From SciencePG's International Journal of Science, Technology and Society

A discussion of SciencePG and some of its journals is in a posting from January 2017. The following emails are from its International Journal of Science, Technology and Society.

• Date: Fri 6/22/2018 5:21 PM
  Subject: Invitation to Submit Your Article
  Warm greetings!
  We have learnt about your precious paper titled The good, the bad, the ugly: The NAS report on strengthening forensic science in America which has been published in Science & Justice, and the topic of the paper has impressed us a lot. [← And how about the content?] Researchers in a wide range of disciplines have showed interests in your paper.
  Call for Articles
  With the aim to advance communications within scientific community, International Journal of Science, Technology and Society can make specialists in various ranges closer to the cutting-edge researches around the world. In view of the advance, novelty, and potential extensive application of your research achievements, we sincerely invite you to contribute other unpublished papers that have similar topics to the journal. We are also quite looking forward to receiving your further research on the published paper. ...
  Expanding our Editorial Board/Reviewers Team
  On behalf of the Editorial Board of the journal, we feel very honored to invite you to join us as the editorial board member/reviewer of International Journal of Science, Technology and Society. Taking your academic background and rich experience in this field into account, the Board believe that you are quite qualified for this position. We hope that your position as the editorial board member/reviewer will shine a light on your research in related fields. ...
  Thanks and regards,
  Jessie Wright
  Editorial Assistant of International Journal of Science, Technology and Society [← Jessie is overworked serving as the editorial assistant to multiple journals.]
• From: Maydim Malkov [submission@ijiis.net]
  Date: Thu 6/28/18 1:17 AM
  Subject: Contributing Your Manuscript
  Warmest greetings from the assitant editor!
  We have learnt about your precious paper .... Looking forward to cooperating with you.
  Warm regards,
  Jessie Wright
  Secretary in the Editorial Office of International Journal of Science, Technology and Society [← Uh oh, has Jessie been demoted?]
• From: Journal AJEE [member@journalenergy.org]
  Date: Wed 7/25/2018 1:31 PM
  Subject: Invitation to Contribute Your Research Article. Dear David H. Kaye; : The good, the bad, the ugly: The NAS report on strengthening forensic science in America
  Dear David H. Kaye;
  Greetings from the assitant editor!
  Your article with the title The good, the bad, the ugly: The NAS report on strengthening forensic science in America which has been published in Science & Justice has left a deep impression on us. It has attracted widespread attention and interest from scholars in related fields.
  Invite You to Send Research Papers to the Journal
  Created with the aim to publish academic papers, International Journal of Science, Technology and Society can make experts in various areas closer to the cutting-edge researches. Due to the novelty, advance, and potential wide applications of your innovation, we sincerely invite you to send other unpublished articles of similar themes to the journal. We are also quite looking forward to receiving your further research on the published paper. ...
  Joining the Editorial Board or Reviewers Team
  On behalf of the Editorial Board of the journal, it is privileged for us to invite you to join our team as one of the editorial board members or reviewers of International Journal of Science, Technology and Society. Your academic background and professional and rich experience in this field are highly appreciated by us, so we really hope you can be a part of our team. We hope that your position as the editorial board member/reviewer will shine a light on your research in this field. ...
  Yours sincerely,
  Jessie Wright
  Assistant Editor of International Journal of Science, Technology and Society
• From: J Editor [editor@ijcoms.org]
  Date: Wed 6/27/2018 8:11 PM
  Subject: Invitation of Paper Submissions and Editorial Board/Reviewer Recruitment
  Warm greetings from the editorial office!
  It is learnt that you have published a paper titled The good, the bad, the ugly: The NAS report on strengthening forensic science in America in Science & Justice, and the topic of the paper has impressed us a lot. The paper has drawn attention and interest from researchers specializing this field. [← And there I thought it was a wide range of disciplines.]
  Submitting Your Manuscripts
  Aiming at advancing communications within scientific community, specialists in various fields can get the cutting-edge research results from International Journal of Science, Technology and Society. In view of the novelty, advance, and possible wide application of your innovation, we invite you to send other unpublished works of related fields to the journal. We are also quite looking forward to receiving your further research on the published paper. ...
  Expanding our Editorial Board/Reviewers Team
  On behalf of the Editorial Board of the journal, it's really a great honor to invite you to join our team as the editorial board member or reviewer of International Journal of Science, Technology and Society. Taking your academic background and rich experience in this field into account, the Board believe that you may be the most suitable candidate for this position. It is believed that your position as the editorial board member/reviewer will promote international academic communications.
  If you have any interest to join us, please visit ... Please don't hesitate to contact us if there is any question.
  Respectfully,
  Jessie Wright
  Editorial Assistant of International Journal of Science, Technology and Society
