Two days ago, a physics journal received my manuscript and today they informed me that the editor and reviewer accepted my manuscript for publication. this is the first time for me publishing a manuscript, but two days, isn't that quick? and they told me that I will pay around 700 Euros for the first installment. I really need your advice here, I am afraid of getting screwed.
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4Is your paper about COVID19 or something? Otherwise, this is a red flag. Is this a reputable journal? – Apr 17 '20 at 17:23
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They sound legit and they have many publication on their site. this is their website tsijournals.com/journals/journal-of-physics-astronomy.html – – shivan sirdy Apr 17 '20 at 17:26
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1In my research vicinity, people very rarely pay to publish their papers. What about yours? – Dmitry Savostyanov Apr 17 '20 at 17:27
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6Trade Science Inc. (the publisher) is generally considered predatory and disreputable. See here and here. I wouldn't publish with them - especially not with such quick acceptance. – Anyon Apr 17 '20 at 17:28
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is there a different value in publishing in a predatory journal or a normal journal?, like does it affect the published manuscript – shivan sirdy Apr 17 '20 at 17:33
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@shivansirdy Yes, of course. Articles don't go through proper quality assurance and make you look bad for not avoiding a predatory journal – Azor Ahai -him- Apr 17 '20 at 17:39
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1@shivansirdy There are many questions about predatory journals on the site already. Maybe you should take a look at What are “fake”, “shady”, and/or “predatory” journals? and Does publishing in journals known as “predatory” hurt one's reputation?. – Anyon Apr 17 '20 at 17:39
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Thank you dears for the inputs, much appreciated – shivan sirdy Apr 17 '20 at 17:42
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1Thoughts from my less than 2 minute investigation, most of which was spent waiting on slow website responses: (1) The journal's title is ridiculously general, so much so that it looks like a parody for titles of predatory journals. (2) Clicking on a random volume, 6, and random issue number, 2, I then randomly selected this paper, and even though I know next to nothing about this topic, the sophomoric level of math, physics, and logical reasoning is unmistakable. For what it's worth, this paper took 8 days to review. – Dave L Renfro Apr 17 '20 at 18:58
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1Don't pay any money! – Anonymous Physicist Apr 18 '20 at 06:43
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3Does this answer your question? What should I do if I submitted an article to a predatory journal? – Anonymous Physicist Apr 18 '20 at 06:44
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Duplicate of https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/83764/with-bealls-list-gone-how-can-i-tell-if-a-journal-is-spam – Anonymous Physicist Apr 18 '20 at 06:44
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Thanks a lot for the inputs – shivan sirdy Apr 18 '20 at 18:22
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It is very unusual for a paper to be reviewed and get accepted in two days. Of course, there are some exceptions such as:
- Solution to a very well known and long studied problem (even in this case, it is highly unlikely for the review process to be completed in 2 days).
- Dramatically improving the conditions of a current crisis (e.g. a vaccine for COVID-19 outbreak)
- Very short
Other than these extreme cases, I, personally would not choose to publish in that journal, let alone pay for the publication.
Also, you can check this famous list for future considerations.
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