Quote from a very recent e-mail to my account:
Dear Colleague, We hereby present Journal of Basic and Applied Research International (ISSN: 2395-3438 (Print), 2395-3446 (Online)) (http://tinyurl.com/journal-joba-1). This is a subscription-based Hardcopy journal. We follow the standard peer review system. We are committed to provide Quality and Fast publication (10-12 days processing time).
As stated above: Are they bloody joking??
There is no chance on this Earth that this journal can publish solid papers only - unless they have a staff of 1,000 who can collectively, within teams of specialists, assess the manuscripts.
Why the hurry?
And: don't doubt that "Fast" means "shallow assessment," and "Quality" means it sucks.
But I will visit this journal (if I do not forget) to see who or what appears in it.
At some point in the near future I bet that journal will accept a manuscript before it was submitted. After all, the word "predatory" looks a lot like "pre-dated". :-)
I looked on WorldCat and there appears to be only one library, in Slovenia , that has a hard copy of this journal. The same library has it as an eJournal. No other libraries anywhere in the world.
It's like the gloriously sad Netflix series The Invention of Lying, starring Ricky Gervais as David Brent - the main characters are doomed to failure in every episode! And in fact they know it already! :-)
Michael Patriksson the publisher, "International Knowledge Press" is listed on Beall's list of predatory publishers.
Dear Michael Patriksson
The publishing House is not joking.... It will publish within 10-12 days by predating the review process and quality of publication.
Regards,
Arbind
There are many such journals that promise to publish papers in very less time. Most of these are predatory journals.
Michael Patriksson and Sarvjeet Singh after all, the Journal of Basic and Applied Research International doesn't seem to work professionally. The best predatory journals offer acceptance of your papers within 24 hours.
At some point in the near future I bet that journal will accept a manuscript before it was submitted. After all, the word "predatory" looks a lot like "pre-dated". :-)
Michael Patriksson yes, that would be the perfect service without annoying peer-review.
Hardcopy is a joke alone. But there are plenty of journals where the only requirement is the payment; no scientific quality whatsoever.
Remember: "quality" is like "length" - those who talk about "quality paper" should immediately stop writing it, and instead use words like "a paper of good quality", instead of the - in fact erroneous - term "quality paper". Every paper has a quality - but you need to pinpoint whether it is good or not, otherwise the phrase is completely void of meaning.
Michael Patriksson yes, there are more than enough "papers of low quality"!
In the main flood of papers in general, I would say that less than 10% are useful for anyone but perhaps the author(s). I have actually browsed papers randomly on logistics, transport, and related topics, and found that there very seldom is a clear and helpful contribution AT ALL - but mostly re-hash of old hat and a survey about those old hats. Already ten years ago I checked randomly what the topics were about - and what the conclusions were - and there was very little to offer then - and now it is even worse. My conclusion then was that there is a large (and growing) portion of scientists who are not contributing much at all in science. And plenty of them are here.
And mind you - it is not an isolated story for one science topic; it's a disease in every discipline.
Now, I also need to say that those scientists might actually contribute a whole lot - in undergraduate and graduate teaching. But that's a rather different ball-park, innit?
Dear Michael Patriksson I'm wondering what's the reason why you never recommend any answers to your question? Is none of them helpful? 😳
It's never on purpose, I can assure you. I often have a few other things on my mind at the same time (outside of RG, too), and that I think is the simple answer.
Michael Patriksson thanks a lot! That certainly sounds reasonable.
Publishing houses are the great leaders of crept nowadays those knowingly or unknowingly injustice to the quality of research.
Dear Tanvir Singh what exactly do you mean by "injustice to the quality of research"? What is the alternative to good publishers (Wiley, Springer, Elsevier etc.)?
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