• From: J EARTH [submit01@esjournal.org]
  Date: June 19, 2018, 10:17 PM
  Subject: Invitation to Contribute Your Research Paper
  Warmest greetings! We have learnt about your precious paper with the titleThe good, the bad, the ugly: The NAS report on strengthening forensic science in America which has been published in Science & Justice, and the topic of the paper has impressed us a lot. It has attracted widespread attention and interest from researchers and scholars in this field. ... For more information, please feel free to contact us.
  Respectfully,
  Jessie Wright
  Editorial Assistant of International Journal of Science, Technology and Society< /li>
• From: J Issue [issue@jeece.org]
  Date: July 28 at 5:14 AM
  Subject: Article Publication and Join Editorial Board or Reviewer Team.
  Dear David H. Kaye; : The good, the bad, the ugly: The NAS report on strengthening forensic science in America
  Warmest greetings from the assitant editor!
  We get to know your precious paper with the title The good, the bad, the ugly: The NAS report on strengthening forensic science in America which has been published in Science & Justice, and the topic of the paper has impressed us a lot. The paper has attracted widespread attention and interest from scholars in related fields.
  Submitting Your Article
  With the aim to publish academic articles, International Journal of Science, Technology and Society can make experts in various areas closer to the cutting-edge researches around the world. Due to the novelty, advance, and potential extensive use of your research results, here we invite you to send other unpublished works that have similar topics to the journal. We are also quite looking forward to receiving your further research on the published paper. ...
  To Become the Editorial Member or Reviewer
  On behalf of the Editorial Board of the journal, we feel very honored to invite you to join us as the editorial board member/reviewer of International Journal of Science, Technology and Society. Your academic background and rich experience in this field are highly appreciated by us. We hope that your position as one of the editorial board members/reviewers will promote the development of scientific researches in this field. ...
  Waiting for your good news.
  Yours faithfully,
  Jessie Wright
  Editorial Assistant of International Journal of Science, Technology and Society
• From: Journal IJLL [member@journaloflanguage.org]
  Date: Mon 8/6/2018 9:50 AM
  Subject: Paper Publication and Join Editorial Board or Reviewer Team.Dear David H. Kaye; : The good, the bad, the ugly: The NAS report on strengthening forensic science in America
  Nice day! It is learnt that you have published a paper titled The good, the bad, the ugly: The NAS report on strengthening forensic science in America in Science & Justice, and the topic of the paper has impressed us a lot. It has drawn attention and interest from scholars specializing in this field.
  Initiated with an aim to advance the communications within scientific community, specialists and professionals in various research fields can get the cutting-edge research results from International Journal of Science, Technology and Society. Given the advance, novelty, and possible wide application of your innovation, here we invite you to send other unpublished works of related fields to the journal. Your further research on this article is also welcomed. ...
  Joining Us as Editorial Board Members/Reviewers
  On behalf of the Editorial Board of the journal, we feel deeply honored to invite you to join us as one of the editorial board members or reviewers of International Journal of Science, Technology and Society. Your academic background and professional and expertise in this field are highly appreciated by the Editorial Board, so we really hope you can be a part of our team. We hope that your position as the editorial board member/reviewer will shine a light on your research in this field. ... We are looking forward to a fruitful cooperation with you.
  Best,
  Jessie Wright
  Editorial Assistant of International Journal of Science, Technology and Society
• From: Maydim Malkov [submission@psychiatneurosci.org]
  Date: Aug 8 2018 at 4:11 PM
  Subject: Submit Your Article and Join Our Journal. Dear David H. Kaye; : The good, the bad, the ugly: The NAS report on strengthening forensic science in America
  Greetings from the editorial office!
  Your article titled The good, the bad, the ugly: The NAS report on strengthening forensic science in America which has been published in Science & Justice has impressed us a lot. The paper has attracted attention from researchers specializing in this field.
  Invite You to Send Research Papers to the Journal
  Set up with an aim to advance the development of scientific community, specialists and scholars in different fields can get the latest research results from International Journal of Science, Technology and Society. Due to the novelty, advance, and potential wide applications of your innovation, we sincerely invite you to send other unpublished articles that have similar topics to the journal. Your further research on this article is also welcomed. ...
  Joining Us as one of the Editorial Members/Reviewers
  On behalf of the Editorial Board of the journal, we feel very honored to invite you to join our team as the editorial board member or reviewer of International Journal of Science, Technology and Society. Given your academic background and rich experience in this field, the Board believe that you are quite qualified for this position. We believe that your position as the editorial board member or reviewer will promote international academic communications. ...
  Any question, please feel free to contact us. All the best,
  Jessie Wright
  The Editorial Office of International Journal of Science, Technology and Society

