Hello,

Please DO NOT publish anything with IGI Publishers for these reasons and many more!

[1] Rogue book publishers also want to make money even if what they produce does not forward science one iota. For instance, the publisher IGI Global specializes in publishing large edited collections (Bogost 2008; Weber-Wulff 2007). They press a few dozen copies that cost maybe 500 euros each. The idea seems to be that the editor of the book, a researcher craving more academic merits, gets a nice item to add to the publication list, while the publisher draws money from selling a few mandatory library copies. : Article The false academy: predatory publishing in science and bioethics

[2]https://www.chronicle.com/forums/index.php?topic=90018.0

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Vanity_and_predatory_publishing

There are always better and authentic avenues for publishing book chapters.

Thanks,

Hello,

Please DO NOT publish anything with IGI Publishers for these reasons and many more!

[1] Rogue book publishers also want to make money even if what they produce does not forward science one iota. For instance, the publisher IGI Global specializes in publishing large edited collections (Bogost 2008; Weber-Wulff 2007). They press a few dozen copies that cost maybe 500 euros each. The idea seems to be that the editor of the book, a researcher craving more academic merits, gets a nice item to add to the publication list, while the publisher draws money from selling a few mandatory library copies. : Article The false academy: predatory publishing in science and bioethics

[2]https://www.chronicle.com/forums/index.php?topic=90018.0

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Vanity_and_predatory_publishing

There are always better and authentic avenues for publishing book chapters.

Thanks,

Hi Biswapriya Biswavas Misra

Thanks a lot. Your answer is very much appreciated.

Best wishes and happy new year

My experience is slightly different. I published a book chapter in an anthology. The book contains a collection of fairly well written chapters on the topic, health care informatics.

Hi Gulzar Shah

Thanks a lot. Your answer is very much appreciated.

Best wishes and happy new year

IGI Global is a very unprofessional and exploitative publisher. They don’t have the good ethics of scientific research publishing. Based on my experience in two times that I submitted to them, I decided never to submit any paper to any of their journals or books again. In the first time, I submitted a paper to an IGI Global journal. The paper was reviewed by only one reviewer, and his or her decision was to reject without stating any convincing or clear reasons. The editor rejected the paper without providing any comments or reasons. In the second time, I submitted a book chapter which was reviewed by three reviewers, and all three replied with very minor revisions and gave all their score 7 and 8 out of 8. The two editors of the book then rejected the chapter after four months saying that “It is not fit to the scope of the book”. I sent objection emails to the book development and to the editors without getting any reply. It is very annoying to have such bad publishers deceiving researchers with their statements that they do correct peer reviewing and publishing. My advice to all fellow researchers: submit your papers only to well-known publishers that you trust.

Dear Dr. Khaled

Thank you for sharing your experience.

Best wishes