Dear science group,
I would like to ask you, what experience do you have with journal "Open Journal of Social Sciences" ISSN Print: 2327-5952 ISSN Online: 2327-5960
https://www.scirp.org/journal/JSS/
There are to many predatory journals.
Thanks for your time,
Hana
Hana Donéeová Before quoting or making crucial judgments based on the content of any journal or publication, it is always vital to thoroughly analyze its reliability and quality. One method is to look at the journal's impact factor, which is a measure of how frequently the average article in a journal is referenced in a given year. The number of citations in a year to papers published in that journal in the previous two years is divided by the total number of articles published in that journal in the previous two years to compute the impact factor. A journal with a high impact factor is often seen as more reputable and of higher quality than one with a low impact factor.
Another approach to assessing a journal is to see if it is listed in a credible index or database. The "Open Journal of Social Sciences," for example, is included in the Directory of Open Access Publications (DOAJ), a community-curated online directory aimed at providing access to high-quality, open-access, peer-reviewed journals.
It's also a good idea to avoid so-called "predatory journals," which exist mainly to earn money by charging authors fees to publish their work without delivering the essential editorial and publishing services. These journals frequently lack a robust peer-review procedure and may publish articles of poor quality or that fail to fulfill fundamental scientific criteria.
It is critical to be aware of predatory journals and to conduct thorough research before publishing or referencing material from such a publication.
I hope you find this information useful. Please do not hesitate to ask any further inquiries.
Dear Hana Donéeová ,
The journal “Open Journal of Social Sciences” is published by Scientific Research Publishing (SCIRP) a publisher mentioned in the Beall’s list (https://beallslist.net ). This is a red flag that the publisher (and consequently all their journals) might have issues. Indeed, the publisher is discussed (mostly) not that positively before:
-Here http://flakyj.blogspot.com/search/label/SCIRP and here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_Research_Publishing
-See also the numerous questions/discussions here on RG:
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Is_Open_Journal_of_Modern_Neurosurgery_a_good_journal
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Is_Scientific_Research_Publishing_a_good_not_fake_publisher
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Predatory_journals_in_Earth_Sciences/2
Looking at journal level:
-Their indexing info https://www.scirp.org/journal/indexing.aspx?journalid=2430 mentions “world class databases” but they are not
-They mention a Google Scholar based impact factor; this misleadingly suggests a link to a real impact factor (they are not indexed in Clarivate’s SCIE, so they have no impact factor)
Although the papers are reasonably edited and therefor look pretty professional, I see at best a publisher that tries to get their act together, but it is not reputable and being one of your first publications I think it is not the best choice.
Best regards.
Dear Hana Donéeová
I agree with the answers of Fatameh Khozaei and Rob Keller. Personally I have not experience with submitting articles to this Journal
Best Regards
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Colleagues, the question i want to pose is, is JSS a predatory journal?
There is a mushroom growth of open access journals in social sciences. I have been receiving numerous invitations for a member on the editorial board/ editor/contributor etc. Sometimes, I find such names on the editorial board whose research contribution is nil. So I decide to drop the idea of joining a journal. A safe way is to judge a board member/quality of the journal is citations of research work of a member through Google Scholar/Research Gate/ entry in Wikipedia. I strongly believe that predatory magazines and journals must be identified and brought to the notice of the public domain.
BM Jain, Professor of Pol. Sc and IR and formerly visiting professor at SUNY at Binghamton, NY, CSU, Ohio, UBC, Canada, and Jaume University Spain
Editor-in-Chief, Indian Journal of Asian Affairs
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Author of recent books:
The Geopsychology Theory of International Relations in the 21st Century, Lexington Books, USA, 2021)
China's Soft Power Diplomacy in South Asia(Lexington Books, 2017)
India-US Relations in the Age of Uncertainty(Routledge, Taylor and Francis, 2016)
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