My outstanding H-index
Susan Lee is impressed with my outstanding H-index. (proud)
She's also overwhelmed that my work is being applauded. I have to admit that I hadn't noticed, but that's by the by.
One thing that I did notice is that, while she's soliciting on behalf of Journal of Sports Medicine and Therapy, she's sending from Journal of Child, Adult Vaccines and Immunology. I guess it doesn't really matter, it's all medicine. At least she's feasible though, so that's something. (shrug)
But what on earth's an H-index? (confused)
From: "Journal of Child, Adult Vaccines and Immunology"
<send.manuscript@hspublications.info>
Subject: Join us with rapid publishing serviceability - JSMT
Greetings to of the day. We are overwhelmed to see that your work’s being applauded by many, and we have noticed that your H-index is outstanding, and hence, we are here to humbly request you of contribution towards our Journal: Journal of Sports Medicine and Therapy (ISSN: 2573-1726). We are a pioneering Open Access Journal with an aim to heighten science along with that we feel the scope of the journal falls in your expertise. We are Equitable, Fair, and Feasible. We have increasing Internal Impact factor, Eigen factors, Immediacy Index, Cited Half-Life, and Article Influence Factor, Respectively… We take pride in being reasonable and would love to have a conversation with you, if you have a manuscript to publish with us. We await to hear from you. Sincerely and thanks, Susan Lee If these emails get annoying, please feel free to unsubscribe.
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Although she only wants a conversation if I have a manuscript to be published, it would be rude and remiss of me not to acknowledge her kind compliments.
Dear Susan Lee, Thank you for your complimentary observations on my h-index. It’s very nice, isn’t it? Your admiration is very gratifying, and makes all my efforts worthwhile. Yours, in the love of heightened science,
It appears that my reply didn't fall into a black hole. Susan Lee passed it on to Sansa Emily. Or did Lee Susan pass it on to Emily Sansa? (confused)
And now she wants me to do her a favour, which is putting the cart before the horse. It's the hoes that are supposed to perform the favours.
Anyhow, Emily is soliciting receipt of her mail. I don't know why, it includes a tracking image tag, which is unique to the one that Susan used. But I opened the message in source mode, just to confuse her. Tee hee.
From: "Journal of Sports Medicine and Therapy (2573-1726)" <galleyproof@heighpubs.com> Subject: Re: Join us with rapid publishing serviceability - JSMT Reply-To: "Journal of Sports Medicine and Therapy (2573-1726)" <galleyproof@heighpubs.com>, Sansa Emily <scholar.support@heighpubs.us> Cc: Susan Lee <susan.lee@heighpubs.us>, galleyproof@heighpubs.com, scholar.support@heighpubs.us
Note: This query is received from Susan. Thanks for getting back to us. If i am wrong, we apologize. With your permission, we want to share some information about this journal. It is an Open Access and peer reviewed journal, it provides rapid publication process, quality checking, accurate peer review process, immediate DOI, Google Scholar indexing, certificate to the author and many more. Hope the journal meets your author requirement. [snip] You are hereby requested to do a favour by sending a small 2 page article on your research topic and also kindly request you to submit it by 25th of June, 2022. Hope your association will help the journal towards its growth. The receipt of this email is solicited. Many thanks, Sansa Emily Journal of Sports Medicine and Therapy 48 April DR, East Windsor CT 06088-9767, USA
<img src="http://url759.heighpubs.com/wf/open?upn=[snip]" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0" style="height:1px !important;width:1px !important;border-width:0 !important;margin-top:0 !important;margin-bottom:0 !important;margin-right:0 !important;margin-left:0 !important;padding-top:0 !important;padding-bottom:0 !important;padding-right:0 !important;padding-left:0 !important;"/>
My confusion tactics were successful, and now Emily's worried that she hasn't heard from me. I'm such a bastard! (devil)
She's so worried that, although her message is addressed to me, she's included nine other recipients who appear to be affiliated with external academic institutions and the like. I have no idea who any of these people are, I can only assume that they're the suckers who've been conned into joining the comic's editorial board. More fool them.
And she's also offered the opportunity for an end-to-end encrypted phone conversation. Why on earth would I need that? I'm not an arms dealer.