Asian Journal of Emerging Research (AJER)

The Asian Journal of Emerging Research (AJER) has an odd title. I mean, what academic fields does it cover, and what is the criterion for "emerging" research as opposed to other (completed?) research? The website does little to define or clarify the scope of the journal. It states that AJER is a "multidisciplinary journal developed with the aim of accelerating the pace of scientific advancement." I guess that narrows it to all of science. But no, AJER has a Facebook page that "welcomes original research submissions from the natural sciences, medical research, engineering, as well as the related social sciences and humanities .. ." Why does the world need another general journal of science (and everything related to it)? Well,

AJER is an outcome of a researcher’s community with the believe that all quality research work needs to be published... .

At this point, I am beginning to worry. Clicking on "Current Issue" and "Archive" under the "Issues" tab has no effect. Maybe AJER is just starting out and has no content yet. That may be why its publication fees are low and there is no submission fee.

No publishing house seems to be behind it. The publishing platform is "AMS Central, a project of the ACFS," whatever that is. The contact information is 2nd Floor, Emirates Tower, M-13, F-7 Markaz, Islamabad, Pakistan +92 333 000 3334 ajer@amscentral.com. No one on the 16-member "editorial team" of academics is from Pakistan. AJER is on LinkedIn, There, it describes its experience as "The ACE College for Women."

Email

• From: AJER [ajer@amscentral.com]
  Date: May 27, 2019
  Subject: AJER | Announcement of Editor in Chief
  Asian Journal of Emerging Research is delighted to proclaim the appointment of Prof. Dr. Kaiser Jamil as the Editor-in-Chief of AJER. She is currently working as Principle Investigator and Head of Genetics Department at Bhagwan Mahavir Medical Research Centre, India.
  Prof. Kaiser Jamil, is a distinguished Scientist, having worked in 4 renowned Institutions like IICT, CCMB, University of Sydney and at University of Paris. She was one of the top 20 Scientists of the country to be honored with the Award of Modern Medicare for her work in cancer research in the area of Pharmacogenomics. She is the first woman elected as Vice President of The Asian Council of Science Editors, Dubai and President of Third World Organization of Women In Science- OWSD- (TWOWS) with it head quarters in Trieste- Italy which she served from 2005-2010, with a National Chapter of TWOWS for Indian women.
  She is on the Editorial board of 3 prestigious journals and Reviewer of several journals. Her Passion: Human dimensions: A vision for Sharing, Learning and Transforming.
  We believe that her tenure as Editor-in-Chief will precisely maintain the quality of published research, enhance the journal’s impact, and contribute to the advancement of the broader scientific community. Wishing her a Very Good Luck at AJER!
  Regards
  Maryam Sayab
  Executive Managing Editor
  Asian Journal of Emerging Research | Pakistan M: 0092-333-000-3334 E: ajer@ amscentral.com

Heighten Science's Journal of Forensic Science and Research

Heighten Science Publications Corporation seems to be run out of a house in the Dallas area (by the town's mayor). It publishes a Journal of Forensic Science and Research. The journal has no editor and no editorial board members. At least, none are listed on its website. The home page lists "recent articles" -- all from 2017. Forensic scientists will be pleased to learn that "The Journal of Forensic Science and Research considers forensic science as a multidisciplinary and rigorous discipline which is at an important stage of its development."

