studiot Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Can anyone comment on the provenance of this 'journal' ? It promotes this rubbish for instance (Aug 2018) https://www.scitechnol.com/peer-review/gravity-is-a-myth-CHpy.php?article_id=8027 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensei Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 "Promotion" means (at least to me) "advertisement". Better word would be "acceptance" IMHO. According to: https://www.scitechnol.com/instructionsforauthors-journal-physics-research-applications.php "Article Publication Charges: Publishing under Open Access mode involves a publication fee of US $919." ..and so what.. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taeto Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Lots of scam journals around like this. Usually promising, and delivering, quick "publication", though at a hefty publication fee. A good deal for crackpots who have no other way to get their crap published. But a pretty tough deal for beginning researchers should they fall into the trap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arete Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 This story might be of interest: https://www.vox.com/2014/11/21/7259207/scientific-paper-scam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taeto Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Since my fringe field happens to be mathematics, I can add that the ICM conferences, where the Fields medals are presented, are not a hair better. They do review the submissions that go into the top sections. But you can submit any old gibberish into the main sections and get approval from the "reviewers". It is the same principle.They scrape a lot of money in from conference fees, and no way they will reject even the worst crackpottery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiot Posted February 23, 2019 Author Share Posted February 23, 2019 Thank you evrybody for your thoughts. I didn't realise there were so many money making scams masquerading under the banner of Science. It saddens me that there is one more thing to beware of. In the days when I wrote papers, I trusted the hosting organisations not to do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul2reach Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 This ‘journal’ is published by Heighten Science Publications Corporation (HSPC) which is according to Jeffrey Beall’s list a predatory publisher. In other words indeed a journal to avoid. Questions can be asked about the ethics and quality (checks) of this publisher and one might wonder who want to get linked to such a journal as an author. See: https://beallslist.weebly.com/ For those who want to know more about predatory journals and publishers. Have a look here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predatory_publishing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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