ペンギン日記(旧akoblog)

identityやprivacyに関心を持つ大学教員のブログ。20歳の頃から「ペンギンみたい」と言われるのでペンギン日記。

「金もうけ」疑いの出版社からメール

AASCITというところからメールが来た。
そもそも、宛名の書き方がおかしいので、近頃話題になっていた「ハゲタカ出版社」のリストを参照。

単なる“金もうけ”の疑いのあるオープンアクセス出版社のリスト(2014年版)
http://current.ndl.go.jp/node/25205

Potential, possible, or probable predatory scholarly open-access publishers
http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/

リストに入っていたので無視することに。
査読依頼の他、投稿募集がきたときも、リストで確認するのがよさそうだ。

Dear Orita, A. ,

AASCIT is seeking individuals with diverse areas of expertise to serve as peer reviewers or editorial board members to evaluate papers submitted to AASCIT journals. The peer review process used by AASCIT enhances the efficiency and maximizes the quality of the paper.

After reading your article Is that really you?: An approach to assure identity without revealing real-name online published in Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, our Editorial Board speak highly of it and think you are qualified to be a Reviewer or Editorial Board Member in our journals to review papers. Now, we sincerely invite you to join us serving as a journal Reviewer or Editorial Board Member and you will get below benefits:
1. Publish your own papers with certain discounts in our journals.
2. Enriching your knowledge and broadening your horizon by reading others’ papers.
3. Get a certificate.

A reviewer's responsibilities include reviewing manuscripts for clarity, accuracy, and research rigor; identifying the strengths and weaknesses of manuscripts and so on. For more details, you can visit: http://www.aascit.org/journals/callforeditorial

You can also visit our journal page to check the journals in which you are interested. http://www.aascit.org/journals/list

If you are interested in becoming a Reviewer or Editorial Board Member, please submit your application through our online system: http://www.aascit.org/common/login

We are looking forward to your participation.