The webpage has buttons to list articles by country. There are two from the U.S., dated 2017 -- on sports medicine rather than forensic science. The page is full of links to the content of other Heighten journals. When I finally navigated to the page of "all volumes and issues" of the Journal of Forensic Science and Research, there were three issues. Volume 1(1) contains articles such as "WMW: A Secure, Web based Middleware for C4I Interoperable Applications." Issue 2 has four articles in forensic medicine. Finally, Volume 2(1) has two articles, on topics in forensic toxicology and entomology. All told, there are not many pages for two volumes (or even one).

Given the absence of indicia of quality for Heighten Science journals, one wonders why reputable researchers would publish there. Yet, some do. A short case report from Steven A Koehler and Victor W Weedn on a "Failure to Autopsy: The Otto Warmbier Case" can be found in Issue 2 of Volume 1. Dr. Weedn is a professor at George Washington University and was the Senior Forensic Advisor in the U.S. Department of Justice.

Heighten Science "envelopes all the existing and emerging developments"

Heighten Science Publication Corporation is here "to cater the insistent need of researchers." Its About Us page explains that

Heighten Science Publications Corporation (HSPC) welcomes you as a new member. The potential of Heighten Science in publishing journals is radically altering the way, scientific information is disseminated. Heighten Science intends to establish a high-quality, open access, peer reviewed Journals that can become a source of updated and the most complete and reliable source of information on current developments in the fields of clinical, medical, biology, chemistry, pharmaceutical and engineering related researches. All the journals published by Heighten Science are dynamic and envelopes all the existing and emerging developments to be abreast of the fast paced growth of the subject. Heighten Science does not only publish but also successfully disperse the knowledge to the relevant and necessary sources using the latest technology.

To supply "added value," "Heighten Science aims to provide high quality, meticulously reviewed and rapid publication, to cater the insistent need of researchers." The "Why with Us" page has such expostulations as "The scalar chain of Heighten Science comprises of prominent scholars and experts of different fields and an alert unmatched readership base." And of course HSPC does "not want to stalemate your research work in limiting it to word counts or size." Whether the alert and unmatched readers share the desire to let authors write page after page is not discussed. The publication charges for the 53 journals are hefty, but, hey, "we solely depends on the authors" and use their "contributions ... in collaboration services, promotions and citations which ultimately helps in increasing the visualization ... ."

The contact information includes this address: 2504 Stillwater CT, Flower Mound, Texas - 75022, USA +14043820291 info@heighpubs.us." The email address heighpubs@gmail.com and the telephone number belong to Sandeep Kumar. Whitepages.com lists the following names as owner or residents of the four bedroom house: Shubhada V Sharma, Sandeep K Sharma, Rekha N Sharma, Manisha V Varshney, Saumya Sehgal, Tony J Owens, and Tammie E Bonham. Sandeep Sharma also uses the home address for The Evolvers Group LP. He is the CEO of this computer services and consulting company. The domain name heighpubs.us is registered to Chandra Shekar.

The corporation is registered to the same Sandeep Sharma.  In fact, he is the mayor pro tem of the town, having moved there in 2001 after graduating from the University of Poona in computer engineering in 1989 and earning an MBA in in strategic management from the University of Kansas in 1998. The Texas Comptroller's office identifies two other directors of the publishing corporation: Chandr Gundabattula (address LOT-13 13 15 16 23 FLAT-501 SUJATA), and Iswarya Uppalapati (PLOT-1322 FLAT-102 VINDHYA HILLS AP).

I looked at Heighten's Journal of Forensic Science and Research, since that is a field I am familiar with. Most of the links brought me to articles from other journals, such as one on "Peaceful Bridging" from a dentist in Hawaii describing tooth replacement and promoting his "Carlson Bridge® 'Winged Pontic' tooth replacement system" published (with misspellings) in the December 2018 issue of Heighten's Journal of Oral Health and Craniofacial Science.

UPDATE 12/25/2020: The "Editor Policy" on the webpage explains that "Heighten Science trail a critical evaluation prior to selection of Editorial Board members." This will "assess the quality quotient of articles being published." let's hope that "quality quotient" exceeds the website's, not to mention that of Heighten's emails. Today's spam comes from the great state of "Taxes, USA."

