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Detailed question-I was invited by a journal named “American Journal of Nursing Science” to submit a manuscript. Its name is similar to “American Journal of Nursing”. Is American Journal…

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Detailed question-I was asked to write a book chapter for intech open and they went away with publishing without asking me to pay the publishing fee. Now after a year and a half they are…

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IntechOpen appears to be a publisher of open access books. In the open access model, payment of fees is expected as it allows readers…

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Q: I wish to submit my article in a journal. Are these journals indexed in Scopus? How can I check that?

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Q: Is this journal a predatory?

Detailed question-Recently I submitted a manuscript to Japan Society of Civil Engineers. After that, I got an invitation for submission by other journal named Global Journal of Research…

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Q: Is this journal accepted by HEC in Pakistan?

Detailed question-My published paper is not accepted in y category and your journal is not on their list.

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Q: How can I deal with a predatory journal?

Detailed question-Four years ago (in 2017), I had submitted an article to a predatory journal. I was then a young scientist without any experience in this field. A month later the article…

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Q: Could an invitation by SciMedicine Journal be considered authentic?

Detailed question-I uploaded my paper on medRxiv, and was soon invited by a journal named SciMedicine Journal based in Italy. When I searched for this journal on DOAJ, it is not…

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We looked up SciMedicine Journal, putting it through the various checks on our predatory journal/publisher identifier…

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Q: Can an article be rejected for not correcting the plagiarism after taking the submission fee?

Detailed question-My article was provisionally selected by a journal. They then asked me to pay the article submission fee. After taking the fee, they checked the article for plagiarism…

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From the information you have provided, this seems to be a predatory or bogus journal. These are…

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Q: Is [HSOA Journal of] Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation & Disabilities a predatory journal?

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Yes, it does seem to be so. Firstly, no international / quality journal approaches a researcher…

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Q: Can I withdraw my paper after it has been published?

Detailed question-I had sent a manuscript to a journal. They accepted it, but asked for APCs, which I didn’t pay. I then submitted the same manuscript to another journal, which accepted…

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