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Beall's List of Predatory Publishers 2013

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Beall's List of Predatory Publishers 2013 By Jeffrey Beall Released December 4, 2012

The gold open-access model has given rise to a great many new online publishers. Many of these publishers are corrupt and exist only to make money off the author processing charges that are billed to authors upon acceptance of their scientific manuscripts. There are two lists below. The first includes questionable, scholarly open-access publishers. Each of these publishers has a portfolio that ranges from just a few to hundreds of individual journal titles. The second list includes individual journals that do not publish under the platform of any publisher -- they are essentially independent, questionable journals. In both cases, we recommend that researchers, scientists, and academics avoid doing business with these publishers and journals. Scholars should avoid sending article submissions to them, serving on their editorial boards or reviewing papers for them, or advertising in them. Also, tenure and promotion committees should give extra scrutiny to articles published in these journals, for many of them include instances of author misconduct. There are still many high-quality journals available for scholars to publish in, including many that do not charge author processing fees. An additional option is author self-archiving of articles in discipline-specific and institutional repositories. The author is grateful to the many colleagues who have shared information about potential predatory publishers. Last year's list included 23 publishers, and this year's has over 225, evidence of the rapid growth in the number of predatory journals and publishers. This list will be updated throughout the year at the blog Scholarly Open Access, http://scholarlyoa.com. The criteria for inclusion in the lists can be found here. The author's email address is: [email protected]. List 1: Predatory Publishers

1. Abhinav 2. A M Publishers 3. Academe Research Journals 4. Academia Publishing 5. Academic and Business Research Institute 6. Academic Journals 7. Academic Journals and Research ACJAR

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http://www.abhinavjournal.com/index.aspx

http://ampublisher.com/index.html

http://www.academeresearchjournals.org/

http://academiapublishing.org/index.htm

http://www.aabri.com/

http://www.academicjournals.org/

http://www.acjar.org/index.html

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8. Academic Journals, Inc. 9. Academic Journals Online (AJO) 10. Academic Publications, Ltd. 11. Academic Research Publishing Agency 12. Academic Sciences 13. Academy & Industry Research Collaboration Center(AIRCC) 14. Academy Journals 15. Academy of Knowledge Process 16. Academy of Science and Engineering (ASE) 17. Academy Publish 18. Access International Journals 19. Ada Lovelace Publications 20. Advanced Research Journals 21. Advancements and Development in Technology International (Aditi) 22. AENSI 23. Akademik Plus Publication 24. American Academic & Scholarly Research Center(AASRC) 25. American V-King Scientific Publishing 26. ANSINetwork 27. Antarctic Journals 28. Apex Journals 29. ARPN Journals 30. Ashdin Publishing 31. Asian Economic and Social Society (AESS) 32. Asian Research Consortium 33. Australian International Academic Centre Pty. Ltd. 34. Baishideng Publishing Group 35. Basic Research Journals 36. Bentham Open 37. Better Advances Press 38. BioInfo Publications 39. BioIT international Journals 40. BioMedSciDirect Publications 41. Bioscience Research & Educational Institute [Link dead as of 2012-11-14] 42. Bonfring 43. British Association of Academic Research (BAAR) 44. British Journal 45. Business Journalz (BJ) 46. Canadian Center of Science and Education 47. Center for the Development and Dissemination of Knowledge 48. Center for Enhancing Knowledge (CEK), UK 49. Center for Promoting Ideas 50. Centre For Info Bio Technology (CIBTech) 51. Centre of Promoting Research Excellence (CPRE) 52. Cloud Journals 53. The Clute Institute

