Dear Somdatta Ghosh ,
The publisher behind the journal “Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology Research” is Auctores (https://www.auctoresonline.org ) a publisher that is mentioned in the updated version of the Beall’s list (https://beallslist.net/#update ). This is a red flag and by itself not enough to say predatory or not but there are more red flags:
-Indexing info (https://www.auctoresonline.org/journals/pharmaceutics-and-pharmacology-research ) is full of so-called misleading metrics (https://beallslist.net/misleading-metrics/ ) such as CiteFactor, DRJI, ISI international etc. often used by predatory journals/publishers
-Prominently mentioned PubMed indexed papers is misleading since every paper published by an author with a NIH grant is indexed there regardless of the journal
-APC (https://www.auctoresonline.org/article-processing-charges ) is too high for a basically none indexed journal
-Contact info is fake or at best a virtual office (Delaware is notorious for this)
I would say too many issues, better avoid.
Best regards.
Thanks, Rob for sharing valuable information. I think you should join ABCD Index which highlight such information from different platforms like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQY9sR3bSAQ&lc=UgybVAUl-2t7ZGjr-st4AaABAg
Just share such information at their portal they verify and circulate to others. I think we should come on a common platform that works for researchers.
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