I want to check whether the ( Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer Science ISSN: 2456-9968 ) is a fake one or not? I could not find it in the Clarivate Analytics list.
Thanks for ur help!
Hi,
This is hard to say, but this journal is not indexed in any indexing service, and the publisher is not known, so I guess that one has to be cautious about this journal.
I would not trust it, it is not indexed anywhere, doesn't have an impact factor (http://www.citefactor.org/page/Impact-Factor-2017-2018-j) and the journal website is registered using a free yahoo mail account (https://www.scamadviser.com/check-website/sciencedomain.org).
Agree with colleagues. I can add that the UK address is a mailing service not an office [ https://www.completeformations.co.uk/company-shop/regent-street.html ] and why would a journal based in India publish the British Journal of Mathematics and Computer Science its predecessor title. The Chief editor Xuerong Mao makes no mention as far as I can see of this editorship in an extensive biography [ https://pureportal.strath.ac.uk/en/persons/xuerong-mao/activities/ ]. BW Matt
Thanks everyone for the detailed answer. Therefore, the JAMCS can be regarded as a fake one since it has not been indexed anywhere and they use UK address and Xuerong Mao name to deceive researchers.
I just saw this thread and perhaps as a young journal it did not have much indexing going on but according to their website now they do:
https://www.journaljamcs.com/index.php/JAMCS/abstracting-indexing
still, even with the above, it is not one of the best journals for math or science publishing in terms of impact
I actually did some checking and Google Scholar has them there
The entire internet is indexed by Google Scholar and Microsoft Academic. There is no mention of this title in Sherpa Romeo, which in any case is not an indexing service. Their claims are spurious.
Hi,
The website of this journal does not specify its publisher, and the indexing is in remote Chinese database, so , I am not sure it is fake, but I would be very cautious about sending papers to this journal. This journal charges APC, so, be cautious.
You can always check any predatory Journals and publishers from https://beallslist.net/
Dear Rebar Abdulwahid ,
Indeed, the journal is not indexed in the stand-alone version of the Beall’s list. However (they hide it but you can dig it up using their ISSN number) the publisher behind it is “ScienceDomain International” which is mentioned in the Beall’s list: https://beallslist.net/ as already said by Peter Breuer and Boštjan Gabrovšek .
This by itself is a red flag and an indication that you are dealing with a predatory journal/publisher. The fact that they are not open about the publisher behind the journal is to say the least suspect. However, the picture about this publisher is not as black and white, see for example:
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Can_I_trust_Sciencedomain_International_publishing_Group_I_please_inform_me_details_aboutScience_domain
At least something to look for more thoroughly.
Best regards.
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