An EMAIL from JSM Denistry
We look at an email that we saw from JSM Dentistry. We focus on certain elements of the email.
EMAIL Correspondence
Flattering emails will get you everywhere, except when they’re from junk journals
The article describes an email trail with a (probably) predatory publisher and reflects on the experience.
This article has been syndicated from The Conversation.
Questions about the Journal of Positive School Psychology: Update
In a previous article about the Journal of Positive School Psychology we said that we would take another look at a later date. This is that return visit.
We have some questions about the Journal of Positive School Psychology
We have recently been taking a look at the Journal of Positive School Psychology and tweeting our findings.
In this article, we present the email we sent to the journal and the response we received.
EMAIL discussion with a (possible) predatory journal
This article presents an email discussion in its entirety. The journal involved is probably a predatory journal, though we have not carried out a full investigation.
Soundbites and EMAIL Snippets: What are they?
One of the features (we like to believe) of our Twitter account are the regular posts we do that feature “Soundbites” and “EMAIL snippets”. But what are they, why do we feature these, why do we feel that are important and how do we create the images? All the answers are here.
EMAIL Correspondence with (predatory) publishers | #002
We show an email exchange between the International Journal of Biosensors & Bioelectronics (ISSN: 2573-2838), which is published by MedCrave, and a potential author. We show the full email exchange and also comment on what we think it means and draw a comparison with scambaiting.
EMAIL Correspondence with (predatory) publishers | #001
We show an email exchange between JSM Dentistry (ISSN: 2333-7133), which is published by SciMedCentral, and a potential author. We show the full email exchange and also comment on what we think it means. We also look at some other aspects of the journal and the publisher.
EMAIL Correspondence with (predatory) publishers
As part of our Twitter account, we tweet snippets from emails that have been passed to us.
But this is only part of the story. Sometimes, the complete email is more informative and, sometimes, it is worth seeing a more complete version of the email correspondence, if the person that received the email decides to respond.
This series of articles addresses this, providing full email trails, which we hope are both interesting, informative and useful.
Should you negotiate with a predatory journal?
We look at an email exchange, where a predatory journal reduced their Article Processing Charge (APC) from 500 USD to 150 USD, and the author never really had to ask.
But should you negotiate?