This message evaded my junk mail folder, because the From header has been changed to the Reply-To header in her last message. Once again, I opened this message in view source mode, so as not to activate the tracker. (thumbup)
Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2022 19:07:19 +0000 (UTC)
From: Journal of Sports Medicine and Therapy <scholar.support@heighpubs.us>
Subject: Re: Join us with rapid publishing serviceability - JSMT
Reply-To: Journal of Sports Medicine and Therapy
<scholar.support@heighpubs.us>
When you receive this message, we hope you are well and will remain so. I hope our previous discussion was instructive and gave you some great suggestions to help you with a user-friendly publication process. We are concerned since we have not received a response from you. This brings to mind a few points about which you may have queries, such as "about the journal"/"publication process"/"author benefits"/"fee," and so on. Please let us know which one it is, as I`m beginning to become worried. As a consequence, as a kind follow-up, we`re sending you a quick email. We eagerly await your response as soon as possible. In the meanwhile, please be aware of the advantages that submitting an article to us may provide to an author. 1. Rapid Processing. 2. Accurate review process. 3. DOI (Digital Object Identifier). 4. Quality check and Analysis, 5. More Reader-friendly Final proof 6. GOOGLE SCHOLAR (indexing) and PORTICO (archiving) 7. Global Email campaigning. Please visit the https://www.sportsmedoa.com/archive if you want to learn more about our Journal. Also, if you have any articles ready to submit, please use the https://www.sportsmedoa.com/submission or send your work to the scholar.support@heighpubs.us. Please do not hesitate to contact us by Whatsapp or Skype (+1 (972) 924-5099), as well as online chat, you may also exchange your phone number for an end-to-end encrypted conversation with one of our executives. We politely request that you acknowledge receipt of our email so that we can wrap up any loose ends. Please accept my heartfelt thanks. Thank You, Sansa Emily Journal of Sports Medicine and Therapy sansa.emily@hspioa.us
I didn't note the previous tracking token, so I can't compare it with the one used this time. But the subdomain at least has changed. So there is some degree of uniqueness here, compared to her earlier message.
<img src="http://url1618.heighpubs.us/wf/open?upn=[snip]" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0" style="height:1px !important;width:1px !important;border-width:0 !important;margin-top:0 !important;margin-bottom:0 !important;margin-right:0 !important;margin-left:0 !important;padding-top:0 !important;padding-bottom:0 !important;padding-right:0 !important;padding-left:0 !important;"/>
I'd forgotten all about Sansa Emily. It's been a while since we corresponded.
She believes that I need help publishing my work in a reputable journal. She then goes on to spoil the illusion, by suggesting that her comic could fulfil that requirement.
But I wonder what the significant rewards are?
Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2022 12:03:41 +0000 (UTC) From: "Journal of Sports Medicine and Therapy (ISSN:2573-1726)" <scholar.support@heighpubs.us> Subject: Re: Join us with rapid publishing serviceability - JSMT Reply-To: "Journal of Sports Medicine and Therapy (ISSN:2573-1726)" <scholar.support@heighpubs.us>
I hope this mail finds you safe and healthy. This is follow up mail in regards to the submission of the article. We hope that we resolved your query regarding the Indexing of our journal. If you are still facing any issues please come up with the issues, we are glad to assist you. As a result, we’re sending you a reminder email. We believe you need assistance in publishing your high-quality work in a reputable publication with significant rewards. We can assure you that our journal will successfully meet your needs. You are once again invited to respond to our emails as soon as possible and submit your contributions in order to gain valuable publication experience with us. You can submit the article through the mail scholar.support@heighpubs.us I eagerly await your response within 24 hours of this email correspondence. Thanks & Regards, Sansa Emily Journal of Sports Medicine and Therapy (ISSN:2573-1726) EID1042 | QID#HSPI4991
At least she got her wish fulfilled: a response within 24 hours.
Dear Sansa Emily, Thank you for your offer of assistance, it is much appreciated. I am curious as to the “significant rewards” that you mention. What rewards would these be? How much do you pay authors for their contributions to your esteemed journal? Sincerely,
Sansa didn't reply to my last message, but instead to her earlier one that I'd replied to. Strange. Ne'ermind, we're getting somewhere at last, although I'm not exactly sure where that somewhere
is.
Regarding significant rewards
, I had asked how much JSMT pays authors, knowing full-well that the flow of drinking tokens is expected to go in the opposite direction. No journal pays for articles, especially a predatory one. Rather than answering that question directly, however, she now advises that it's a reputable magazine that pays well
.
So JSMT isn't a journal now, it's a magazine. Which is closer to a comic, really.
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 06:55:58 +0000 (UTC) From: "Journal of Sports Medicine and Therapy (ISSN:2573-1726)" <scholar.support@heighpubs.us> Subject: Re: Join us with rapid publishing serviceability - JSMT
I hope you are safe and well as you read this message. This is a follow-up email about the article that was sent in. We hope we were able to answer your question about how our journal is indexed. If you are still having problems, please let us know and we will be happy to help. So, we’re sending you an email to remind you. We think you need help to get your high-quality work published in a reputable magazine that pays well. We can promise that our journal will meet your needs perfectly. Again, we’d like to ask you to answer our emails as soon as possible and send us your contributions so that you can learn more about publishing. You can send the article to scholar.support@heighpubs.us in an email. I’m looking forward to hearing from you within 24 hours of this email. Thanks & Regards, Sansa Emily Journal of Sports Medicine and Therapy (ISSN:2573-1726) EID1042 | QID#HSPI4991
This time, she's gonna be disappointed.
