dodgy Open Information Science Journal - (Jul/23/2009 )
from the brit med j.
An expose of a dodgy "open access" publisher is laid bare at http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2009/06...nse-for-dollars. A scientific article created using software that generates grammatically correct but "context-free" (nonsensical) papers was submitted to The Open Information Science Journal, a journal that claims to enforce peer review. The paper purported to be from authors affiliated to the Centre for Research in Applied Phrenology (CRAP). The publisher confirmed receipt of the paper the next day, and about four months later lo and behold—the article was accepted. Producer-pays-to-publish models of publishing should watch out for their credibility.
Looks like vanity scientific press.
GeorgeWolff on Jul 23 2009, 05:04 PM said:
An expose of a dodgy "open access" publisher is laid bare at http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2009/06...nse-for-dollars. A scientific article created using software that generates grammatically correct but "context-free" (nonsensical) papers was submitted to The Open Information Science Journal, a journal that claims to enforce peer review. The paper purported to be from authors affiliated to the Centre for Research in Applied Phrenology (CRAP). The publisher confirmed receipt of the paper the next day, and about four months later lo and behold—the article was accepted. Producer-pays-to-publish models of publishing should watch out for their credibility.
Looks like vanity scientific press.
Wasn't this in the Lab Joke section earlier this year... we "created" our own papers using a software...it wasn't a joke after all...
casandra on Jul 23 2009, 11:42 PM said:
GeorgeWolff on Jul 23 2009, 05:04 PM said:
An expose of a dodgy "open access" publisher is laid bare at http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2009/06...nse-for-dollars. A scientific article created using software that generates grammatically correct but "context-free" (nonsensical) papers was submitted to The Open Information Science Journal, a journal that claims to enforce peer review. The paper purported to be from authors affiliated to the Centre for Research in Applied Phrenology (CRAP). The publisher confirmed receipt of the paper the next day, and about four months later lo and behold—the article was accepted. Producer-pays-to-publish models of publishing should watch out for their credibility.
Looks like vanity scientific press.
Wasn't this in the Lab Joke section earlier this year... we "created" our own papers using a software...it wasn't a joke after all...
Okay I'll submit our paper then
... hobglobin on Jul 23 2009, 05:58 PM said:
casandra on Jul 23 2009, 11:42 PM said:
GeorgeWolff on Jul 23 2009, 05:04 PM said:
An expose of a dodgy "open access" publisher is laid bare at http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2009/06...nse-for-dollars. A scientific article created using software that generates grammatically correct but "context-free" (nonsensical) papers was submitted to The Open Information Science Journal, a journal that claims to enforce peer review. The paper purported to be from authors affiliated to the Centre for Research in Applied Phrenology (CRAP). The publisher confirmed receipt of the paper the next day, and about four months later lo and behold—the article was accepted. Producer-pays-to-publish models of publishing should watch out for their credibility.
Looks like vanity scientific press.
Wasn't this in the Lab Joke section earlier this year... we "created" our own papers using a software...it wasn't a joke after all...
Okay I'll submit our paper then
...Was I the first author there dr H? I better be....
...the authors who submitted the paper must be laughing their heads off... GeorgeWolff on Jul 24 2009, 07:04 AM said:
One out of two; is that half bad or half good?
The supervisor who looked at the first draft of my thesis claimed I had neither correct.
Makes we wonder if I should ignore all betham papers from now on.. reading this..