Showing posts with label criminal justice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label criminal justice. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Biocore's International Journal of Criminal and Forensic Science: An exhilarating approach

Biocore's International Journal of Criminal and Forensic Science " will emphasize high-level research of clinical relevance and exhilarating approach." It "deals with clinical case reports, mysterious incidents happens in the Forensic and Criminal research group." One not-so-exhilarating incident is the publication of a previously published paper on "Fingerprint Geometric Analysis." (Compare the IJCFS paper with the JFCI paper.)* The paper is mysterious indeed, but it ends with the promise that "Be assured, this method will provide a successful outcome!"

Biocore has been labelled a predatory publisher and conference organizer. This journal has no editor-in-chief named, but it lists an editorial with the following members as of 5/16/18:
Dobbert Duane, Professor, Division of Justice Studies, American College of Forensic Examiners International
Ismail M. Sebetan, Professor of Forensic Sciences, National University
Presley Larry, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Liberty University
Lee Ross, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, University of Central Florida
Kim Simons, Chair of the Department of Physical Sciences Associate Professor, Emporia State University
Viviana Andreescu, Associate Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, University of Louisville
Julie Campbell, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Illinois State University
* JFCI is the acronym of the Journal of Forensic and Crime Investigation. The contribution of the flaky Science Inquest Publishers, it promises that "We accepts your manuscripts which are related to Forensic and Crime Investigation."
Email
  • Sent: Wed 5/16/2018 7:57 AM (and  5/15/2018 5:03 AM and 5/14/2018 6:51 AM)
    From: Criminal and Forensic Journal (ijcf@biocoreopen.info)
    Subject: Manuscript Submission @ Criminal and Forensic Science
    Dear Dr. DAVID HKAYE
    Biocore cordially invites researchers from all over the World to the platform where you can share, exhibit and explore all your views in the field of Criminal and Forensic Science. IJCF is inviting contributions for upcoming issues. IJCF welcomes and acknowledges high quality theoretical and experimental research articles, review articles, practice articles, editorials, short communications, case reports, blogs, letters(rapid responses), personal views, research methods and reporting articles from researchers, academicians, professionals, practitioners and students from all over the world. ... Suggested topics include but are not limited to • Fingerprints and identification, Accident investigation and mass disasters • Forensic entomology, Forensic psychiatry • Computational forensics, Tool marks • Contact traces, Jurisprudence • Criminalistics, Physical Anthropology • Pathology and Biology, Poisoning and Breath Analyzers • Forensic DNA analysis and DNA profiling. If you face problems with paper submission, please feel free to contact us. We look forward to receiving your proposals.
    With Regards
    Editors of IJCF, https://biocoreopen.org/ijcf/editorial_board.php

Saturday, January 21, 2017

Juniper Publishers and the Journal of Forensic Science & Criminal Investigation

Juniper Publishers are "honorably accepting E-books" and "delightfully launching the Audio Articles." Google Maps indicates that the address as of 10/10/16 is an apartment house in Thousand Oaks, California. This is a change from the initial addresses in 2015. Those were a mail forwarding front and an apartment house in Dubai, which led Beall to suspect that "thirty-six science journals are being published by one man out of a flat in Dubai.

The website displays unbounded ambition: "Juniper publishers have been established with the aim of spreading quality scientific information to the research community throughout the universe. We ... strive to offer the best in class ... thus matching up with the rapidity of the twenty-first century." All this for only $1049 for a research article from a "high income country."

From the guidelines for authors: "Juniper reviewers are requested to provide authentic, positive review comments and critics for the respective manuscript." Also, "One can intimate us your pinion of accepting or declining the invitation. If you are not able to accept the invitation you can suggest any of your colleagues, so that respective editor may invite that person to review and you may not transfer your invitation."