Cookie-cutter thanks
If JSMT is paying anyone, it's certainly not enough to contact reviewers and editors to thank them directly. Instead copy/paste some no-shits-given boilerplate text, and stick it on the website. Job's a good'un! (thumbup)
Thanks To Reviewers We would like to thank Reviewers for taking the necessary time and effort to review the manuscript. We sincerely appreciate all your valuable comments and suggestions, which helped us in improving the quality of the manuscript. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the effort and expertise that you contributed towards reviewing the article, without which it would be impossible to maintain the high standards of peer-reviewed journals.
Thanks To Editors We would like to thank our editors for their timeless effort in helping the journal reach next level. We sincerely appreciate all your valuable comments and suggestions, which helped us in improving the growth of the Journal. Thank you for your effort and expertise that you contributed towards the Journal, which helped to maintain the high standards of peer-reviewed journals.
Now Sansa's replied to my query from two weeks' ago and, as I expected, all is as I expected. Despite JSMT being a reputable magazine that pays well
and offering significant rewards
, and even taking my outstanding H-index into consideration, the flow of drinking tokens isn't in my favour.
Perhaps things are getting escalated, because Susie's been brought back in the loop. But I think I'm done here.
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 16:51:39 +0000 (UTC)
From: "Journal of Sports Medicine and Therapy (2573-1726)"
<scholar.support@heighpubs.us>
Subject: Re: Join us with rapid publishing serviceability - JSMT
Reply-To: Sansa Emily <scholar.support@heighpubs.us>,
"Journal of Sports Medicine and Therapy (2573-1726)"
<galleyproof@heighpubs.com>, Susan Lee <susan.lee@heighpubs.us>
Thanks for your reply. We couldn’t pay anything now for your activities. If we are in that position, definitely we will provide you with an honorarium. As it is an Open Access Platform, we need contributions from the author. Finally we can provide a waiver on the cost and you can pay at least service charges. Hope you will give us a chance to serve your manuscript. Looking forward to your support of this journal. Sincerely, Sansa Emily Journal of Sports Medicine and Therapy 48 April DR, East Windsor CT 06088-9767, USA
Once again bypassing the question of rewards
and payment, Sansa returns hoping that she's resolved a query that I never raised in the first place. She wants to hear from me within 24 hours.
But, as Sir Michael Mick
Jagger once opined, you can't always get what you want. And, not only will Sansa not receive a reply, she won't even receive a mail-read notification. Tee hee!
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2022 13:04:49 +0000 (UTC) From: "Journal of Sports Medicine and Therapy (ISSN:2573-1726)" <scholar.support@heighpubs.us> Subject: Re: Join us with rapid publishing serviceability - JSMT Reply-To: "Journal of Sports Medicine and Therapy (ISSN:2573-1726)" <scholar.support@heighpubs.us>
As you read this letter, I hope you are secure and well. This is a follow-up email about the manuscript. We really hope that our response to your query on how our journal gets indexed was helpful. If you continue to have issues, just let us know and we would be delighted to assist. In order to remind you, we are sending you an email. We believe you want assistance to get your excellent work accepted by a respected publication that provide you handsome amount of citations on your article. We guarantee that our Journal will precisely suit your demands. Once again, we kindly request that you respond to our emails as soon as you can. The article could be sent to scholar.support@heighpubs.us I want to hear from you within 24 hours of receiving this email. Thanks & Regards, Sansa Emily Journal of Sports Medicine and Therapy (ISSN:2573-1726) EID1042 | QID#HSPI4991
This is the same shtick that she sent to me three weeks' ago. But I'm bored with Sansa Emily now, so it's time to put this little charade to bed. I doubt that she'll take the hint, though.
That's high-pressure sales for you.
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2022 04:38:55 +0000 (UTC) From: "Journal of Sports Medicine and Therapy (ISSN:2573-1726)" <scholar.support@heighpubs.us> Subject: Re: Join us with rapid publishing serviceability - JSMT Reply-To: "Journal of Sports Medicine and Therapy (ISSN:2573-1726)" <scholar.support@heighpubs.us>
I hope you are safe and healthy. This is follow-up correspondence about the article submission. We hope that your query about the Indexing of our journal has been answered. If you are still facing difficulties, kindly let us know; we are delighted to assist you. As a result, we’re sending you a reminder email. We believe you need assistance in publishing your high-quality work in a reputable publication with significant rewards. We can assure you that our journal will successfully meet your needs. You are once again invited to respond to our emails as soon as possible and submit your contributions in order to gain valuable publication experience with us. Please submit the article on or before 10th September 2022, through the mail scholar.support@heighpubs.us such that we can proceed with the article publication in our upcoming issue release with the support of eminent author like you. I eagerly await your response within 24 hours of this email correspondence. Thanks & Regards, Sansa Emily Journal of Sports Medicine and Therapy (ISSN:2573-1726) EID1042 | QID#HSPI4991
Dear Sansa Emily, I have had no query about your journal’s indexing. It was your colleague, Susan Lee, who kindly complimented me on my outstanding H-index. You have previously, however, advised me that JSMT is a “a reputable magazine that pays well”, only to later backpedal and tell me that you cannot pay me anything. I feel that you misled me, and this represents a breach of trust between us. I will therefore seek alternative outlets for my work, and to grow my reputation. Sincerely,
I was right about her not taking the hint. This is the same message that she sent on 17.08, so not only is she obtuse, but she's also not one for creativity. Or, looking at it another way and putting a more positive spin on it, she's efficient.
