Friday, August 2, 2019

United Prime Publications Acts as a Shell

United Prime Publications (UP) "is an esteemed and zealous in publishing various scientific and medical journals which acts as a shell that provides latest research information for all the researchers across the world." (About Us). Its review board hail from Egypt (4), Ethiopia (2), India (2), China (1), and Pakistan (1). Yet, its address is 500 N Rainbow Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89107, USA (telephone 775-515-7689) -- the same address and telephone number used by UA (Universal Access) Publications.

The publisher's website has a page for Ebooks in 15 fields. None exist yet.

The site lists 50 journals. The one that spammed me names Akiko Yamasaki of Kyoto University, Japan, as Editor-in-Chief. She also edits OMICS International's Journal of Blood & Lymph, which provides the following biography: "Specially appointed associate professor, Graduate School of Medicine." The email ends " United Journal of Medicine and Health Care, United States," but the "United States" part seems, shall we say, questionable.

The only "issue" of the journal consists of separately paginated items totaling 11 pages. One author is, you guessed it, Akiko Yamasaki (listed in the paper as affiliated with Tokushima Bunri University). This issue 1 of volume 1 carries two dates, 2018 and 2019, depending on which paper one opens. (The "journal" does not seem to have a table of contents.)

The domain name unitedprimepublications.net was registered to Sri Latha, 303 Vrishabhadri, Nilayam, India (770-290-1951, unitedprime222@gmail.com). That latter email address also was used to register unitedprimepublictns.com with the alias and address Unitedp Prime, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India (+91.9505649135).

UPDATE 3 Sept 2019

The very busy Akiko Yamasaki is on the editorial board of the Japanese Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and is now editor-in-chief of International Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health (the latest indiscriminate spammer). Both journals give the address "Niigata, 7F Stork Building Kagamibashi, 1230-7, 7- bancho, Kamiookawamaedori, Chuo-ku, Niigata, 951-8068, Japan." Neither acknowledges a relationship to United Prime, and neither journal appears in the United Prime website. Yet, the former reproduces UPP's slogan when it announces that "Japanese Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology is an esteemed and zealous in publishing various scientific and medical journals which acts as a shell that provides latest research information for all the researchers across the world."

The International Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health's email from Dr. Yamasaki is a clone of the linguistically challenged one from United Prime's United Journal of Medicine and Health Care. Moreover, the email address in the spam from this nascent journal (it has only one article in its shell) is ijpmenthealth.jp. The registrant of that domain is none other than United Prime, with the following contact information: contact(at)untdprimepublications.net, [Postal code] 567-5785, [Postal Address] tokyo, [Phone] +81.7755157689.

Email
United Journal of Medicine and Health Care
  • From: United Journal of Medicine and Health Care [user1@unitdprimepubs.info]
    Date: 31 July 7:07 AM
    Subject: It's our pleasure to accept a paper from a author like you to the journal "United Journal of Medicine and Health Care"
    Dear. Professor,
    Felicitations to you…!
    We’ll be indulging if you please submit a manuscript our journal “United Journal of Medicine and Health Care”. It may be of any kind full/short length article. It will be an honor to us if you submit a manuscript. Anticipating for your response.
    Kind regards,
    Jack Oliver
    Editorial Manager
    United Journal of Medicine and Health Care
    United States
International Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health
  • From: International Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health [sender@ijpmenthealth.jp]
    Date: 2 Sept 2019 10:00 PM
    Subject: Invite you to be part of our prestigious journal for manuscript submission – International Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health
    Dear. Professor,
    Felicitations to you…!
    We’ll be indulging if you please submit a manuscript our journal “International Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health”. It may be of any kind full/short length article. It will be an honor to us if you submit a manuscript. Anticipating for your response.
    Kind regards,
    Regards,
    Editor in Chief
    Akiko Yamasaki, MD
    Kyoto University, Japan
    International Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health

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