One of Juniper's journal's lists a dog as an editor. No kidding. Another wants a two-page opinion letter from me. That I have no MD or other training apparently is not a concern for the Juniper Online Journal of Orthoplastic and Microsurgical Reconstruction. Maybe I should take up the invitation to be "an honorable editorial board member."
Journal of Forensic Sciences and Criminal Investigation
Who are the editors of JFSCI? The website lists these individuals (along with still more associate editors) for the editorial board:
▸University of New Haven: Henry Lee, John DeCarlo
▸John Jay College of Criminal Justice: Richard Reyes, Zelma W. Henriques
▸Liberty University: Lawrence A Presley
▸Columbia Southern University: Barry Goodson
▸Florida Gulf Coast University: Scott Johnson
▸National University, San Diego: Chandrika Kelso, Ismail Sebetan
▸Georgia Gwinnett College: Ronald Hunter
▸Penn State Harrisburg: James Ruiz
▸Istanbul Medeniyet University, Turkey: Hakan Hakeri
▸Linnaeus University, Sweden: Goran Basic
▸Nottingham Trent University, UK: John Walker
▸University of Derby, UK: Philip Hodgson
▸University of Pisa, Italy: Alberto Gargani
▸New Jersey State Police: Howard J Baum
▸Fulbright Alumni Advisory Council, UK: Andrew B Brown
▸Fingerprint Geometric Analysis USA: Andres Washington, whose research interest is said to be "The correlation between the elevation of the mental manifestation and the phenomenon of the dermal ridge arrangements"
▸Independent Research Professional, USA: GM Yezzo
The journal publishes articles with titles such as "Twenty-Three Facts Make the Fingerprint at the Top of Scientific Evidences." This article's stream of consciousness includes the observation that "The fingerprint is not only individual as a whole, but each point is individual, try to examine the third level details, certainly by a scientific microscope."
Email
  • From: forensic@juniperpublishers.us
    Date: 8/10/16, 6:11:34 AM EDT,
    Dear Dr. David H Kaye,
    Greetings from Juniper Publishers!!!  We are very glad to announce that submissions are now being accepted for our successfully running forthcoming Issue (Issue 2) of our peer reviewed, open access, online Journal of Forensic Sciences and Criminal Investigation (JFSCI). ... archiving of articles forever. ... We modestly request authors to submit their valuable papers through online submission on or before 17th August, 2016 to get published in our forthcoming issue.
    Jennifer Smith
    Assistant Managing Editor | Journal of Forensic Sciences and Criminal Investigation | 1890 W Hillcrest Dr Newbury Park, California-91320 | www.juniperpublishers.com
  • From: Juniper Online Journal of Orthoplastic and Microsurgical Reconstruction (JOJOMR) [orthoplastic@juniperpublishers.us]
    Date: Thursday, February 1, 2018 3:19 AM
    Subject: Shortfall
    Dear Dr. David H Kaye,
    Hope this email finds you in good spirits!
    We are in shortfall of articles for successful release of Volume 1, Issue 3. Is it possible for you to support us with your 2 page Opinion or Mini Review for this issue? We are confident that you are always will be there to support us.
    Note: If you are interested to join as an honorable editorial board member of our journal. Please send your CV ...
    Await your response.
    Regards,
    Cindy Decker
    Juniper Online Journal of Orthoplastic and Microsurgical Reconstruction, Juniper Publishers Inc | 1890 W Hillcrest Dr, Newbury Park CA 91320 USA
  • From: Global Journal of Addiction & Rehabilitation Medicine [addiction@juniperpublishers.org]
    Date: Friday, July 20, 2018 12:47 AM
    Subject: Request for Artcle
    Dear Dr. DH Kaye,
    Hope you had a great day
    Over a few months we have been publishing a bunch of articles in our Global Journal of Addiction & Rehabilitation Medicine (GJARM) and about to close Volume 6 Issue 1 by this week. With the same spirit, we are pushing ourselves to bring more issues to the sphere, so we would like to open a door for our upcoming issue (Volume 6 Issue 2) with your research work. We are confident that you are always will be there to support us for our Journal success. Please track the below link for manuscript submission ...
    Hope you Understand us. A wait for your Prompt Response.
    Sincerely,
    Ebony Petersen