http://www.academicjournalsinc.com/

http://www.academicjournalsonline.co.in/

http://www.acadpubl.eu/index.html

http://www.arpapress.com/

http://www.ijaponline.org/

http://airccse.org/index.php

http://www.academyjournals.net/

http://akpinsight.webs.com/

http://www.asesite.org/Default.aspx

http://www.academypublish.org/

http://www.accessinternationaljournals.org/

http://www.ada-lovelace.co.uk/

http://www.advancedresearchjournals.org/

http://aditisci.com/index.php

http://www.aensiweb.com/index.html

http://www.akademikplus.com/

http://aasrc.org/aasrj/

http://www.vkingpub.com/Index.aspx

http://www.ansinet.com/

http://www.domainsmoon.com/

http://www.apexjournals.org/index.html

http://arpnjournals.com/

http://www.ashdin.com/

http://www.aessweb.com/index.php

http://www.aijsh.org/?task=index

http://www.aiac.org.au/index.html

http://www.wjgnet.com/

http://basicresearchjournals.org/index.html

http://www.bentham.org/open/

http://www.bapress.ca/index.html

http://www.bioinfopublication.org/

http://bipublication.com/index.html

http://www.biomedscidirect.com/aboutjournal.php

http://www.bret.ac.in/

http://www.bonfring.org/

http://www.bjmhs.baar.org.uk/

http://www.bjournal.co.uk/

http://www.businessjournalz.org/

http://ccsenet.org/web/

http://www.cddk.org/index.html

http://www.cekinfo.org.uk/

http://www.cpinet.info/

http://www.cibtech.org/index.htm

http://cprenet.com/home/

http://cloud-journals.com/

http://www.cluteinstitute.com/index.html

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54. Computer Science Journals 55. CONFAB Journals 56. Cosmic Journals 57. CSCanada 58. Discovery Publishing Group 59. David Publishing 60. Deccan Pharma Journals 61. E-International Scientific Research Journal Consortium (E-ISRJC) 62. e-journals 63. e3Journals 64. eCanadian Journals 65. Econjournals 66. EISRJC Journals (E-International Scientific Research Journal Consortium) 67. eLearning Institute 68. Elewa Bio Sciences 69. eJournals of Academic Research & Reviews 70. Electronic Center for International Scientific Information 71. Elmer Press 72. Engineering and Technology Publishing 73. Erudite Journals Limited 74. eSci. Journals Publishing 75. EuroJournals 76. Far East Research Centre 77. Ficus Publishers 78. Global Advanced Research Journals 79. Global Journals, Inc. (US) 80. Global Research Journals 81. Global Research Online 82. Global Research Publishing (GRP) 83. GlobalOpenJournals.org 84. GlobalSkope Publishing Society 85. Green Global Foundation (GGF) 86. Greener Journals 87. Growing Science Publishing Company 88. Herald International Research Journals 89. Herbert Open Access Journals 90. Hikari Ltd. 91. Human and Sciences Publications (HumanPub) 92. Human Resource Management Academic Research Society (HRMARS) 93. IBIMA Publishing 94. Indian Society for Education and Environment 95. Indus Foundation for Education, Research & Social Welfare 96. Innovative Space of Scientific Research (ISSR Journals) 97. INREWI 98. Insight Knowledge 99. Institute of Advanced Scientific Research

http://www.cscjournals.org/csc/home.php

http://www.confabjournals.com/

http://cosmicjournals.com/

http://cscanada.net/

http://www.discovery.org.in/

http://www.davidpublishing.org/

http://www.deccanpharmajournals.com/

http://www.eisrjc.com/

http://www.shankargargh.net/index.php

http://www.e3journals.org/index.php

http://www.ecanadianjournals.com/ecanadian/

http://www.econjournals.com/index.php/index

http://www.eisrjc.com/

http://www.theelearninginstitute.org/

http://www.m.elewa.org/index.php

http://www.ejarr.com/

http://ecisi.com/

http://www.elmerpress.com/

http://www.etpub.com/index.htm

http://eruditejournals.org/ejb/index.htm

http://www.escijournals.net/

http://eurojournals.com/

http://www.fareastjournals.com/

http://ficuspublishers.com/Home.php

http://garj.org/

https://globaljournals.org/

http://www.globalresearchjournals.org/

http://www.globalresearchonline.net/

http://www.grpjournal.org/

http://globalopenjournals.org/index.html

http://globalskope.com/ijesr/index.html

http://www.ggfagro.com/

http://www.gjournals.org/Index.html

http://growingscience.com/index.html

http://heraldjournals.org/index.htm

http://www.hoajonline.com/

http://www.m-hikari.com/

http://www.humanpub.org/

http://hrmars.com/index.php?page=our%20journals%20f

http://www.ibimapublishing.com/

http://www.iseeadyar.org/index.html

http://www.indusedu.org/aboutus.html

http://www.issr-journals.org/

http://www.inrewi.com/home

http://insightknowledge.co.uk/index.php

http://www.i-asr.com/journals.aspx

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100. Institute of Electronic & Information Technology 101. Institute of Language and Communication Studies 102. InTech Open Access Publisher - Mirror site 103. Integrated Publishing Association 104. Intellectual Archive 105. Intercontinental Electronic Journals 106. International Academic Journals 107. International Academy of Business & Economics 108. International Academy of Science, Engineering and

Technology (International ASET) 109. The International Academy, Research and Industry Association (IARIA) 110. International Association for Engineering & Technology 111. International Association for Engineering and Management