Email

Archives of Case Reports

• From: Author Relationship Editor - CASEREPORTS [casereports@hspcorporation.org]
  Date: 25 July 2019
  Subject: The journal will publish your innovations
  Archives of Case Reports (ISSN: 2637-3793)
  We have communicatedyou earlier, but there is no response from you, so we would like to contact you another time! In view of your previous contributions and research interests, we are contacting you again to submit the manuscript which is useful for the journal growth.
  Planning for Upcoming Issue: Submission Date: August 6th 2019 | Review Process Duration: 10 to 15 days |
  Releasing Date: August 16th 2019
  We need your support by sharing your valuable manuscripts towards our Journal. I welcome you to submit the articles to this email as an attachment (If your manuscript is going to be ready for publication). If you don’t have any material in your hand, please allow us to know the feasible date of your submission. An early confirmation from your side is very much appreciated as it really helps to provide quality research to the scientific community. You can send your paper(s) to casereports@heighpubs.us
  I would appreciate if you will respond to this email. Your manuscript could contribute a lot to Science.
  Kind regards,
  Angelina Isabella
  Managing Editor
  Texas, USA

Clinical Journal of Nursing Care and Practice

• From: Clinical Journal of Nursing Care and Practice [hjncp@hspcorporation.org]
  Date: May 23, 2019
  Subject: Your article promotion also one of our services
  Hope we are not interrupting you in your busy schedule.
  Doctor, I am Clark S Journal Coordinator for Clinical Journal of Nursing Care and Practice [ISSN: 2639-9911]. Can you give us a few minutes of your valuable time? Firstly, we would like to take the pleasure to appreciate your expertise and professionalism in the field of your expertise. We have just gone through your publications and found that your expertise is related to the scope of the journal. [← Must be an enormous scope, considering that I have nothing to do with nursing care] Our Editorial Board got impressed by your academic profile with Published articles and Research interest.
  Being impressed by your published articles,weare contacting you to know if you can associate with us by submitting your “Unpublished paper” which will be highly helpful for the journal growth. So, we wish you to grab this opportunity and publish your research works and make them helpful for the scientific community.
  To avail this opportunity, you are requested to send your article by June 07th, 2019. Hence, keeping in view of friendlyassociation with you, we have put our humble request and hope you would not disappoint us.
  Await your acknowledgementregarding the submission.
  Regards,
  Clark S
• From: Clinical Journal of Nursing Care and Practice [nursing@heighpubs.net]
  Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2020 11:26 PM
  Subject: [an email address]
  Dear David H Kaye,
  Hope you had a pleasant morning.
  It’s our pleasure to invite you to our Clinical Journal of Nursing Care and Practice (ISSN: 2639-9911). Our purpose of this email is to inform you that we need your support [← considering my lack of qualifications in nursing, they are in trouble] for releasing our Volume 4 Issue 2 by submitting an Article before 25th of December 2020.
  If this is a short notice, please do send an opinion or mini review or case report by next weekend, we hope 2-page article isn’t time taken for an eminent author like you.
  You can submit your Manuscript to this email ID, as an attachment.
  Await your promising response.
  Best Regards,
  Clark Skyla
  Taxes, USA
  If you are not comfortable with our emails, please unsubscribe.

Journal of Clinical Nephrology

• From: Author Relationship Editor - NEPHROLOGY [nephrology-journal@hspcorporation.org]
  Date: Mon 12 Aug 2019
  Subject: Do consider our journal to publish your upcoming article
  We have communicatedyou earlier, but there is no response from you, so we would like to contact you another time! In view of your previous contributions and research interests, we are contacting you again to submit the manuscript which is useful for the journal growth.
  Planning for Upcoming Issue: Submission Date: August 20th 2019 | Review Process Duration: 10 days | Releasing Date: August 30th 2019
  We need your support by sharing your valuable manuscripts towards our Journal. I welcome you to submit the articles to this email as an attachment (If your manuscript is going to be ready for publication).
  If you don’t have any material in your hand, please allow us to know the feasible date of your submission. An early confirmation from your side is very much appreciated as it really helps to provide quality research to the scientific community. You can send your paper(s) to nephrology-journal@heighpubs.us
  I would appreciate if you will respond to this email. Your manuscript could contribute a lot to Science.
  Kind regards,
  Angelina Isabella
  Managing Editor
  Texas, USA
  You are receiving this email because of your relationship [← spammee-spammer] with the sender.

