is international journal of current microbiology and applied science is trusted journal i can not find their impact factor nor issn in isi website or in impact factor
i sent my paper to this journal and i paid for them but in their site they have impact factor but in searching for their impact none is found
Hi Mahmoud,
The industry standard for assessing predatory journals and publishers is the Beall list. Unfortunately that journal is listed so I expect you have been conned
A list of predatory journals can be accessed here https://beallslist.weebly.com/standalone-journals.html
A list of predatory publishers can be found here https://beallslist.weebly.com/
Regards
Barry
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thank you very much but this journal is indexed and they have calculated impact factor above that a huge number publish in it?
i have not right t he copy right what to do now they told me they got the money already
withdraw the manuscript
Unfortunately many people publish in predatory journals so you cannot use quantity as an assessment.
Similary, basic indexing can be paid for - as they pay for this so it is not a measure of quality. Any journal can claim they are indexed if they make certain information available as it will de detected by search engines and data mining programmes.
There are quality indexing services such as PubMed, Scopus etc but this journal does not appear to claim indexing in any prominent service. I have also searched for previously published articles from this journal and cannot see any on PubMed
I cannot imagine they have the impact factor they claim - it is very reasonable yet these articles are only returned on search engines not accreditated databases and archives so fewer people will read and cite these
I'm not sure what you can do. You can try and withdraw the publication but I doubt you will get your money back. I would also check the terms of conditions of what you signed to see when copyright is transferred to them. If it has already transferred and is not dependent on publication then you may be prevented from publishing elsewhere
They just take the fee to publish. They don’t even review any manuscript. !! And once you’ve given the copyright transfer, then it can not be undone !!
A lot of journals (I think, most of them) whose names start with the word 'International' are predatory.
It is an Indian journal and it is reality that they do not even review the manuscript.
Hi folks,
I've had an experience with this journal, had already paid the money, and so my article is published in this predatory journal. My only option now is to modify the manuscript, add data that I didn't include, and change the wording to make an entirely new manuscript. *$DF# you current microbiology and applied science. Mahmoud Ahmed Mailam , I too saw the incredibly high impact factor, which made me choose to publish in this journal. I guess we live and learn.
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