JSci Med Central is a publisher of various academic journals from Hyderabad, India.JSci Med Central. Connect2India.com, archived on archive.org on 23 September 2022JSciMed Central. Ambitionbox, accessed 9 November 2022Jobs and Vacancies » jscimed central. jobs.cari.co.in, archived on archive.org on 3 July 2022 JSciMed Central has been included on Beall's List of potential predatory open-access publishers,Beall’s List of Potential Predatory Publishers, accessed Novembefr 9, 2022 and has faced other criticisms of its publishing practices.
Activities JSciMed Central was incorporated in Hyderabad in 2013. The company uses an Open Access model of publishing, which charges the authors. Articles are distributed online and free of cost or other barriers. The company claims that articles are peer-reviewed before publication.Starting Page. jscimedcentral.com, accessed 12 November 2022 In November 2022 the company published about 144 journals in the fields of Medical, Clinical, Chemical, Engineering, Pharmacy, and Life Sciences. As of 2022, most or all of its journals do not have a scientific editor in chief. JSciMed Central' journals are not listed in Clarivate's Web of Science,Master Journal List. Web of Science Group, accessed 9 November 2022 and not indexed in National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE.
Criticism JSciMed Central was listed in Beall's List of potential predatory open-access publishers. The company has been criticized for sending out email spam to scientists, calling out for papers,"Greetings for the day!" Unsolicited e-mails from questionable journals Dtsch Zahnärztl Z Int 2020; 2: 109–113.EMAIL Correspondence with (predatory) publishers | #001. Predatory Publishing (eblog), accessed 9 November 2022M. MecKenzie et al.: Predatory publishing solicitation: a review of a single surgeon’s inbox and implications for information technology resources at an organizational level. Canadian Journal of Surgery, Volume 64 (3), 1 June 2021, p. E351-E357 and to publish journals that have not achieved indexing in any recognized service, and were therefore considered as potential or probable predatory open-access journals.Linda S. Murphy et al.: In reply to: "Not All Young Journals Are Predatory". Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, Volume 18, No. 2, February 2017, p. 319-322B. Hansoti et al.: Discriminating Between Legitimate and Predatory Open Access Journals: Report from the International Federation for Emergency Medicine Research Committee. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, Volume 17, No. 5, p 497–507
Journals The following journals are listed at the JSciMed Central website:
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