Journal of Hematology and Clinical Research

• From: Journal of Hematology and Clinical Research [jhcr@hspcorporation.org]
  Date: 4 June 2019 9:11 AM
  Subject: Your support will play a lead role to release the upcoming issue
  Greetings from the Journal of Hematology and Clinical Research!
  Hope you are doing well.
  This mail is regarding the submission of your article.
  Based on your expertise and previous articles published, we would like to request you to submit an article for our Journal. Contribution from an eminent person like you increases the Journal’s quality and its standards.
  If you are interested, kindly send us the article as an attachment to: jhcr@heighpubs.us Please let us know if you have any other queries.
  Awaiting your response.
  Best Regards,
  Smith A
  You are receiving this email because of your [hitherto unknown] relationship with the sender. ...
• From: Editorial Manager - JHCR [jhcr@hspcorporation.org]
  Date: 19 August 2019 1:28 AM
  Subject: Enhance the quality of the article by robust peer review process
  
  Journal of Hematology and Clinical Research
  In view of your previous contributions and research interests, we are contacting you to submit the manuscript which is useful for the growth of our journal. Contribution from an eminent person like you increases the Journal’s quality and its standards. On behalf of the journal, we would like to request you to submit your manuscript on or before 31st August, 2019 to this mail
  Note: Kindly submit the cover letter along with your submission to make us identify easily.
  Please respond back regarding your interest on submission.
  Awaiting your response.
  Thanks & Regards,
  Williams K
  You are receiving this email because of your [spammee-spammer] relationship with the sender. ...

Journal of Sports Medicine and Therapy

• From: Journal of Sports Medicine and Therapy [sportsmed@hspcorporation.info]
  Sent: Friday, March 19, 2021 3:29 AM
  Subject: Boost your article quality
  Dear Dr. David H Kaye,
  We need one article for successful release of Volume 5 Issue 1 in our Journal of Sports Medicine and Therapy. Please submit us your Manuscript for this issue release before 29th March 2021, if this is a short notice in your busy schedule, please do send an Short article, we hope 2 page article isn’t time taken for an eminent author like you. You can submit your Manuscript to this email ID. As an attachment.
  Kindly let me know your feasibility for submitting any of your unpublished paper to our journal.
  Can we expect this from you before the dead line? Await your submissions.
  Best Regards,
  Michael Simmons

Does Iris Publishers Raid OMICS for Material?

Commenting on the report on Iris Publishers, Sudheer Kaku, the IT technical specialist in Aurora, Colorado, who was identified as the likely owner, wrote "Please let me know if you come across any genuine complain [sic] or an instance where we scammed or didn't deliver on what we promised."

Iris promises that it "only accept[s] original content" and that "[a]ny work that has less than 75% originality will be rejected." It promises authors "rigorous peer reviews and quality check." It claims that it checks for previous publication as a part of the process. It promises editing to improve an author's submissions. How often does it deliver on these promises?

Clearly, it did none of these things in the case of two articles by Mohamed Daris of the "University Rabat Morocco," the "Department of Physics, Morocco," the "Department of Physics, University of Science," or the "Department of Mathematical Physics, University Rabbat Morocco." (These are the affiliations provided on his various papers that appear in flaky journals. I have not seen a university with any of these names listed on the web, but there is a University Mohammed V de Rabat.)

Realization of the Relationship between Quantum Mechanics and Relativity

This paper first appeared in the flaky and oddly named OMICS Journal of Physical Mathematics (Received Date: Aug 24, 2018 / Accepted Date: Sep 12, 2018 / Published Date: Sep 20, 2018 ). It begins as follows:

In this section we will have the design of a central energy model based on the energy of the light E this model has three forms of energy: the energy of the mass Em which is based deep on the mass m in relation with the wave function Ψ and the density density energy Eρ which is based on the density density ρ in relation to the wave function Ψ and the volume energy EV which is based on the volume V in relation with the wave function Ψ. This approximation gives us access to the last very important paragraph in this research is the relationship between quantum mechanics and relativity.

