I was offered to become a part of this journal editorial board - and encouraged to publish in it
I am suspicions.... you have to pay a substantial fee for publishing , the journal does not appear in SCIFINDER
If you can help me to asses this journal - I will be grateful
thanks
best
Yosef Scolnik
Dear Yosef Scolnik ,
The journal “American Journal of Physical Chemistry”: http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/journal/index?journalid=128 is published by SciencePG which is mentioned in the Beall’s list:
https://beallslist.net/
This is an important red flag that you are dealing with a predatory journal/publisher. Other red flags are:
-The use of “Universal Impact factor” and DRJI, these are notorious examples of so-called misleading metric: https://beallslist.net/misleading-metrics/
-Numerous examples illustrating the predatory behaviour of this publisher can be found here:
http://flakyj.blogspot.com/search?q=sciencePG
So better avoid this one.
Best regards.
Sometimes the word American maybe a catch-point, very common now a days.
Rob Keller
Omkar S. Kushwaha
Rob and Omkar : thank you so much for your so helpfull answers ....
I will keep my distance from them .....
best
Yosi
Dear Yosef Scolnik,
In easy words, regardless of the name, any journal not in International Scientific Indexing (ISI), or at least in Scopus List, is considered to have less reliable and trusted.
Best regards
thanks Abdu .....
hope you are doing well these crazy times ......
best
Yosi
In addition to the good points made above, any journal that charges a "substantial fee for publishing" is a predatory journal. Nice trick, " We'll put your name on the editorial board and take your money for each article you publish."
thanks Stephan .... IT is really outrageous.... the very existence of such journals
best
Yosi
Totally outrageous Yosef Scolnik, they put your name to on the editorial board to feed your ego and once you're hooked, you send them more money to feed your ego. Science gains less than nothing!
Dear Yosef, take your dission according to the journal ISI and Scopus list, I totally agree with Mr. Saeed
American Journal of Physical Chemistry http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/journal/indexing?journalid=128
It is not in Scopus or ISI.
You can accept the offer and use the opportunity to improve the quality of the journal and possible inclusion in Scopus/ISI
What is the impact factor of AJPC? Is the journal in open science?
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