Education (IAEME) 112. International Association of Journals & Conferences (IAJC) 113. International Conference on Computer Science and Engineering 114. International Digital Organization for Scientific Information (IDOSI) 115. International House for Academic Scientific Research 116. International Institute for Science, Technology and Education (IISTE) 117. International Institute of Informatics and Systemics 118. The International Journal Research Publications 119. International Journals of Engineering & Sciences 120. International Journals of Multidisciplinary Research Academy 121. International Journals of Scientific Research (IJSR) 122. International Network for Applied Sciences and Technology 123. International Network for Natural Sciences (INNSPUB) 124. International Research Journal (Rajasthan, India) 125. International Research Journals (Lagos, Nigeria) 126. International Research Journals (Accra, Ghana) 127. International Scholars Journals 128. International Science Congress Association 129. International Scientific Engineering and Research Publications 130. International Scientific Publications 131. International Society of Universal Research in Sciences(EyeSource) 132. Internet Medical Publishing 133. Internet Scientific Publications 134. Interscience Journals 135. Interscience Open Access Journals 136. ISISnet 137. Ivy Union Publishing 138. Jyoti Academic Press 139. KEJA Publications 140. Knowledgebase Publishers 141. Knowledgia Scientific (formerly Knowledgia Review) 142. Lifescience Global 143. Macrothink Institute

http://www.ieit-web.org/apscj/editorialboard.html

http://www.inlcs.org/

http://www.intechweb.org/

http://www.intechopen.com/

http://www.ipublishing.co.in/

http://www.intellectualarchive.com/

http://www.intercontinentalresearchjournals.org/

http://www.inacj.com/

http://www.iabe.org/

http://international-aset.com/index.html

http://international-aset.com/index.html

http://www.iaria.org/

http://www.iaetjournals.com/

http://www.iaeme.com/about.asp

http://www.iaeme.com/about.asp

http://www.iajc.org/overview.html

http://www.icgst.com/

http://idosi.org/index.htm

http://www.ihasr.org/

http://www.iiste.org/Journals/

http://www.iiis.org/

http://www.theinternationaljournal.org/ojs/index1.htm

http://www.ijens.org/

http://www.ijmra.us/

http://ijscience.com/default.htm

http://www.inast.org/

http://www.innspub.net/

http://www.ssmrae.com/

http://www.interesjournals.org/index.htm

http://resjournals.com/

http://internationalscholarsjournals.org/

http://www.isca.in/

http://iserp.org/

http://www.scientific-publications.net/

http://www.isurs.org/

http://imedpub.com/

http://www.ispub.com/

http://interscience.org.uk/

http://www.interscience.in/

http://www.isisn.org/

http://www.ivyunion.org/

http://jyotiacademicpress.com/

http://www.kejapub.com/

http://www.knowledgebasepublishers.org/

http://www.knowledgia.net/

http://www.lifescienceglobal.com/

http://www.macrothink.org/

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144. Marsland Press 145. Maryland Institute of Research 146. Maxwell Scientific Organization 147. MASAUM Network 148. Medical Science Journals [Link dead as of 2012-11-14] 149. Medwell Journals 150. Mehta Press 151. Merit Research Journals 152. MNK Publication 153. Modern Scientific Press 154. Muhammadon Centre for Research and Development (MCRD) 155. Narain Publishers Pvt. Ltd (NPPL) 156. National Social Science Association (NSSA) 157. Net Journals 158. NobleResearch Publisher 159. Noto-are 160. OA Publishing London 161. OMICS Publishing Group 162. Online Research Journals 163. OpenAccessPub 164. Open Research and Science Library (ORSlib) 165. Open Research Society 166. PBS Journals 167. Pelagia Research Library 168. Pharmaceutical Research Foundation 169. Pharmacognosy Network Worldwide 170. PharmaInfo 171. PharmaInterScience Publishers 172. Photon Foundation 173. Praise Worthy Prize 174. Prime Journals 175. Research Publisher 176. RedFame Publishing 177. RG Education Society 178. Ross Science Publishers 179. Sacha International Academic Journals 180. SAVAP International 181. Scholar Journals 182. Scholar People 183. Scholar Science Journals 184. Scholarlink Resource Centre Limited 185. Scholarly Journals International 186. Scholars Research Library 187. Sciedu Press 188. Science & Knowledge Publishing Corporation Limited 189. Science Academy Publisher

