One of my review articles has been selected by IJSSRR. They asked me for an APC, which is 40 euro. I am pretty confused about their reputations by checking their website details.
Should I proceed to publish with them?
Website link: https://ijssrr.com/journal
Dear, Please check with your topic and also the requirement of yours, like Scopus or other indexing. Accordingly do it. I suggest consult with your guide. If you are working consult with your department head whether that would be recognized or not?
Dear Md. Masudul Islam Khan ,
I agree that there is reason for confusion, there seems to be something odd when it comes to “International Journal of Social Science Research and Review”. They are too new (and small) to be mentioned in the Beall’s list (https://beallslist.net ) but there are enough red flags:
-Contact info Falkstraße 69 47058 Duisburg, Germany is an ‘ordinary’ street and at best a private apartment of someone
-It is supposedly the residence of “The Global Institute for Multidisciplinary Knowledge and Responsible Future” which is according to the people behind this journal part of the “University of Duisburg-Essen” (https://ijssrr.com/journal/Sponsorship )
-Compare all this with the real info about this university https://www.uni-due.de/de/universitaet/orientierung.php and share my suspicion that this is a blunt example of misleading info and deception
-A linked journal (and linked to the institute) is all off a sudden now located in Hamburg (https://ijmmu.com/index.php/ijmmu/about/contact )
-The same misleading info can be found here https://ijssrr.com/journal/Indexing logos of for example DOAJ is misleading since they are no member. The mentioning of CiteFactor, Cosmos etc. are notorious examples of misleading metrics (https://beallslist.net/misleading-metrics/ ) often used by predatory journals/publishers
-The editorial board https://ijssrr.com/journal/about/editorialTeam does not correspond with the claimed German origin/location of the journal, again misleading, why hide the true origin
-I am almost certain that the mentioned “Thomas Campbell” here as the claimed coordinator https://ijssrr.com/journal/about/contact is fake
Not even looking at the published papers there are too many red flags. I personally would say avoid.
Best regards.
Dear Md. Masudul Islam Khan,
I published with them in June 2023, and another article has recently been accepted. I would say IJSSRR is not a fraud from my experience; hence, you can proceed with them.
Hello Md. Masudul Islam Khan
i am pleased you arrived at a decision on this issue although the advice from Ramesh Timsina was very reassuring! Have you made a decision on where to send your work/manuscript?
it is good if you have. To me, it depends a lot on what/which indexing you consider acceptable and whether a journal fulfills that criteria.
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