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,
  Disclaimer: This message is confidential. It may also be privileged or otherwise protected by work product immunity or other legal rules. This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received it by mistake, please let us know by e-mail reply and delete it from your system; you may not copy this message or disclose its contents to anyone. The views, opinions, conclusions and other information’s expressed in this electronic mail are not given or endorsed by the company unless otherwise indicated by an authorized representative independent of this message.