http://www.sciencepub.net/

http://miredu.org/

http://maxwellsci.com/jlist.php

http://www.masaumnet.com/

http://medical.sciencejournals.cc/

http://www.medwelljournals.com/home.php

http://www.mehtapress.com/

http://meritresearchjournals.org/index.htm

http://www.mnkjournals.com/index.htm

http://modernscientificpress.com/

http://www.muhammadon.org/index.php

http://www.npplweb.com/

http://www.nssa.us/

http://www.netjournals.org/

http://www.nobleresearch.org/home.aspx

https://www.notoare.com/

http://oapublishinglondon.com/index.php

http://www.omicsonline.org/

http://onlineresearchjournals.org/index.htm

http://openaccesspub.org/index.php

http://www.orslib.org/index.html

http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/

http://pbsjournals.com/index.php

http://pelagiaresearchlibrary.com/index.html

http://pharmresfoundation.com/

http://phcog.net/

http://www.pharmainfo.in/

http://www.pharmainterscience.com/

https://sites.google.com/site/photonfoundationorganization/

http://www.praiseworthyprize.com/

http://www.primejournal.org/index.html

http://researchpub.org/index.html

http://www.redfame.com/home/

http://www.rgsociety.org/

http://rossscience.org/index.php

http://www.sachajournals.com/index.php

http://www.journals.savap.org.pk/

http://www.scholarjournals.org/

http://scholarpeople.org/

http://www.ssjournals.com/

http://scholarlinkresearch.org/

http://scholarly-journals.com/index.html

http://scholarsresearchlibrary.com/

http://sciedu.ca/web/

http://scik.org/

http://www.sciacademypublisher.com/

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190. Science Alert 191. Science and Education Publishing 192. Science and Engineering Publishing Company 193. Science Education Foundation 194. Science Instinct Publications 195. Science Journal Publication 196. Science Park Journals 197. Science Publications 198. Science Publishing Group 199. Science Record Journals 200. Science Target 201. ScienceDomain International 202. ScienceHuβ 203. Sciencepress Ltd. 204. Scientific & Academic Publishing 205. Scientific Journals 206. Scientific Journals International 207. Scientific Research Publishing 208. SciTechnol 209. ScottishGroup Education and Testing Services 210. Segment Journals 211. Signpost e Journals 212. Silicon Valley Publishers 213. SJournals 214. Sky Journals 215. Society for Science and Nature 216. Society of Engineering Science and Technology (SEST India) 217. Sphinx Knowledge House 218. Southern Cross Publishing Group 219. Suryansh Publications 220. Swiss Journals 221. Technical Journals Online 222. Technopark Publications 223. Textroad Journals 224. Thavan E ACT International Journals 225. Today Science 226. Trade Science, Inc 227. Trans Stellar (Transstellar) 228. Transnational Research Journals (formerly Universal Research Journals) 229. Universal Research Publications 230. Valleys International 231. VBRI Press 232. Whites Science Journals 233. Victorquest Publications 234. Wilolud Journals 235. Wireilla Scientific Publications

http://scialert.net/index.php

http://www.sciepub.com/portal/Home

http://scholarlyoa.com/2012/09/26/a-publisher-with-no-website-science-and-engineering-publishing-company/

http://www.ejournalnet.com/

http://www.sciipub.com/

http://www.sjpub.org/

http://scienceparkjournals.org/index.html

http://www.thescipub.com/

http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/home/index.aspx

http://www.sciencerecord.com/

http://www.sciencetarget.com/

http://www.sciencedomain.org/

http://www.scihub.org/index.html

http://www.scienpress.com/Default.asp

http://www.sapub.org/journal/index.aspx

http://www.scientific-journals.co.uk/

http://www.scientificjournals.org/

http://www.scirp.org/

http://scitechnol.com/

http://scottishjournal.co.uk/

http://www.segmentjournals.com/

http://www.journals.academicpursuits.us/

http://www.svpublishers.co.uk/

http://www.sjournals.com/

http://skyjournals.org/index.html

http://scienceandnature.org/index.php

http://www.sestindia.org/

http://sphinxsai.com/

http://www.sciencej.com/submit.html

http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/www.suryanshpublications.inf

http://www.swissjournals.org/

http://www.technicaljournalsonline.com/index.html

http://technoparkpublications.com/

http://www.textroad.com/

http://www.thavan.org/

http://www.todayscience.org/

http://www.tsijournals.com/

http://www.tjprc.org/index.php

http://universalresearchjournals.org/

http://urpjournals.com/contactus.php

http://valleys.co.in/

http://www.vbripress.com/aboutus.aspx

http://whitesscience.com/Default.aspx

http://victorquestpub.com/

http://www.wiloludjournal.com/page.php?3

http://wireilla.com/

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236. World Academic Publishing 237. World Academy of Research and Publication 238. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology (WASET) 239. World Scholars 240. World Science Publisher 241. World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS) 242. Wudpecker Research Journals 243. Wyno Academic Journals