The "density density" article provides nothing less than "an exact correction of the classical light equation E = mc²." It concludes with an equation that "is a proper state of the presence of relativity and quantum mechanics at the same time in any system on the universe or far from the universe." Could one ask for anything more?

Mr. Kaku’s Annals of Biostatistics & Biometric Applications duplicated this gobbledy-gook (which has nothing to do with biostatistics), presenting it as new, quality publication. Mohamed Daris. Realization of the Relationship between Quantum Mechanics and Relativity. AnnalBiostat & Biomed Appli. 2(2): 2019. ABBA.MS.ID.000535. DOI: 10.33552/ABBA.2019.02.000535. (Received Date: April 17, 2019 Published Date: May 08, 2019).

Establishing the Equation of the Wave Function and the System Model (ρ, m, v)

This paper also appeared earlier in the OMICS Journal of Physical Mathematics (“Received Date: Aug 24, 2018 / Accepted Date: Sep 14, 2018 / Published Date: Sep 21, 2018"). The introduction reads as follows:

The main purpose of this topic is to better understand new aspects of matter and energetic systems and to give new theorems and relations based on having an idea about the behaviour of matter either on the mass side of the volume or the volume density this gives us newly exploit relationships but on the basis of the corrective theorem of the equation of light and that will guide us to have an explanatory model of the material and hence the systems outside the vacuum or inside the void.

That is a mouthful. The body of the article consists of a couple of postulated equations (with no indication of why they are meaningful or plausible) and a miscellany of algebraic consequences. It concludes with the apocalyptic remark that:

These last results show that any material with a mass and a volume and a density tends towards a moment TF [“Time of the Universe”]. That is to say that matter when it arrives at the moment TF its basic elements, which constitute them, mean that the volume and density disappear and the matter no longer exists.

Again, Annals of Biostatistics & Biometric Applications, which has no named editor-in-chief,  republished this ouevre falling well outside of its professed scope as if it were a new (and meaningful) publication. Mohamed Daris. Establishing the Equation of the Wave Function and the System Model (ρ, m, v). AnnalBiostat & Biomed Appli. 2(1): 2019. ABBA.MS.ID.000529. DOI: 10.33552/ABBA.2019.02.000529 (Received Date: April 17,2019 Published Date: April 26, 2019).

Such publications in OMICS and then Iris journals are difficult to reconcile with sincere assertions of "rigorous peer reviews."

Ocimum's Foray: into "Forensic Sciences: Methods and Techniques"

Ocimum Scientific Publishers is an Australian company that seems to be reporting revenues of $11 million with journals that are nascent at best. The email to me (4/29/19) speaks of a "second issue" that will appear in June. The website lists three issues of Forensic Sciences: Methods and Techniques as already published, but all three turn out to have the same paltry 38 pages of articles. That mode of publication could makes it challenging if anyone wants to cite their work.

The editorial board has the following U.S. members ("from reputed universities"):

⊘ Stephen G Tibbetts, Professor, California State University, San Bernardino (editor-in-chief)
⊘ William D Bales, Professor, Florida State University
⊘ Vaughn M Bryant, Professor, Texas A&M University
⊘ Midori Albert, Professor, University of North Carolina Wilmington
⊘ Camille Gibson, Professor, Prairie View A&M University
⊘ Sheri Jenkins Keenan, Clinical Assistant Professor, The University of Memphis
⊘ Pamela Newell, Assistant Professor, University of North Georgia at Dahlonega
⊘ Douglas A Orr, Assistant Professor, University of North Georgia
⊘ George Richards, Associate Professor, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
⊘ Delbert Rounds, Associate Professor, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
⊘ Pamella A Seay, Professor, Florida Gulf Coast University

Email

• From: Blake Notman OS [forensic.osp@ocimumscience.com]
  Sent: Monday, April 29, 2019, 1:49:18 AM EDT
  Subject: Are you ready to share your research on criminology
  Professor David Kaye,
  My name is Blake Notman and I am the Editorial Manager at Ocimum Scientific Publishers.
  Journal of Forensic Sciences: Methods and Techniques launched its first issue and planning to launch its second issue in the month of June.
  Under the direction of eminent editorial board members from reputed universities worldwide this journal is growing rapidly and publishing quality research papers since its inception. You can have a look at the papers already published. I believe we can help you to publish your most recent/current research work in this journal, for your convenience, please find the attached author instructions ... .
  I am writing to enquire about your plans to publish your recent/current research work with us. Let me know your plans, so that we can plan accordingly. If you have any questions or concerns, don’t hesitate to let me know.
  Season benefits, manuscripts submitted in the month of May will be published for 298 USD.
  Looking forward to discussing what we can do for each other in more detail.
  Best wishes,
  Blake Notman
  Editorial Manager
  Ocimum Scientific Publishers, 26 Bourke Crescent, Hoppers Crossing, Victoria 3029, Australia contact@ocimumjournals.com

