From: "Fred E.J. Linton" <fejlinton@usa.net>
To: "categories" <categories@mta.ca>
Subject: Re: Q.: "David Publications" e-Journal?
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:03:28 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1S9Jqf-00013R-N6@mlist.mta.ca> (raw)
Heh, heh ... I should have YaBinGled a bit harder before asking just now.
Here's a site confirming worse than I ever dared suspect re David Pub'g:
http://scholarlyoa.com/2012/02/29/david-publishing-flipping-its-model/ .
Cheers, -- Fred
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Received: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 11:56:24 PM EDT
From: "Fred E.J. Linton" <fejlinton@usa.net>
To: "categories" <categories@mta.ca>
Subject: Q.: "David Publications" e-Journal?
> Now that the Universal Algebra sessions at the recent Hawaiian AMS meetings
> are over, I have an email from subject "David Publications" soliciting a MS
> from me expanding on the Abstract I submitted there.
>
> My question: who are these folks? Legit? or shady? Identified as
>
>> Journal of Mathematics and System Science, USA
>> ISSN 2159-5291 (Print); ISSN 2159-5305 (Online)
>
> under the motto
>
>> From Knowledge to Wisdom ,
>
> they characterize themselves as "an international, scholarly and
> peer-reviewed journal (print and online) published monthly by
> David Publishing Company, USA which was founded in 2001."
>
> Their email incorporates numerous stylistic gaffes; what's more, their
> authors "are required to sign the Transfer of Copyright Agreement form."
>
> So I'm doubtful, at first glance, but I don't know, so I'm asking.
>
> Thanks for any insights. And cheers,
>
> -- Fred
>
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