List 2: Individual Journals:

1. Academic Exchange Quarterly 2. American Journal of PharmTech Research (AJPTR) 3. Archives Des Sciences Journal 4. Archives of Pharmacy Practice 5. Asian Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences 6. Asian Journal of Business and Management Sciences(AJBMS) 7. Asian Journal of Pharmacy and Life Science 8. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research and Health Care (AJPRHC) 9. Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences 10. British Journal of Economics, Finance and Management Sciences 11. British Journal of Science 12. Bulletin of Mathematical Sciences & Applications 13. Bulletin of Society for Mathematical Services and Standards 14. ChemXpress 15. Computer Science Chronicle 16. Computer Science Journal 17. Current Discovery 18. Elixir Online Journal 19. Frontiers in Aerospace Engineering 20. Global Journal of Management Science and Technology 21. Global Journal of Medicine and Public Health 22. Indian Journal of Research Anvikshiki 23. Indian Journal of Scientific Research 24. Indo American Journal of Pharmaceutical Research 25. Indo-Global Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 26. Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Research in Business 27. Interdisciplinary Journal of Research in Business (IDJRB) 28. An International Journal of Agricultural Technology (IJAT) 29. International Journal of Applied Linguistics & English Literature 30. International Journal of Applied Research & Studies (iJARS) 31. International Journal of Applied Research & Studies (iJARS) 32. International Journal of Biomedical Science 33. International Journal of Business and Social Research 34. International Journal of Computational Engineering Research 35. International Journal of Computer and Information Technology (IJCIT)

http://www.academicpub.org/

http://www.warponline.org/

http://www.waset.org/publications.php

http://wscholars.com/

http://www.worldsciencepublisher.org/index.php

http://www.wseas.org/

http://www.wudpeckerresearchjournals.org/

http://www.wynoacademicjournals.org/index.html

http://www.rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/

http://www.ajptr.com/

http://www.sciencesarchive.com/

http://www.archivepp.com/

http://www.jbiopharm.com/index.php/ajbp

http://www.ajbms.org/index.php

http://www.ajpls.com/index.html

http://jprhc.in/index.php

http://www.ajbasweb.com/

http://www.ajournal.co.uk/BJEFM.htm

http://www.ajournal.co.uk/index.htm

http://www.bmsa.us/index.php

http://www.jsomass.com/index.php

http://www.globalpublication.org/

http://www.cschronicle.org/

http://comsj.org/

http://www.ijcdi.com/

http://www.elixirjournal.org/

http://www.fae-journal.org/index.aspx

http://gjmst.com/index.htm

http://www.gjmedph.org/

http://www.anvikshikijournal.com/

http://www.ijsr.in/index.php

http://www.iajpr.com/index.php/en/

http://iglobaljournal.com/

http://ijcrb.webs.com/

http://www.idjrb.com/index.php

http://www.ijat-aatsea.com/overview.html

http://www.ijalel.org/Default.aspx

http://www.ijars.in/

http://www.ijars.in/

http://www.ijbs.org/HomePage.aspx

http://www.ijbsr.org/

http://www.ijceronline.com/editorial-board.html

http://www.ijcit.com/

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36. International Journal of Computer Applications 37. International Journal of Computer Applications in Engineering Sciences (IJCAES) 38. International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security 39. International Journal of Computer Science and Network(IJCSN) 40. International Journal of Computer Science Engineering (IJCSE) 41. International Journal of Computer Science Issues 42. International Journal of Current Research 43. International Journal of Current Research and Review 44. International Journal of Current Research and Review 45. International Journal of Development and Sustainability(IJDS) 46. International Journal of Development Research 47. International Journal of Drug Development and Research(IJDDR) 48. International Journal of E-Computer Science Evolution 49. International Journal of Economics and Research 50. The International Journal of Educational and Psychological Assessment 51. International Journal of Emerging Sciences (IJES) 52. International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering 53. International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology (IJEAT) 54. International Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences 55. International Journal of Engineering and Computer Science (IJECS) 56. International Journal of Engineering and Innovative Technology (IJEIT) 57. International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications 58. International Journal of Engineering Science & Advanced Technology 59. International Journal of Engineering, Science and Technology 60. International Journal of Engineering Sciences & Research Technology (IJESRT) 61. International Journal of Fundamental & Applied Sciences 62. International Journal of Health Research 63. International Journal of Humanities, Engineering and Pharmaceutical Sciences 64. International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Research 65. International Journal of Information Technology & Management 66. International Journal of Innovative Ideas 67. International Journal of Innovative Research and Development 68. International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring

