From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.science.mathematics.categories/7235 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Fred E.J. Linton" Newsgroups: gmane.science.mathematics.categories Subject: Re: Q.: "David Publications" e-Journal? Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:03:28 -0400 Message-ID: Reply-To: "Fred E.J. Linton" NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1332091555 9467 80.91.229.3 (18 Mar 2012 17:25:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 17:25:55 +0000 (UTC) To: "categories" Original-X-From: majordomo@mlist.mta.ca Sun Mar 18 18:25:55 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: gsmc-categories@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from smtpx.mta.ca ([138.73.1.80]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1S9JrZ-0005VN-Rv for gsmc-categories@m.gmane.org; Sun, 18 Mar 2012 18:25:50 +0100 Original-Received: from mlist.mta.ca ([138.73.1.63]:57529) by smtpx.mta.ca with esmtp (Exim 4.77) (envelope-from ) id 1S9Jqf-0000Yk-Dn; Sun, 18 Mar 2012 14:24:53 -0300 Original-Received: from majordomo by mlist.mta.ca with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S9Jqf-00013R-N6 for categories-list@mlist.mta.ca; Sun, 18 Mar 2012 14:24:53 -0300 Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.science.mathematics.categories:7235 Archived-At: 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 --- ------ Original Message ------ Received: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 11:56:24 PM EDT From: "Fred E.J. Linton" To: "categories" Subject: Q.: "David Publications" e-Journal? > Now that the Universal Algebra sessions at the recent Hawaiian AMS meet= ings > 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 > = [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]