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Is science publishing Corporation predatory?

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Is science publishing Corporation predatory?

Science Publishing Group has also been cited more directly as a predatory journal and a scam, using more than 200 pseudo-publications like American Journal of Applied Mathematics or International Journal of Transportation Engineering and Technology.

How do you find predatory publishers?

Identifying a predator

  1. The journal’s scope of interest includes unrelated subjects alongside legitimate topics.
  2. Website contains spelling and grammar errors.
  3. Images or logos are distorted/fuzzy or misrepresented/unauthorized.
  4. Website targets authors, not readers (i.e. publisher prioritizes making money over product).

Is MDPI still a predatory publisher?

Therefore, the conclusion that MDPI journals are predatory does not follow. We have taken the opportunity to analyse self-citation data across different publishers. Figure 1 represents publishers with more than 10,000 publications between 2018 and July 2021.

Is science domain a predatory journal?

‘Sciencedomain International’ is also a victim of the predatory publication model. Many times ‘Sciencedomain International’ was labelled with “predatory” stamp, as Sciencedomain also follows open access publication model.

Is Plos One predatory?

In some Chinese tertiary teaching hospitals, PLOS ONE is considered as a predatory journal.

What is the problem with MDPI journals?

MDPI has chosen to give control of the reputation of its journals to hundreds of guest editors, with just loose or no control from the original editors, who were responsible for the journal reputation in the first place and who are also in the process drowned by a spiraling number of additional board members.

Is BMC a good journal?

BMC Public Health Rank and SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) The overall rank of BMC Public Health is 3237. According to SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), this journal is ranked 1.156.