Engineering (IJITEE) 69. International Journal of Life science and Pharma Research 70. International Journal of Life Sciences Biotechnology and Pharma

Research (IJLBPR) 71. The International Journal of Management 72. International Journal of Management Research and Business Strategy (IJMRBS) 73. International Journal of Mathematics and Soft Computing(IJMSC) 74. International Journal of Medical Science and Public Health(IJMSPH) 75. International Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Research 76. International Journal of Medicine and Public Health 77. International Journal of Medicobiologial Research 78. International Journal of Modern Engineering Research (IJMER) 79. International Journal of Novel Drug Delivery Technology

http://www.ijcaonline.org/

http://www.caesjournals.org/

https://sites.google.com/site/ijcsis/

http://ijcsn.org/

http://www.ijcse.net/index.php

http://ijcsi.org/index.php

http://www.journalcra.com/

http://www.ijcrr.com/current_issue.html

http://www.ijcrr.com/

http://isdsnet.com/ijds/

http://www.journalijdr.com/

http://www.ijddr.in/

http://www.ijecse.com/

http://www.ijeronline.com/

http://tijepa.books.officelive.com/main.aspx

http://ijes.info/index.html

http://www.ijetae.com/index.html

http://www.ijeat.org/

http://eaas-journal.org/

http://www.ijecs.in/

http://ijeit.com/index.php

http://www.ijera.com/index.html

http://ijesat.org/

http://www.ijest-ng.com/

http://www.ijesrt.com/index.html

http://www.bma.org.in/IJFAS.aspx

http://www.ijhr.org/

http://ijheps.org/

http://esjournals.org/index.php

http://www.jitbm.com/

http://www.publishtopublic.com/

http://www.ijird.com/

http://www.ijitee.org/

http://www.ijitee.org/

http://www.ijlpr.com/

http://www.ijlbpr.com/index.php

http://www.ijlbpr.com/index.php

http://www.theijm.com/

http://www.ijmrbs.com/

http://www.ijmsc.com/index.php/ijmsc/index

http://www.ijmsph.com/

http://ijmbr.com/index.php

http://www.ijmedph.org/

http://www.ijmedres.com/

http://www.ijmer.com/

http://www.scopemed.org/?jid=15

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80. International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences (IJPBS) 81. International Journal of Pharmaceutical & Research Science (IJPRS Journal) 82. International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Research 83. International Journal of Pharmacy and Technology (IJPT) 84. International Journal of Plant, Animal and Environmental Sciences 85. International Journal of Power Electronics Engineering 86. International Journal of Recent Scientific Research 87. International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE) 88. International Journal of Research and Innovation in Computer

Engineering (IJRICE) 89. International Journal of Research in Ayurveda and Pharmacy 90. International Journal of Research in Computer Science 91. International Journal of Reviews in Computing 92. International Journal of Science and Advanced Technology (IJSAT) 93. International Journal of Science and Technology 94. International Journal Sciences (IJSciences) 95. International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research 96. International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research 97. International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications (IJSRP) 98. International Journal of Scientific Knowledge (IJSK) 99. The International Journal of Social Sciences (TIJOSS) 100. International Journal of Soft Computing and Engineering 101. International Research Journal of Applied Finance 102. International Review of Social Sciences and Humanities 103. Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences (Nairobi, Kenya) 104. Journal of Applied Pharmacy 105. Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science 106. Journal of Basic and Clinical Pharmacy 107. Journal of Business Management and Applied Economics 108. Journal of Comprehensive Research 109. Journal of Contradicting Results in Science 110. Journal of Emerging Trends in Computing and Information Sciences 111. Journal of Knowledge Management, Economics and Information

Technology 112. Journal of Medical Research and Practice (JMRP) 113. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences (JPBMS) 114. Journal of Scientific Theory and Methods 115. Mathematical and Computational Applications (MCA) 116. People’s Journal of Scientific Research 117. The Pharma Research (Journal) 118. Research in Biotechnology 119. Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical

