The ownership of JScholar is not obvious. Under "CONTACT INFO," the homepage has the address of JScholar Publishers, 185 E Homestead Rd, Sunnyvale, CA 94087, +1 (607) 523-4092. But the "CONTACT US" page uses 18170 Dallas Pkwy Suite 104, Dallas Texas 75287, +14692832220. An apartment house is located at the Sunnyvale address.
That address, by the way, is also the address of Clerisy Publishers. The websites have remarkable similarities. For example,
| JScholar website | Clerisy website |
|---|---|
| JScholar is multidisciplinary open access publisher of manuscripts covering the fields of Science, Technology and Medicine. | Clerisy is multidisciplinary open access publisher of manuscripts covering the fields of Science, Technology and Medicine. |
| JScholar, a modern and innovative publisher of scientific journals ... . | Clerisy publishers is a modern and innovative publisher of scientific journals ... . |
| Pages with the same layout of boxes, check marks, etc. | |
| Same "SUBMIT MANUSCRIPT" icon (size, colors, graphics, and hover effect) | |
| Same images for CiteFactor, Google Scholar, and DRJI juxtaposed in same order near bottom of pages | |
The domain jscholaronline.org was registered in India, but not much else was disclosed. However, the domain jscholarpublishers.com (used in the spam from an IP address in India) is registered to "paul" with the address "begumpet, Hyderabad 500016 India, +91.739690499, bigrock@jscholarpublishers.com."
UPDATE
3/1/19: "Smut Clyde" pointed to https://www.zaubacorp.com/company/JSCHOLAR-SCIENTIFIC-COMMUNICATIONS-OPC-PRIVATE-LIMITED/U22300TG2018OPC127452 for information on the company. It is registered as "Jscholar Scientific Communications (opc)private Limited, ... a Private(One Person Company) incorporated on 05 October 2018. ... Veeraboina Ashok is director .... Its Email address is ashok.b1389@gmail.com and its registered address is C/O- K RAMA DEVI, FLAT NO. HIG- 35 K P H B COLONY, KONDAPUR HYDERABAD Hyderabad TG 500072 IN."
Journal of Forensic Research and Crime Studies
Journal of Clinical and Anatomical Pathology
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From: jcap@jscholarpublishers.com
Date: Feb. 21, 2019, 12:54 AM
Subject: Call for Paper: JCAP Volume 3, Issue 1
Dear Dr. David H Kaye
Greetings from Journal of Clinical and Anatomic Pathology...!!
We are contacting you based on your expertise in the field of Clinical and Anatomic Pathology. [& larr; Which is none.] JCAP (Journal of Clinical and Anatomic Pathology) is an endeavour to promote research, innovation in Journal of Clinical and Anatomic Pathology for Journal Publication. It is a scholarly online, open access, peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary, bi-monthly, and fully refereed journal focusing on theories, methods and procedures and relevant fields for Journal Publication.
JCAP is accepting manuscripts for its upcoming edition Volume 3, Issue 1. We are writing this proposal to endorse your research in the particular field.
Journal publication contains research papers which deal with the contemporary issues of international relevance in the education theory, methodology and practice of mankind. It welcomes Scientists, Researchers and Scholars to submit their work in the form of Case Study, Research Papers, Review Articles or Short communications. All manuscripts submitted will undergo evaluation by independent peer reviewers based on initial screening by a subject expert from the large Editorial Board. ...
If this proposal is agreeable to you and does not conflict with your current professional and research interests, please let us know by writing to us as an acknowledgment of you looking forward to publish your work
Best regards,
Editorial team
Jscholar Publishers
Here's the guy's entry in the Indian company register:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.zaubacorp.com/company/JSCHOLAR-SCIENTIFIC-COMMUNICATIONS-OPC-PRIVATE-LIMITED/U22300TG2018OPC127452
An out-of-date Whois record for 'jscholaronline.org' (dating back before the present anonymised registration) confirms the address and the email account (ashok.b1389@gmail.com).
https://web.archive.org/web/20190301111604/http://jscholaronline.org.everyone.domains/
https://www.zoominfo.com/p/Ashok-Veeraboina/2558519656
ReplyDeleteI'm inclined to believe that JScholar and Clerisy are different entities, if only because Clerisy are more advanced with their grifting, having progressed to the predatory scamference market (clerisyconferences.com).
ReplyDeleteThat does not account for the shared US address and phone #, but they could be explained if there is some guy in California who is happy to double-dip as the agent for both groups.