Every day many journals are coming in different fields. This will increase or decrease the quality and authenticity of research work? Should there be a controlled monitoring system for all publishers and new journals?
I am curious about this as well. Over the past 5 years, I have been receiving increasing amounts of solicitous emails from new journals, many of which have nothing to do with the subject matter I am studying. As long as the peer review process is upheld, I see no issue, but the marketing tactics being used are somewhat alarming.
I would only publish with a reputable publisher regardless whether the journal is new or not.
@Joseph, I too get invited to write frequently from these start ups. I was also asked to review once and I was appalled. The selection process for referees must have been robotic and not based on expertise at all. I was given a paper to review on Bimimetrics, my expertise is Bibliometrics! So I would worry about the quality of these titles from the ground up. AVOID!
Please read John Bovannon's article (Science, 4 Oct. 2013, http://www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6154/60.full.pdf ) , which describes how an obviously bad paper got accepted to predatory (and other) journals. Beall's list can be found at http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/ .
thank you Risto IImoniemi..its very informative...
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