Just send anything!
(Herald Open Access)
Things must be getting desperate at Herald Scholarly Open Access. Kaitlyn Carl is following up on her previous request, which I honestly don't recall, for any submission to be published in Journal of Reproductive Medicine, Gynaecology & Obstetrics. The journal has an impact factor of 1.36*
, apparently. I don't know what the asterisk means, she doesn't say.*
I've never really paid any heed to the impact factors claimed by garbage publishers for their journals. They're either fictional or irrelevant. But I recently read that some journals are passing off dubious impact factors as reputable.
I don't think that's what HSOA and JRMGO are doing, though. They openly explain their impact factor derivation. (confused)
Impact Factor for Journal: 1.36* *2019 Journal Impact Factor was established by dividing the number of articles published in 2018 and 2017 with the number of times they are cited in 2018 and 2017 based on Google Scholar Citation Index database. If 'X' is the total number of articles published in 2018 and 2017, and 'Y' is the number of times these articles were cited in indexed journals during 2018 and 2017 then, journal impact factor = Y/X
Journal of Reproductive Medicine, Gynaecology, and Obstetrics, Herald Scholarly Open Access
The problem is that I just don't understand it, or the derivation of accepted impact factors, enough to have faith in its relevance. Nor do I know how well the Google Scholar Citation Index is curated for reliability. But at least it's open, if not honest or particularly useful.
From: "Reproductivemedicine_Org" <reproductivemedicine@heraldopenaccess.org> Subject: Follow Up: Article Submission
Greetings! Hope you are doing well. We would like to inform you that we have sent you mail earlier, but we did not receive any response from you. So, we are taking liberty to resend this mail. Journal of Reproductive Medicine, Gynaecology & Obstetrics is a bimonthly Journal with Impact Factor 1.36* We would be more grateful if you can submit a short review or a short commentary (or any type of article). It would be great if you could submit in March. So that I could process it for the Upcoming Issue. I request you to submit it by March 29, 2022. Note: We will extend the date of submission as per your convenience. Kindly send us your manuscript directly to this E-mail. Please provide me your acceptance for the same. Warm Regards, Kaitlyn Carl Journal Coordinator | Journal of Reproductive Medicine, Gynecology and Obstetrics (ISSN: 2574-2574)
* It's explained on the journal's home page, as quoted above.
A year and a half has passed, and Kaitlyn—or Carl, but I'm going to assume Kaitlyn—has returned with exactly the same shtick as before: resending an earlier email
that never actually existed, otherwise her new email address would already be in my spammers list; a seemingly desperate request for any type of article
; a deadline that's a deadline, but not a real deadline because it's flexible; and ambivalence as to whether her webcomic's title is Gynaecology
or Gynecology
. At least the bitch is consistent.
But that mysterious impact factor has increased by 0.08, so she must be doing something right.
From: "Reproductivemedicine_Org" <reproductivemedicine@heraldscholarly.org> Subject: 1Follow Up: Article Submission Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2023 12:25:53 +0530
Greetings! Hope you are doing well. We would like to inform you that we have sent you mail earlier, but we did not receive any response from you. So, we are taking liberty to resend this mail. Journal of Reproductive Medicine, Gynaecology & Obstetrics is a quarterly Journal with Impact Factor 1.44* We would be more grateful if you can submit a short review or a short commentary (or any type of article). It would be great if you could submit in September. So that I could process it for the Upcoming Issue. I request you to submit it by September 19, 2023. Note: We will extend the date of submission as per your convenience. Kindly send us your manuscript directly to this E-mail. Please provide me your acceptance for the same. Warm Regards, Kaitlyn Carl Journal Coordinator | Journal of Reproductive Medicine, Gynecology and Obstetrics (ISSN: 2574-2574)
Journal of Alternative, Complementary & Integrative Medicine
It's been a while since I last heard from Herald Open Access, and now Emma Lynch reaches out to break the blessed silence. The bitch.
Still, at least she's impressed enough with my profile and previous work to consider me an exact fit for her auspicious webcomic Journal of Alternative, Complementary & Integrative Medicine. If she thinks she's seen my profile picture she's confused me with someone very different, because I wouldn't be seen dead in a kaftan. (shrug)
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2023 06:14:12 +0000 Subject: Follow-up: Opinion Articles Submission_Vol 9 Issue 5 Participation From: ACIM-Sheet-1-04-07-2023 <contact@hopenaccess.org> Reply-To: contact@hopenaccess.org To: Doctor <[my email address]>
Journal of Alternative, Complementary & Integrative Medicine (ISSN: 2470-7562) | DOI: 10.24966/ACIM | Google Scholar| NLM ID: 101739460 | Impact Factor: 1.1*| Web of Science Good Day Doctor, Kindly consider this friendly Reminder mail for article submission, we are awaiting for your response. Journal of Alternative, Complementary & Integrative Medicine is a bimonthly journal. We are impressed with your profile and previous publications. Since, your profile exactly fits under the scope and classification of our journal we are writing this e-mail. We publish Research, Review, Short communications, Mini Reviews, Case Reports, Thesis, etc. We request you to submit your valuable manuscript on or before July 15th, 2023. Submit your manuscript through an attachment to this mail: alternativemedicine@heraldsopenaccess.us or forwarded to this mail directly. Note: We will extend the date of submission as per your convenience. If it is not feasible for you, please let us know your feasible time to contribute. Please provide me your acceptance for the same Warm Regards, Emma Lynch Journal Coordinator Unsubscribe to no longer receive emails from us. | Having trouble reading this email? Click here.