Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Biocore

Biocore is on Beall's list of predatory journals, and it is easy to see why. Its web pages explain that:

⊘ "Biocore motto is to give the human era with better future. This can be achieved with our renowned editors, authors and reviewers with their exchanged views and knowledge."
⊘ "Biocore has been involved the knowledge on Science & technology to the access way of every individual."
⊘ "With the Open Access evolution, we are making the genuine and trustworthy contributions to the scientific environment without stopping the access to the readers for reading or even downloading the published papers/articles."
⊘ "[A]ll the eminent personalities can search our database."
⊘ "With the Editorial Board Members of 600, the number is increasing with the volume ... ."

And if you are interested in travel (to Dubai at least), "Biocore is going to conduct Scientific Conferences in near future for grouping all the eminent personalities in one lane." These "Scientific Conferences are conducting mail campaigns for getting the support from scientific societies to spread the open access culture." Translation: We are spamming you.

According to the website for BioCore Conferences (5/16/18), "Biocore group publishes 100+ Open Access Journals with over 10,000 renowned persons." The Biocore Journals homepage states that "Biocore Group hosts 30+ Open Access Scientific Journals."

Whatever the exact number may be, the many journals seem to emanate from an apartment at 3409 Grove Gate CT, APT-1712, Richmond-23233, Virginia. The mysterious "Maddy" is the managing editor of multiple journals. The people behind the domain biocoreopen.org are hidden by a proxy registration. The Virginia address, according to homemetry is occupied by Jennifer M. Lappe, 804-934-0314.

UPDATE (4/16/21)
An email from one Biocore journal refers to "7 years of continuous publications" and claims that "Articles are Indexed in PubMed(National Library of Medicine) [sic]." The NLM page on the journal reports that publication is irregular and that its articles are not indexed for MEDLINE:

International journal of dentistry and oral health
NLM Title Abbreviation: Int J Dent Oral Health
Title(s): International journal of dentistry and oral health.
Publication Start Year: 2015
Frequency: Irregular
Country of Publication: United States
Publisher: Milpitas, CA, USA : Sci Forschen Inc. [2015-]
Language: English
ISSN: 2378-7090 (Electronic) 2378-7090 (Linking)
LCCN: 2015201999
Electronic Links: Access not provided by NLM
In: PubMed: Selected citations only
Current Indexing Status: Not currently indexed for MEDLINE. Citations are for articles where the manuscript was deposited in PubMed Central (PMC) in compliance with public access policies. For further information, see Author Manuscripts in PMC.
Other ID: (OCoLC)907928860
Collection Status: Not in the NLM Collection
NLM ID: 101686568 [Serial]

The publisher Sci Forschen has been described as "three tech scammers in Hyderabad." See the commentary on "Invitation from a fake academic journal: Sci Forschen edition." I have not tried to determine if Biocore is a rebranding of Sci Forschen.

Email
International Journal of Criminal and Forensic Science

International Journal of Dentistry and Oral Health (IJDOH)
  • From: Dentistry Journal [ijdoh@biocoregroup.info]
    Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2020, 6:16 PM EST
              Tuesday, July 28, 2020, 4:58 AM EST
              Monday, September 21, 2020, 1:07:23 AM EDT
              Monday, October 12, 2020, 11:48 PM EST
              Tuesday, December 8, 2020, 12:23:23 AM EST
              Thursday, December 17, 2020 12:26 AM EST
              Tuesday, December 22, 2020, 12:10:34 AM EST
              Thursday, January 28, 2021, 1:57 AM EST
              Friday, February 26, 2021, 12:31:50 AM EST
              Monday March 22, 2021, 1:17 AM EST
    Subject: International Scientific Review @ Dentistry Journal
    Dear Author [who has no expertise in dentistry]
    IJDOH is accepting articles/papers for the upcoming issue.
    International Journal of Dentistry and Oral Health (IJDOH)
    Submit your Manuscript here: ...
    Impact Factor: 2.21CI
    Publications will be indexed in: Google Scholar, Crossref, SCIMED and Scopus
    With regards
    Maddy
    Managing Editor
  • From: Dentistry Journal [ijdoh@biocoregroup.info]
    Sent: Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 12:45 AM
              Mon, Apr 19, 2021, at 1:11 AM
    Subject: Submissions Open @ Dentistry Journal
    Dear Author [who has no expertise in dentistry]
    Author contributions are accepting for the Upcoming issue
    International Journal of Dentistry and Oral Health (IJDOH) with a Citation Impact Factor of 5.91CI from the last Seven years
    Salient Features of the journal include, but not limited to…
        • Esteemed Editorial Team with a transparent Peer Review Process (Blind Folded)
        • UK(London) based Publisher with 7 years of continuous publications as per the Academic Norms
        • Articles are Indexed in PubMed(National Library of Medicine), you can access the information in the Journal page
        • A Scholarly Open Access Journal, which is praised by Authors all over the World for the Quality Checks and rapid Publication
    Submit your paper/article online through: http://papersubmit.online/submit-manuscript.php
    For more information, please check here: https://www.biocoreopen.org/ijdoh
    Feel Free to ask for any other queries
    With regards
    Maddy
    Managing Editor
  • From: Dentistry Journal [ijdoh@biocoreopen.info]
    Sent: Mon, May 10, 2021, at 4:19 PM
    Subject: Review your work @ Dentistry Journal
    Dear Author
    Author contributions are accepting for the Upcoming issue
    International Journal of Dentistry and Oral Health (IJDOH) with a Citation Impact Factor of 5.91CI from the last Seven years
    Salient Features of the journal include, but not limited to… ...
    Submit your paper/article online through: ... .
    For more information : https://www.biocoreopen.org/ijdoh/
    Feel Free to ask for any other queries
    With regards
    Maddy
    Managing Editor
    If you are not interested in receiving future emails, please unsubscribe below ... .
International Journal of Nanotechnology in Medicine and Engineering (IJNME)
  • From: Nanotechnology Journal [ijnme@biocoregroup.info]
    Date: Wed 4 Sept 2019 1:36 AM
    Subject: Manuscript Submission @ Nanotechnology Journal
    Dear Dr. David H. Kaye [who has no expertise these topics]
    IJNME is accepting articles/papers for the upcoming issue. International Journal of Nanotechnology in Medicine & Engineering (IJNME). Submit your Manuscript here: ...
    Impact Factor: 1.82CI. Publications will be indexed in: Google Scholar, Crossref, SCIMED and Sciencedirect
    With regards
    Maddy
    Managing Editor
  • '
International Journal of Pharma Sciences and Scientific Research (IJPSR)
  • From: Pharma Journal [ijpsr@biocoregroup.info]
    Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2020, 3:56:47 AM EST
    Subject: Publish your work in 21 days @ Pharma Journal
    Dear David H. Kaye [who has no expertise in "Pharma Sciences"]
    IJPSR is accepting articles/papers for the upcoming issue.
    International Journal of Pharma Sciences and Scientific Research (IJPSR)
    Submit your Manuscript here: ...
    Impact Factor: 2.11CI
    Publications will be indexed in: Google Scholar, Crossref, SCIMED and Scopus.
    With regards
    Maddy
    Managing Editor

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