I am receiving emails to publish my already published paper or other material related to that paper free of cost to LAMBERT Academic publishing where it will be sold worldwide. I don't know if it is authentic or not? and if It is, would it be beneficial to me? Anyone having an idea about this?
Thanks in anticipation.
Also, you note they want to pilublish your "...already published paper." Do you mean a thesis or are you talking about something already published in another journal? If already published in another journal, they may not allow further publication. For one thing, could you be sued?
sure i am also receiving mails from them. asking that i submit my work for free publication. tried to check them in predatory list did not see them and also on bealli's list, yet i am not sure of them. please let me know their authenticity.
Dear Muhammad Samie ,
Lambert Academic Publishing is a scam. Lambert Academic Publishing (LAP) is a company that spams scholars who have published theses offering to republish them as books. Lambert Academic Publishing is an example of a predatory publisher that frequently contact researchers and students. Sterne described the way they do business as follows:
"They [Lambert] claim your intellectual property and publish it without proper peer review or academic editorial process, which means that they have just devalued your thesis that You might otherwise have revised, improved, and published in a more appropriate scholarly outlet (in whole or in part). This is no small thing, as your thesis is the cornerstone of the next few years of your academic career."
Sterne, Jonathan (02.02.2012): Why You Shouldn’t Publish with Lap Lambert, German Publishing House. URL: http://superbon.net/?p=2234
Why is Lambert Academic Publishing not listed in Beall’s list?
Well a bit complicated: LAP is an imprint of VDM Publishing, which is headquartered in Saarbrücken, Germany. Omniscriptum Publishing Group, formerly known as VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, is a German publishing group headquartered in Riga, Latvia, with offices in Latvia, Mauritius, and Moldova. It is not a publisher of (open access) journals so it is not included in the list of predatory publishers (simply out of scope). By the way they are mentioned in the so-called Vanity Press list: https://beallslist.net/vanity-press/
See for more info on the working practise and business model of Omniscriptum:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OmniScriptum
Best regards.
PS. An estimate for the legitimacy of a publisher is whether it can be found here: http://wokinfo.com/mbl/ Lambert gives 0 hits...While Springer gave >18000
I received their invitation as well. Based on my discussion with some colleagues, they usually publish as it is without nither editing nor corrections. Many recommend not to publish with them.
I also received their invitation. I tried to check them online then I found this thread.
I believe it is a predatory publisher that will publish anything without even editing for major language issues (this is true even for books). I have seen a few books on Amazon.com published by Lambert Academic Publishers. I was astonished by the lack of any meaningful description about the books. Only a short paragraph on the back cover full of language problems and vague statements.
@Muhammad samie
I ventured in to the academic world( of publications and research) few months back and managed to get few papers published in decent peer-reviewed journals. I received quite a few emails requesting submission of articles, by Journals which bore the name' International'. When searched in beall' s updated list, all were listed unsurprisingly. This is the same (which i also was invited for a 1000 word monograph!!!). Reputed journals do not scout for authors or material to publish. Almost always, if oterwise, it is a scam or a predatory!
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