Pranshu Chandra Bhushan Singh Negi There was no mention of the journals "Medicon Engineering Themes" and "Medicon Medical Sciences" being indexed in Clarivate's Web of Science or SCIMago Journal & Country Rank. It's conceivable that the journals are new and haven't yet been indexed, or that the data on their Impact Factors and indexing status is inaccurate. Before submitting to a journal, extensively research its reputation, editorial standards, and indexing status to ensure that your work receives the attention and recognition it deserves.

Dear Pranshu Chandra Bhushan Singh Negi ,

Indeed, as you found out, the prominently mentioned impact factors are fake. This relatively new player “Medicon Publications” is most likely a predatory publisher. There are numerous red flags:

-First the mentioning of a fake impact factor (https://isindexing.com/isi/viewjournal.php ) which has nothing to do with a real impact factor for a SCIE indexed journal assigned by Clarivate

-If you scroll down here https://themedicon.com then the logo of International Scientific Indexing (ISI) pops up, this is a notorious example of a so-called misleading metric (https://beallslist.net/misleading-metrics/ ) often used by predatory journals/publishers

-No real contact info, the little info that can be found on the net claims a USA location while others seem to indicate India (http://www.themedicon.org/contact.html )

-If you Google “Medicon Open Access” and search for images and click on the cover image of “Medicon Medical Sciences” you end up with ‘journals’ from ‘publishers’ like “Medtext Publications” and “Prime Open Access Publications” both mentioned in the Beall’s list of predatory publishers (https://beallslist.net )

-Etc.

The only reliable info about an impact factor can be found here https://mjl.clarivate.com/home only SCIE/SSCI indexed journals have an impact factor.

Best regards.

PS. SCI no longer exists, Clarivate now list these journals in their SCIE index. https://www.ilovephd.com/no-more-science-citation-index-sci-why/

Fatemeh Khozaei and Rob Keller

Thank you very much for the clarification. It was a red flag from the moment I saw it. It was suspicious how the clarivate did not have the journal in the list. Also I got the point about predatory journals who mislead using metrics.

I am also suspicious about this journal.

I am also suspicious about this journal.

Any journal that sends emails to random people, saying that the journal is interested in publishing an article authored by them, must be a predatory one in my opinion. I received a similar email from Medicon where they cited one of my published articles, and said that they are interested in publishing my paper because "it was one of the best Article in this scientific society". No legitimate journal will ever do this sort of nonsense.