Sciences (RJPBCS) 120. Researchers World – Journal of Arts Science & Commerce 121. Seventh Sense Research Group Journal 122. South Asian Journal of Mathematics

http://www.ijpbs.net/index.html

http://www.ijprsjournal.com/index.html

http://www.pharmscidirect.com/

http://www.ijptonline.com/

http://www.ijpaes.com/

http://www.ijpee.com/index.php/ijpee

http://www.recentscientific.com/

http://www.ijrte.org/

http://www.ijrice.com/

http://www.ijrice.com/

http://www.ijrap.net/

http://www.ijorcs.org/

http://www.ijric.org/index.php

http://www.ijsat.com/

http://ejournalofsciences.org/

http://www.ijsciences.com/

http://www.ijser.org/

http://www.ijstr.org/

http://www.ijsrp.org/

http://www.ijsk.org/index.html

http://www.tijoss.com/index.html

http://www.ijsce.org/

http://irjaf.com/Home_Page.html

http://www.irssh.com/home

http://www.m.elewa.org/JAPS/

http://japharmacy.com/master/Default.aspx

http://www.japsonline.com/index.php

http://jbclinpharm.com/default.aspx

http://jbmae.scientificpapers.org/

http://jupapadoc.startlogic.com/compresearch/

http://jcrsci.org/

http://cisjournal.org/

http://www.scientificpapers.org/

http://www.scientificpapers.org/

http://jmrp.info/index.php/jmrp

http://www.jpbms.info/

http://journalofscientifictheoryandmethods.com/

http://mcajournal.cbu.edu.tr/

http://www.pjsr.org/Home.html

http://www.thepharmaresearch.info/

http://www.researchinbiotechnology.com/home

http://www.rjpbcs.com/index.html

http://www.rjpbcs.com/index.html

http://www.researchersworld.com/index.html

http://ssrgj.blogspot.com/

http://www.sajm.com.nu/index.htm

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123. Universal Journal of Applied Computer Science and Technology 124. Universal Journal of Computer Science and Engineering

Technology (UniCSE) 125. World Applied Sciences Journal 126. World Journal of Science and Technology (WJST)

http://uniascit.in/index.php

http://www.unicse.org/

http://www.unicse.org/

http://www.wasj.org/

http://worldjournalofscience.com/

Beall's List of Predatory Publishers 2013

Criteria

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Criteria for Determining Predatory Open-Access Publishers By Jeffrey Beall 2nd edition / December 1, 2012

1. Complete an analysis of the publisher's content, practices, and websites according to ethical standards established by membership organizations.

A. Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) Code of Conduct B. Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers [PDF] C. International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM) Code of Conduct

2. Complete an analysis of the publisher's content, practices, and websites: contact the publisher if necessary, read statements from the publisher's authors about their experiences with the publisher, and determine whether the publisher commits any of the following practices (below) that are known to be committed by predatory publishers. n.b. Some journals publish independently of any publisher, but in most cases, we evaluate journals that are part of a publisher's fleet. The practices described below are meant to apply both to independent journals and to publishers with multiple journals in their portfolios. Editor and Staff

The publisher's owner is identified as the editor of all the journals published by the organization.

No single individual is identified as the journal's editor.

The journal does not identify a formal editorial / review board.

No academic information is provided regarding the editor, editorial staff, and/or review board members (e.g., institutional affiliation).

Evident data exist showing that the editor and/or review board members do not possess academic expertise to reasonably qualify them to be publication gatekeepers in the journal's field.

Two or more journals have duplicate editorial boards (i.e., same editorial board for more than one journal).

The journals have an insufficient number of board members, have concocted editorial boards (made up names), include scholars on an editorial board without

For a current list of predatory publishers and journals, please visit: http://scholarlyoa.com. The author wishes to thank Bill Cohen and Dr. Michael W. Firmin for their valuable help in preparing this document.

http://oaspa.org/membership/code-of-conduct/

http://publicationethics.org/files/Code%20of%20conduct%20for%20publishers%20FINAL_1_0.pdf

http://publicationethics.org/files/Code%20of%20conduct%20for%20publishers%20FINAL_1_0.pdf

http://www.stm-assoc.org/code-of-conduct/

http://scholarlyoa.com/

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their knowledge or permission, have board members who are prominent researchers but exempt them from any contributions to the journal except the use of their names and/or photographs.

Business Management

The publisher...

Demonstrates a lack of transparency in publishing operations.

Has no policies or practices for digital preservation.

Depends on author fees as the sole and only means of operation with no alternative, long-term business plan for sustaining the journal through augmented income sources.

Begins operations with a large fleet of journals, often using a template to quickly create each journal's home page.

