[Air-L] IROCS Journals : Call For Papers

Mark Chen markchen at u.washington.edu
Thu Apr 11 10:27:28 PDT 2013


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On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 10:17 AM, Collister, Lauren Brittany
<LBC8 at pitt.edu>wrote:

> They do not appear on Beall's List of Predatory Open-Access Publishers
> (yet).
> http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/
> Beall's List does include a journal with the same name as one of the IROCS
> journals (International journal of computer science and Information
> security), but it is not the same one.
>
> They do seem to have many things in common with those that do appear on
> this list.
>
>
>
> Lauren B. Collister
> Office of Scholarly Communication and Publishing
> University Library System
> University of Pittsburgh
> lbc8 at pitt.edu
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org [mailto:
> air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Jasmine E McNealy
> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 1:05 PM
> To: Richard Forno
> Cc: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
> Subject: Re: [Air-L] IROCS Journals : Call For Papers
>
> "Title-squatting"--I like it. The NYT article on predatory open access
> journals talked a bit about this phenomenon.
>
> JM
> _______________________________
> Jasmine McNealy, J.D., Ph.D.
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> http://ssrn.com/author=1357319
>
> On Apr 11, 2013, at 11:59 AM, "Richard Forno" <rforno at infowarrior.org
> <mailto:rforno at infowarrior.org>> wrote:
>
>
> A quick spot-check of some of their journal pages show no archives -- ie
> apparently launching in 2013.    There's also a "Launch New Journal" menu
> option that doesn't work, and I see they are charging for publication.
> There are a few typos/oddities here and there as well that give me pause,
> including the fact that the title of one journal almost looks like they
> want it to appear being something produced by IEEE.  Is this an example of
> 'title-squatting?'
>
> So in general, in the absence of other evidence I am a bit
> sceptical....especially since we've been hit twice in 3 days with this
> generic CFP solicitation.  Of course, this is just my opinion based on a
> 2-minute skim of their site.
>
> -- rick
>
> ------
> Richard F. Forno, Ph.D.
> Director, Graduate Cybersecurity Program
> A/Director, UMBC Center for Cybersecurity
> cybersecurity.umbc.edu<http://cybersecurity.umbc.edu>
>
>
>
>
> On Apr 11, 2013, at 12:41 PM, michael gurstein wrote:
>
> Could this possibly be a scam?
>
> M
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org<mailto:
> air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org>
> [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of IROCS
> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 9:32 AM
> To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org<mailto:air-l at listserv.aoir.org>
> Subject: [Air-L] IROCS Journals : Call For Papers
>
> Dear Sir/Madam,
>
>
>
> Kindly forward this information to your faculties/departments/centers.
>
>
>
>
>
> Call For Papers
>
> International Research Organization of Computer Science (IROCS Journals) is
> an open access publisher with a mission to serve society through excellence
> in education, research, service and to generate new knowledge and
> technology
> for the benefit of everyone ranging from the academic and professional
> research communities to industry practitioners.
>
>
>
> IROCS Journals invites researchers and industrial practitioners to submit
> their research work in its International peer review journals covering
> computer sciences and engineering topics in general and computer security,
> image processing, signal processing, Electronics, GIS, applied sciences,
> business and management research and many other scientific topics.
>
>
>
> All journals under IROCS seeks to publish a balanced mix of high quality
> theoretical or empirical research articles, case studies, book reviews,
> tutorials, editorials as well as pedagogical and curricular issues
> surrounding computer science and engineering fields.
>
>
>
>
>
> List of Journals
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>
>
>
> Click on the appropriate journal name to view the complete detail of the
> journal.
>
>
>
>
>
> <
> http://www.irocsjournals.org/irocs/journals/IJBM/description.php?JCode=IJBM
> International Journal of Business and Management (IJBM)
>
>
>
>
> <
> http://www.irocsjournals.org/irocs/journals/IJEEE/description.php?JCode=IJE
> EE> International Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
> EE> (IJEEE)
>
>
>
>
> <
> http://www.irocsjournals.org/irocs/journals/IJIPG/description.php?JCode=IJI
> PG> International journal of image processing and graphics (IJIPG)
>
>
>
>
> <
> http://www.irocsjournals.org/irocs/journals/IJCSIS/description.php?JCode=IJ
> CSIS> International journals of computer science and Information
> CSIS> security
> (IJCSIS)
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>
> Important Dates
>
> Paper Submission: April 30, 2013
>
> Author Notification: May 31, 2013
>
> Journal Publication: June 2013
>
>
>
> Call For Editorial
>
>
>
> IROCS Journals invites the interested professionals to contribute into
> IROCS
> research network by joining us as a part of editorial board members for its
> scientific peer-reviewed journals. All journals uses an online, electronic
> submission process. The Editor is responsible for the timely and
> substantive
> output of the journal, including the solicitation of manuscripts,
> supervision of the peer review process and the final selection of articles
> for publication. Duties also include implementing the Journal's editorial
> policies, maintaining high professional standards for published content,
> ensuring the integrity of the Journal, guiding manuscripts through the
> review process, overseeing revisions, and planning special issues along
> with
> the editorial team. The new editors will begin to receive manuscripts
> starting from April 2013.
>
>
>
> Interested applicants may contact IROCSJournals Editorial Office
> (coordinator at irocsjournals.org<mailto:coordinator at irocsjournals.org>) for
> additional information regarding the
> responsibilities and benefits. Applicants must submit a detailed CV along
> with a brief statement of contribution for the journal.
>
>
>
>
>
> Please remember that it is through the effort of volunteers such as
> yourself
> that IROCS Journals continues to grow and flourish. Your help with
> reviewing
> the issues would be very much appreciated.
>
>
>
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> Contact Details
>
>
>
> IROCS Journals Team
>
> International Research Organization of Computer Science
>
> press at irocsjournals.org<mailto:press at irocsjournals.org>
>
>
> Url: http://www.irocsjournals.org/irocs/home.php
>
>
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Mark Chen, PhD | @mcdanger | markdangerchen.net
Indie Game Designer, Ed Tech Researcher, Consultant, Adjunct Prof at
Pepperdine, Accidental Hero and Layabout
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