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A new journal:

http://www.esciencecentral.org/journals/clinical-research-foot-ankle.php

 

This caught my eye:

http://www.esciencecentral.org/journals/aimsandscopeCRFA.php

 

I have been poking around the website for this Journal and ..... I don't know what to think.

"Clinical Research on Foot & Ankle" is a poor use of grammar. Shouldn't it be: "Clinical Research on the Foot & Ankle"

On the home page is this:

Does the grammar of that actually make sense to anyone?

 

I see they have fixed the "Food" to "Foot" !!! I did email them to point this out.
But "curtsey" is still there.

 

sounds dodgy to me

 

I don't think its dodgy, it just appears as though the choice of the journal title (ie no 'the') and the nature of the text on the journals website was written by someone who does not appear to have English as their first language or it slipped past the proof readers. It does not leave a good first impression (considering the have still not fixed the 'curtsey'!)

 

"we are pleased to inform you that complete waiver will be provided on the articles submitted on or before 22nd of Jan, 2013."

Waiver of what? Something that has been brought to my attention recently is that some journals now charge authors to publish their papers- when did this become acceptable behaviour on the part of the journals?

 

A lot of journals have been doing that for a while.

JFAR does, expect if you a member of SCP or APodC or CFPM the fee is waived.

 

I don't think it is automatically waived for SCP members (there was a note in the last Podiatry Now magazine saying you could apply to get help with this fee) and heard it was around £500, which is pretty fierce if you are a private practitioner who is already funding your own research. Doesn't really provide motivation to the budding researcher to step up to publish within a journal if it's going to cost them to do so. OK if you work for a University who'll pay the fee for you I suppose.

Perhaps Hylton can confirm the costing and situation.

 

Dear colleagues,

Open access journals have article processing charges as they do not charge individual or institutional subscription fees to access journal content. Details regarding JFAR’s article processing charge can be found here:

*http://www.jfootankleres.com/about/apcfaq

Please note that members of the APodC, SCP or CFPM submitting papers to JFAR have the article processing fee waived as part of their membership.

Kind regards,

The JFAR editorial team

 

Thanks for the reply.

So, just for clarity, can you confirm that any member of SCP, whether private practitioner, NHS or university staff can submit papers without charge?

That is not what I was previously advised.

Regards,
Bel

 

I have come across some info on the company behind this so-called journal that was sent to me (THANKS!). It has certainly changed my mind and opened my eyes to the issues.

Check this out:
http://www.jfdp.org/forum/forum_docs/1013jfdp1040_1_032912094346.pdf
http://poynder.blogspot.com.au/2011/12/open-access-interviews-omics-publishing.html?m=1
http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/te...m-of-a-most-scholarly-kind/article3939161.ece

Predatory open access journal publishers:
http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/

 

Bel asked:

Confirmed. SCP members submitting papers to JFAR have the article processing fee waived irrespective of their place of employment.

Kind regards,

The JFAR editorial team

 

From the New York Times:
Scientific Articles Accepted (Personal Checks, Too)

Full story

 

For the record, I didn't pay an authors' fee (and more than a few reviewers went through with fine-tooth combs), but I did come across a couple of dodgy looking 'journals' whilst looking to publish.

 

I was just sent this link (thanks) to the Wikipedia page about the company that publishes the Journal of Clinical Research on Foot & Ankle:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OMICS_Publishing_Group

OMICS Publishing Group

Discredited academic publishing company

"OMICS" redirects here. For the journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, see OMICS (journal). For the disciplines in biology, see Omics.

Several OMICS journals redirect here. Many have names similar to other existing non-OMICS publications.

OMICS Publishing Group is a predatory publisher of open access academic journals.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]} It started publishing its first journal in 2008.^[1] By 2015, it claimed over 700 journals, although about half of them were defunct.^[10] Its subsidiaries and brands include Allied Academies, Conference Series LLC LTD, EuroSciCon LTD, Hilaris Publishing, iMedPub LTD, Longdom Publishing SL, Meetings International, Pulsus Group, Research & Reviews, SciTechnol, Trade Science Inc, Life Science Events, Walsh Medical Media, and IT Medical Team.^{[11][12][13][14][15]}

OMICS has come under attack by numerous academics and the United States government over the validity of the peer review by OMICS journals, the appropriateness of its fees and marketing, and the apparent advertising of the names of scientists as journal editors or conference speakers without their knowledge or permission.^{[4][5][6][7][8][excessive citations]} The U.S. National Institutes of Health sent a cease-and-desist letter to OMICS in 2013, demanding it to discontinue with false claims of affiliation with U.S. government entities or employees.^[7] In August 2016, OMICS became the first academic publisher to be sued by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for deceptive practices; nearly three years later, the FTC was awarded a summary judgement of over US$50 million.

OMICS has responded to criticisms by avowing a commitment to open access publishing, claiming that detractors are traditional subscription-based publishers who feel threatened by their open-access publishing model.^[10] It responded to the FTC suit by maintaining that their practices were legal and claiming that corporate interests were driving the suit. It has also threatened a prominent critic, Jeffrey Beall, with a $1 billion lawsuit for defamation.^[16]

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2. ^ "Chanting success mantra, scientific way". The Hindu. 6 March 2016. Archived from the original on 30 October 2019.
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9. ^ Yadav, Shyamlal (19 July 2018). "Inside India's fake research paper shops: pay, publish, profit". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
10. ^ ^{a b} "Predatory publishers criticised for 'unethical, unprincipled' tactics". Radio National. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 11 November 2015. Archived from the original on 27 March 2018.
11. ^ Downes, Mike (October 2023). "There is no such thing as a predatory journal". Learned Publishing. 36 (4): 709–711. doi:10.1002/leap.1568.
12. ^ Siler, Kyle; Vincent-Lamarre, Philippe; Sugimoto, Cassidy R.; Larivière, Vincent (26 October 2021). "Predatory publishers' latest scam: bootlegged and rebranded papers". Nature. 598 (7882): 563–565. Bibcode:2021Natur.598..563S. doi:10.1038/d41586-021-02906-8. hdl:1866/25816. PMID 34703002. S2CID 239999772.
13. ^ Readfearn, Graham (12 January 2018). "All those OMICS linked companies in one place" (blog). Retrieved 10 October 2018.
14. ^ Yadav, Shyamlal (22 July 2018). "Fake Science: Face behind biggest of all — '40 countries, million articles'". The Indian Express. Hyderabad. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
15. ^ McCrostie, James (9 April 2018). "Predatory conferences – A case of academic cannibalism". University World News. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
16. ^ New, Jake (15 May 2013). "Publisher Threatens to Sue Blogger for $1-Billion". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Archived from the original on 27 August 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2013.

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Press Release:
FTC Charges Academic Journal Publisher OMICS Group Deceived Researchers
Complaint Alleges Company Made False Claims, Failed To Disclose Steep Publishing Fees
August 26, 2016