Still, no more correspondence will be entered into. I'll just leave her wistfully reflecting on what could've been a beautiful publishing relationship. (devil)
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 12:54:12 +0000 (UTC) From: "Journal of Sports Medicine and Therapy (2573-1726)" <scholar.support@heighpubs.us> Subject: Re: Join us with rapid publishing serviceability - JSMT Reply-To: Sansa Emily <scholar.support@heighpubs.us>, "Journal of Sports Medicine and Therapy (2573-1726)" <galleyproof@heighpubs.com>, Susan Lee <susan.lee@heighpubs.us>
Thanks for your reply. We couldn’t pay anything now for your activities. If we are in that position, definitely we will provide you with an honorarium. As it is an Open Access Platform, we need contributions from the author. Finally we can provide a waiver on the cost and you can pay at least service charges. Hope you will give us a chance to serve your manuscript. Looking forward to your support of this journal. Sincerely, Sansa Emily Journal of Sports Medicine and Therapy 48 April DR, East Windsor CT 06088-9767, USA
Things must be getting desperate over at JSMT. Not one, but two reminders in immediate succession from Sansa Emily, following up on correspondence that I'd clean forgotten about.
Given that she expects a response within 24 hours, I expect that she'll be disappointed.
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2022 12:03:20 +0000 (UTC)
From: "Journal of Sports Medicine and Therapy (2573-1726)"
<scholar.support@heighpubs.us>
Subject: Re: Join us with rapid publishing serviceability - JSMT
Reply-To: Sansa Emily <scholar.support@heighpubs.us>,
"Journal of Sports Medicine and Therapy (2573-1726)"
<galleyproof@heighpubs.com>, Susan Lee <susan.lee@heighpubs.us>
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2022 12:03:21 +0000 (UTC)
From: Journal of Sports Medicine and Therapy <scholar.support@hspcmail.us>
Subject: Re: Join us with rapid publishing serviceability - JSMT
Reply-To: Journal of Sports Medicine and Therapy
<scholar.support@hspcmail.us>
I humbly request that you read the email despite your tight schedule. Based on our earlier interaction, I'm sending you this email to remind you to submit your article. Kindly share your article through the mail address: scholar.support@heighpubs.us We will gladly answer any additional inquiries you may have. I anticipate hearing from you within 24 hours. I appreciate your feedback, Sansa Emily Journal of Sports Medicine and Therapy 48 April DR, East Windsor CT 06088-9767, USA
Sansa Emily will be pleased to assist me should I continue to experience issues. The only issue with JSMT that I'm continuing to experience is her shitting into my inbox. Twice. In immediate succession.
But, it alleviates the boredom, so it's not too onerous. And I like to think that the time that she's wasting is at their cost.
Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2022 10:53:34 +0000 (UTC) From: Journal of Sports Medicine and Therapy <scholar.support@hspcmail.us> Subject: Re: Join us with rapid publishing serviceability - JSMT Reply-To: Journal of Sports Medicine and Therapy <scholar.support@hspcmail.us>
Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2022 10:53:32 +0000 (UTC) From: "Journal of Sports Medicine and Therapy (2573-1726)" <scholar.support@heighpubs.us> Subject: Re: Join us with rapid publishing serviceability - JSMT Reply-To: Sansa Emily <scholar.support@heighpubs.us>, "Journal of Sports Medicine and Therapy (2573-1726)" <galleyproof@heighpubs.com>, Susan Lee <susan.lee@heighpubs.us>
This email is a follow-up of the prior correspondence regarding the article submission. We hope that our response to your inquiry about our journal's indexing was helpful. To obtain outstanding citations, we promote the research using blog posts, email campaigns, social networking, advertisements, etc. We reach a wider audience than index journals. Please let us know if you continue to experience issues, and we will be pleased to assist you. With gratitude, Sansa Emily Journal of Sports Medicine and Therapy 48 April DR, East Windsor CT 06088-9767, USA