An EMAIL from JSM Denistry
We look at an email that we saw from JSM Dentistry. We focus on certain elements of the email.
Spam email
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.
Why do predatory publishers send emails and what can you do?
Predatory publishers and journals use a variety of techniques to get you to submit your research articles to them, with one of the most common being unsolicited emails, often praising your previous work, then requesting that you to submit to their journal.
This article looks at their techniques and what you can do about it.
Fact Check: Is JScholar indexed by DOAJ?
The publisher JScholar claims that papers that it publishes will be indexed by the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). JScholar, or the journals it publishes, are not indexed by the Directory of Open Access Journals. Therefore, using the DOAJ logo on their web sites is not right.
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?
Why would a predatory publisher waive its publication fees?
Predatory journals make money by getting you to pay money for them to publish your article. It might seem unusual if they offer to waive the fee. In this article we explore why they might do that.