Ocimum Scientific Publishers (OSP) "is here to help people with insatiable hunger"

Ocimum is the name of a medicinal plant -- and now an Australian publisher of journals. Zoominfo reports that Ocimum has 57 employees and revenue of $11.4 million. For a private company (ABN 57 625 203 376) that came into existence (in Australia, anyway) at the end of March 2018, that is rather impressive. So is the fact that the address for the business (26 Bourke Cres, Hoppers Crossing VIC 3029) is the site of an unimposing three-bedroom house in a residential neighborhood (according to Australian real estate websites). The nearly 60 employees must  be rather cramped. But the work could be outsourced. The email came to me from a server in India. The domain names ocimumjournals.com and ocimumjournals.net were registered by Perfect Privacy in 2018. GoDaddy.com registered ocimumscience.org registered in April 2019.

In any event, the revenue does not seem to be coming from its journals, which are just coming into existence. I looked into the first journal listed on the website, the Journal of Anesthesiology Study and Treatment. It has no editor-in-chief and no issues out yet, but it "publishes papers from all the fields of Anesthesiology Study and Treatment [with] issues for every four months." It "accepts all kinds of manuscripts like Original Research Articles ... ."

One of the editorial board members, John F. Bebawy, of Northwestern University, is a favorite of flaky journals. He is listed as the editor-in-chief of an OMICS journal and a board member with journals at Allied Academies, Annex Publishers, Applis Publishers, ARC, Austin Publishing Group, Chembio Publishers, Clinics in Oncology, Gavin Publishers, Heighten Science, Kosmos Publishers, Lupine Journals, Madridge Publishers, Medwin Publishers, ONOMY Science, Open Access Pub, Openventio, ProClinS, Pubtexto, Pulsus Group, Remedy Publications, SciRes Literature, SciTechnol, SeriesScience International, SOAOJ, Unique Pub International, Zygoscient, and lots more. I figure that no one, no matter how desirous of a lengthy C.V., would sign up with so many journals. If so, the list is evidence of fraudulent practices on the part of at least some of them.

OSP's About Us page has the flowery phrases and ESL constructions seen among its competitors. Its "primary aim is to raise the bar for publishing quality research work and maintaining high standards in double blind peer review process, we assure you that. We will put our best efforts in maintaining trust among scientific world with Ocimum Scientific Publishers."Raising the bar to publishing quality research may not achieve the desired "betterment of scientific world," but, hey, OSP is just starting.

Email

• From: Blake Notman OS [forensic.osp@ocimumscience.com]
  Sent: Monday, April 29, 2019, 1:49:18 AM EDT
  Subject: Are you ready to share your research on criminology
  Professor David Kaye,
  My name is Blake Notman and I am the Editorial Manager at Ocimum Scientific Publishers.
  Journal of Forensic Sciences: Methods and Techniques launched its first issue and planning to launch its second issue in the month of June.
  Under the direction of eminent editorial board members from reputed universities worldwide this journal is growing rapidly and publishing quality research papers since its inception. You can have a look at the papers already published. I believe we can help you to publish your most recent/current research work in this journal, for your convenience, please find the attached author instructions ... .
  I am writing to enquire about your plans to publish your recent/current research work with us. Let me know your plans, so that we can plan accordingly. If you have any questions or concerns, don’t hesitate to let me know.
  Season benefits, manuscripts submitted in the month of May will be published for 298 USD.
  Looking forward to discussing what we can do for each other in more detail.
  Best wishes,
  Blake Notman
  Editorial Manager
  Ocimum Scientific Publishers
  26 Bourke Crescent, Hoppers Crossing, Victoria 3029, Australia contact@ocimumjournals.com