The Journal of Physics & Astronomy (http://www.tsijournals.com/journals/journal-of-physics-astronomy.html) invited me to their Editorial Board, but this invitation seems to be rather dubios and I will not accept it. I do not know any of the editors, I cannot see what I may contribute, and there are already more than 50 (!) members of the Editorial Board. I doubt that it is possible to seriously work with such a large Board. My guess is that they sent this invitation to hundreds or maybe thousands of scholars to draw attention to this journal. I would like to know whether others have also got such an invitation or have any (perhaps positive) experience with this journal.
Yesterday the following press release was published: "Court Rules in FTC’s Favor Against Predatory Academic Publisher OMICS Group; Imposes $50.1 Million Judgment against Defendants That Made False Claims and Hid Publishing Fees" (https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2019/04/court-rules-ftcs-favor-against-predatory-academic-publisher-omics). This made it, e.g., into New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/03/science/predatory-journals-ftc-omics.html) and into the main German news channel (Tagesschau, see https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/fake-science-101.html). The publisher of the Journal of Physics & Astronomy is Trade Science Inc. belonging to the OMICS Publishing Group (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OMICS_Publishing_Group).
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