[Air-L] David Publishing Company

Wed Mar 26 08:28:48 PDT 2014

I'd also be a bit suspicious of the mailing address. There's not a lot of publishing houses in the Inwood section of Manhattan.

> On Mar 26, 2014, at 9:19 AM, "Allen-Robertson, James" <jallenh at essex.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> Predatory scam publisher I'd say. The website was the first clue (poor grammar, spelling, formatting) and a little googling brought up this... http://scholarlyoa.com/2012/02/29/david-publishing-flipping-its-model/
> 
> They'll accept the article and then charge you for the privilege I imagine.
> 
> -- 
> 
> Dr. James Allen-Robertson
> Lecturer in Media and Communication
> Dept. of Sociology,
> University of Essex,
> Wivenhoe Park,
> Colchester,
> Essex,
> CO4 3SQ
> 01206 87(2273)
> Jallenh at essex.ac.uk
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Tilton, Shane
> Sent: 26 March 2014 12:45
> To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
> Subject: [Air-L] David Publishing Company
> 
> Hey gang,
> 
> For those that presented at IR14, did you receive a letter like this? I could use the publication for the vita. But, I wanted a second (or third or fourth) opinion.
> 
> Shane Tilton
> 
> 
> Dear Dr. Shane Tilton,
> 
> This is the Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication (ISSN 2160-6579), a professional journal published across the United States by David Publishing Company, Chicago, IL, USA. I am pleased to learn you have submitted the paper
> titled      The Foreign Fabric       to IR14-The 14th Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers.
> 
> We are very interested in your research, if the paper mentioned has not been published in other journal, please feel free to send electronic version to us.
> And all your other original and unpublished papers are welcome.
> If you are interested in our journal, we also want to invite some people to be our reviewers or become our editorial board members. You can send your CV to us.
> Expect to get your reply soon.
> 
> The below is more information on our journal and some guidelines for you and you can know our journal athttp://www.davidpublishing.com/journals_info.asp?jId=418
> Descriptions
> The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication, a professional scholarly peer-reviewed academic journal, commits itself to promoting the academic communication about recent developments on Journalism and Mass Communication, covers all sorts of research on journalism, radio and television journalism, new media, news ethics and regulations, the integration of media and culture and other relevant areas, and tries to provide a platform for experts and scholars worldwide to exchange their latest findings.
> 
> The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication is collected and indexed by the Library of U.S. Congress, on whose official website (http://catalog.loc.gov), an on-line inquiry can be triggered with their publication numbers, ISSN2160--6579 respectively, as keywords in “Basic Search” column. In addition, the journal is retrieved by some renowned databases:
> ★ Google Scholar
> ★ Database of EBSCO, Massachusetts, USA
> ★ Chinese Database of CEPS, American Federal Computer Library center (OCLC), USA ★ Chinese Scientific Journals Database, VIP Corporation, Chongqing, P. R. China ★ Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory, USA ★ Pro Quest Social Science Collection, Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS), USA ★ Summon Serials Solutions, USA ★Universe Digital Library S/B, Malaysia ★Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD), Norway
> 
> Guidelines for Authors
> 1. Submission of Manuscript: The manuscript should be original, and has not been published previously. Do not submit material that is currently being considered by another journal. The manuscript should be inMS Word format, submitted as an email attachment to our email address:journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org 2. Some requirements : Manuscripts may be 3000-12000 words or longer if approved by the editor, including an abstract, texts, tables, footnotes, appendixes, and references. The title should be on page 1 and not exceed 15 words, and should be followed by an abstract of 100-200 words. 3-5 keywords or key phrases are required.
> 3. Transfer of Copyright Agreement: Authors of the articles being accepted are required to sign up the Transfer of Copyright Agreement form.
> 4. Hard Copies: Author will receive 2 hard copies of the journal containing their articles.
> 5. Publication Fee: We will charge some fee if the paper is published in our journal.
> 
> Editorial Procedures
> All papers considered appropriate for this journal are reviewed anonymously by at least two outside reviewers. The review process usually takes two to three weeks. Papers are accepted for publication subject to no substantive, stylistic editing. The editor reserves the right to make any necessary changes in the papers, or request the author to do so, or reject the paper submitted. A copy of the edited paper along withthe first proofs will be sent to the author for proofreading. They should be corrected and returned to the editor within seven days. Once the final version of the paper has been accepted, authors are requested not to make further changes to the text.
> 
> Best Regards,
> Emma Woo
> Editor Office
> Journalism and Mass Communication, ISSN 2160-6579 David Publishing Company
> 240 Nagle Avenue #15C, New York, NY 10034, USA,
> E-mail:  journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org
> Tel: 1-323-984-7526; 1-323-410-1082     Fax: 1-323-984-7374; 1-323-908-0457
> 
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