usually £550
This consists of 1 page of editorial content, your logo included in our e-newsletter for 1 month and an interactive web banner on Worldwide Law Review’s website for 1 month.
Option 2: £500 – usually £750
This option will give you 2 pages of editorial content, a supporting front cover image & headline, your logo included in our e-newsletter for 3 months and an interactive web banner on Worldwide Law Review’s website for 3 months
Option 3: £750 our most popular offer – usually £995
This is our most popular offer because you get the most for your money. This option will get you 4 pages of editorial content, inside front cover image & headline, supporting front cover image & headline, your logo included in our e-newsletter for 6 months and an interactive web banner on Worldwide Law Review’s website for 6 months.
All of our content is re-usable and you can use it as you see fit for your own marketing purposes.
If you would like to take one of our fantastic offers, all you need to do is reply to my email ASAP with “agreed at option and price” and I will pass you over to our editorial team who will work with you to produce your inclusion.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Kind Regards
Lauren Downs – Features Executive
Worldwide Law Review
This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of AI Global Media Ltd.

Herald Scholarly Open Access (HSOA)

Herald International Research Journals and Herald Scholarly Open Access are on Beall's list of "potential, possible, or probable predatory scholarly open-access publishers." The publisher's website (12/26/16) is consistent with this assessment. Despite a Virginia address, it has this mission statement:

Herald Scholarly Open Access is a leading, internationally publishing house in the fields of Sciences. Our mission is to provide an access to knowledge globally. We provide high-quality articles to the scientific community and we strive for your research improvement and distinguishment throughout the world.

We all could use some distinguishment, but if that is not enough, HSOA's vision includes "A Platform to highlight quality exploration work to the biggest possible swarm over development points secured under the field of medicine." One of its medical journals had a dog on its board of editors
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Journal of Forensic, Legal and Investigative Sciences

The website of the Journal of Forensic, Legal & Investigative Sciences describes it as "a comprehensive, factual reference for anyone interested in learning about the topics in forensic sciences and legal medicine from a lay perspective."
The long list of editors omits an editor-in-chief, but in January 2016, it included the following prominent names in forensic science:

Sue Black, Professor, Department of Anatomy and Forensic Anthropology, UK
Ranajit Chakraborty (listed as Chakraborty Ranajit, Professor, Molecular and Medical Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, USA
Lawrence Kobilinsky, Chairman, Science, City University of New York, USA
Henry C Lee, Chair Professor, Department of Forensic Science Program, USA

Other faculty listed as members of the editorial board (and given nice certificates attesting to their membership) included

Anna Barbaro	+	Executive-Editor, President, Worldwide Association of Women Forensic Experts(WAWFE) and Studio Indagini Mediche E Forensic (SIMEF), Italy
Peter D Anderson	+	Forensic Pharmacologist, Randstad Healthcare Boston, USA
Brion Benninger	*+	Executive Director, Department of Medical Anatomical Sciences, Western University of Health Sciences, USA
Gisela Bishler	*	Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, USA [California State}
Charles Clifford Boyd	*+	Professor, Department of Anthropological Sciences, USA [Radford University]
Christian M Crowder	+	Director, Department of Forensic Anthropology, USA
Matthew J Delisi	*+	Professor and Coordinator, Criminal Justice Studies, Iowa State University, USA
Artem V Domashevskiy	*+	Assistant Professor, Department of Sciences, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, USA
Franklin L Dorman	*+	Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Claire Glynn	*+	Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Science, USA [University of New Haven]
Brooke W. Kammrath	*+	Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Science, USA [University of New Haven]
Evgeny Katz	*+	Professor, Chemistry & Biomolecular Science, Clarkson University, USA
Marilyn Miller	*+	Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Science, USA [Virginia Commonwealth University]
Eve Lowenstein	*+	Associate Professor, Departmenr of Dermatology, USA [University of SUNY HSC Brooklyn Downstate]
Igor Ovchinnikov	*+	Associate Professor, Department of Biology, USA [University of North Dakota]
Gloria Proni	*+	Associate Professor, Science Department, City University of New York, USA
Sheree Hughes-Stamm	*+	Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Science, USA [Sam Houston State]
Baneshwar Singh	*+	Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Science, USA [Virginia Commonwealth University]
Jessica Zarate	+	Research Scientist, Department of Forensic Science, USA
* listed as of January 2016     + listed as of July 2018

Email

• Hope this mail finds you in good health! ... I would be grateful if you would review a paper entitled “Impact of Background Noise in Mobile Phone Networks on Forensic Voice Comparison” with the manuscript references no HFLIS-15-007 for the Journal of Forensic, Legal & Investigative Sciences. If you wish to review this paper, kindly go through the abstract given below and if you do not want to review this paper, kindly let us know your opinion on the same so that we can send you full length article. [← Hmm, looks like a Catch 22. I did not reply, but the paper was published on 2/16/16 as a "case report" by Esam Alzqhoul, Balamurali Nair, and Bernard J Guillemin of the University of Auckland.]
• Date: Feb. 19, 2016
  Greetings from the Journal of Forensic, Legal & Investigative Sciences! With reference to our previous mail, I am writing to follow up on the manuscript submission for our upcoming issue.
  Regards,
  Paul Schiller
  Herald Scholarly Open Access, Herndon, Virginia USA
• From: Forensic, Legal & Investigative Sciences [forensicscience@heraldopenaccess.info]
  Date: Fri July 13, 2018, 7:18 AM and Jul 13 at 7:17 AM
  Subject: Manuscript Submission - Upcoming Issue
  Good Day Dr. David H. Kaye,
  Warm Wishes! We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Forensic, Legal & Investigative Sciences is one of the Herald Scholarly Open Access journals, which aims for vast readership with advanced research work. Currently, the Journal is planning for an upcoming issue. We would like you to submit your research/review/mini review/short communication/perspective articles for this upcoming issue. Please let us know your opinion for submission. If you are interested, you can submit an article online. Feel free to ask for further queries Hope to hear a positive response from your end [← My end?]
  Regards,
  Katherine Chelsea
  Herald Scholarly Open Access USA
  Note: 1. Kindly provide your consent for further communication with Herald Scholarly Open Access [← That's not going to happen.] 2. We confirm you that we are not sharing any of our data to third party
  You are receiving this email because of your relationship with the sender. [← What relationship?]

Apex Journal International

"Research Publication at your finger tip" is the motto of this Nigerian publisher. Among its "key tenets" is a desire "[t]o publish the most exciting researches with respect to the subjects of our operating journal." The "operating journal" is open to "all aspects of biological, social, physical and agricultural sciences including art and education." When I clicked on two journals on 7/1/16, one had no editors, the other had two editors, and neither had any articles

Email

• 6/29/16, 7/12/16, 7/13/16, 10/19/27, 10/22/17: Dear Professor, Doctor / Researcher, Apex Journal International, is currently accepting manuscript for publication in the following [12] journals: International Research on Medical Sciences, ... , Journal of Education Research and Behavioral Sciences, ... , International Law and Policy Research Journal, ... Best Regards, Apex Journal International Editorial Team
• 4/6/17: Dear Professor, Doctor / Researcher, Thanks to the Almighty for His blessings and for your partnership last year, which in spite of all the challenges turned out to be a rewarding one for us. Going into the New Year, we remain focused on forging great relationships and alliances that will deliver innovative solutions and opportunities for you and your articles. Apex Journal International, is currently accepting manuscript for publication in the following [same 12] journals: ... . We welcome a timely submission ... . Best Regards, Apex Journal International Editorial Team