Novel Practices in Medical Study from Crimson Publishers
Some time ago we saw an email from a journal, seeking papers for Volume 1, Issue 1 of a new journal. In this article we look at how the journal has performed.
Article Processing Charges
What data should we collect for a publisher?
In this article we consider what data we should collect for publishers/journals, so that we can more easily compare one with another.
Who should pay the APCs?
We ran a Twitter poll asking who should pay the Article Processing Charges for an article. We share the results in this article.
How many predatory journals are there?
We believe that there are about 15,000 predatory journals, although, it is quite a difficult question to answer; as we explore in this article.
Help: Should I pay the Article Processing Fee?
“I am in a bit of a tough situation. I agreed to submit my paper to a publisher and now found out they are charging huge fees and are predatory. I have signed something with them and they are making me either pay and publish or pay a huge withdrawal fee.”
How much profit does a journal make? The case of SCIREA
We consider SCIREA’s revenue in an attempt to estimate how much profit this publisher makes. We estimate their revenue to be USD 151,340, with a profit of about USD 121,072.
How many editors does a journal need? The case of SCIREA
SCIREA is a scientific publisher that has a portfolio of 39 journals. These 39 journals have 13,288 editors, meaning that each journal has an average of 341 editors. Each of these editors has handled less than one paper each, over the last five years.
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.