Provides insufficient information or hides information about author fees, offering to publish an author's paper and later sending a previously-undisclosed invoice.

Integrity

The name of a journal is incongruent with the journal's mission.

The name of a journal does not adequately reflect its origin (e.g., a journal with the word “Canadian” or “Swiss” in its name that has no meaningful relationship to Canada or Switzerland).

The journal falsely claims to have an impact factor, or uses some made up measure (e.g. view factor), feigning international standing.

The publisher sends spam requests for peer reviews to scholars unqualified to review submitted manuscripts.

The publisher falsely claims to have its content indexed in legitimate abstracting and indexing services or claims that its content is indexed in resources that are not abstracting and indexing services

The publisher dedicates insufficient resources to preventing and eliminating author misconduct, to the extent that the journal or journals suffer from repeated cases of plagiarism, self-plagiarism, image manipulation, and the like.

The publisher asks the corresponding author for suggested reviewers and the publisher subsequently uses the suggested reviewers without sufficiently vetting their qualifications or authenticity. (This protocol also may allow authors to create faux online identities in order to review their own papers).

Other

A predatory publisher may ...

Publish papers already published in other venues/outlets without providing appropriate credits

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Use language claiming to be a "leading publisher" even though the publisher may only be a startup or a novice organization.

Operate in a Western country chiefly for the purpose of functioning as a vanity press for scholars in a developing country.

Do minimal or no copyediting.

Publish papers that are not academic at all, e.g. essays by laypeople or obvious pseudo-science.

Have a "contact us" page that only includes a web form, and the publisher hides or does not reveal its location

The following practices are considered to be reflective of poor journal standards and, while they do not equal predatory criteria, potential authors should give due consideration to these items prior to manuscript submissions:

The publisher copies "authors guidelines" verbatim (or with minor editing) from other publishers.

The publisher lists insufficient contact information, including contact information that does not clearly state the headquarters location or misrepresents the headquarters location (e.g., through the use of addresses that are actually mail drops).

The publisher publishes journals that are excessively broad (e.g., Journal of Education) in order to attract more articles and gain more revenue from author fees.

The publisher publishes journals that combine two or more fields not normally treated together (e.g., International Journal of Business, Humanities and Technology).

The publisher requires transfer of copyright and retains copyright on journal content. Or the publisher requires the copyright transfer upon submission of manuscript.

The publisher has poorly maintained websites, including dead links, prominent misspellings and grammatical errors on the website.

The publisher makes unauthorized use of licensed images on their website, taken from the open web, without permission or licensing from the copyright owners.

The publisher engages in excessive use of spam email to solicit manuscripts or editorial board memberships

The publishers' officers use email addresses that end in .gmail.com, yahoo.com some other free email supplier

The publisher fails to state licensing policy information on articles or shows lack of understanding of well-known OA journal article licensing standards.

The publisher lacks a published article retraction policy or retracts articles without a formal statement; also the publisher does not publish corrections or clarifications and does not have a policy for these issues.

The publisher does not use ISSN numbers, DOI numbers or uses them improperly.

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For the name of the publisher, the publisher uses names such as "Network," "Center," "Association," "Institute," and the like when it is only a publisher and does not meet the definition of the term used.

The publisher has excessive advertising on its site to the extent that it interferes with site navigation and content access.

The publisher has no membership in industry associations and/or intentionally fails to follow industry standards.

The publisher includes links to legitimate conferences and associations on its main website, as if to borrow from other organizations’ legitimacy, and emblazon the new publisher with the others' legacy value.

The publisher displays prominent statements that promise rapid publication and/or unusually quick peer review.

The publisher focuses on authors (not readers) and on getting their fees at the expense of due quality, and offers few or no value adds to readers such as RSS feeds, hotlinked references, or the like.

The publisher creates a publishing operation that is set up and run by a single individual who engages in rapacious entrepreneurial behavior. The individual might have business administration experience, and the site may have business journals but it also has journals that are outside the experience of the entrepreneur or anyone on staff.

The publisher or its journals are not listed in standard periodical directories or are not widely cataloged in library databases.

The publisher copies or egregiously mimics journal titles from other publishers.

The publisher uses text on the publisher’s main page that describes the open access movement and then foists the publisher as if the publisher is active in fulfilling the movement’s values and goals.

None of the members of a particular journal's editorial board have ever published an article in the journal.

Documents

Beall's List of Predatory Publishers 2013 - VIVA University · PDF file1 Beall's List of Predatory Publishers 2013 By Jeffrey Beall Released December 4, 2012 The gold open-access model