Dear colleagues,
Do you have any knowledge about Juniper Publishers? Have any of you published in the Journal of Gynecology and Women's Health ( ISSN: 2474-7602, Impact Factor: 0.621 (2017-18))?
I found some information that the publisher may be predatory, but I do not have any certain opinion; however I have difficulties with finding the impact factor of the journal.
Here is the link to the official website of the journal: https://juniperpublishers.com/jgwh/
What do you think about publishing in the mentioned Journal?
I would be very grateful for any responses.
Best regards
Dear Wojciech Koziołek ,
Indeed, the publisher “Juniper Publishers” behind the journal is mentioned in the list of potential predatory publishers: https://beallslist.net/ and by definition (at least according to Jeffrey Beall) all their journals need to be considered as such. So, a red flag for sure but not always enough for a final ‘judgement’. However, there are more red flags:
-Prominently mentioning impact factor is misleading. It mentions 2017-18 so even if this is true it basically said, ‘we used to have an impact factor’. Indeed, this journal cannot be found in the Clarivate Master journal list: https://mjl.clarivate.com/home so no real impact factor (you can check for journals with an impact factor in the enclosed file as well).
-Most likely the impact factor is fake and is mentioned here: https://isindexing.com/isi/journaldetails.php?id=7781 ISI indexing is a notorious example of a so-called misleading metric.
-Be aware that there are many so-called misleading metrics such as CiteFactor and DRJI: https://beallslist.net/misleading-metrics/
-Mentioning “PubMed indexed articles” is misleading. Since it suggests a real indexing of the journal while PubMed automatically index individual papers of researchers with a NIH grant independently on whether a journal is PubMed indexed or not.
-Meaningless mentioning of for example ORCID and Sci-Hub which has nothing to do with quality of a journal and are not meant to be as such.
So definitely predatory and better to stay away from
Best regards.
Dear Wojciech Koziołek ,
Indeed, the publisher “Juniper Publishers” behind the journal is mentioned in the list of potential predatory publishers: https://beallslist.net/ and by definition (at least according to Jeffrey Beall) all their journals need to be considered as such. So, a red flag for sure but not always enough for a final ‘judgement’. However, there are more red flags:
-Prominently mentioning impact factor is misleading. It mentions 2017-18 so even if this is true it basically said, ‘we used to have an impact factor’. Indeed, this journal cannot be found in the Clarivate Master journal list: https://mjl.clarivate.com/home so no real impact factor (you can check for journals with an impact factor in the enclosed file as well).
-Most likely the impact factor is fake and is mentioned here: https://isindexing.com/isi/journaldetails.php?id=7781 ISI indexing is a notorious example of a so-called misleading metric.
-Be aware that there are many so-called misleading metrics such as CiteFactor and DRJI: https://beallslist.net/misleading-metrics/
-Mentioning “PubMed indexed articles” is misleading. Since it suggests a real indexing of the journal while PubMed automatically index individual papers of researchers with a NIH grant independently on whether a journal is PubMed indexed or not.
-Meaningless mentioning of for example ORCID and Sci-Hub which has nothing to do with quality of a journal and are not meant to be as such.
So definitely predatory and better to stay away from
Best regards.
Dear prof Rob Keller ,
Thank you so much for your answer and help. I've consulted the issue with my university library and the answer was quite similiar to yours.
Thank you once again and wish you all the best!
Kindest regards
WK
Yes, the journal does seem predatory and the indexing which it is referring to is quite misleading. Better not to waste a paper publication in such predatory journals
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