Re: Call for papers, reviewers and Editorial-Advisory Board members

[Carol Hutchins <carol.hutchins@nyu.edu>]

Margaret, Yes, faculty ask from time to time when they receive 
invitations to boards of outfits they've never heard of.

I'll repeat here what I noted on PAMnet about this one a couple 
of weeks ago:  one of the "resources" links is to Midlife Dating 
Network.

Carol Hutchins, NYU


Margaret Landesman wrote:
> Do others of you have faculty reporting ads like this?  From this
> and other sources?
>
> It's touching to see an "overriding passion" to assist academics,
> but could it also be phrased, "Since faculty author, review, and
> edit for free, why not see if they'll do it for us?"
>
> Margaret Landesman
> Utah
>
>
> > Call for papers, reviewers and Editorial-Advisory Board members
> >
> > Every researcher, writer or artist deserves a fair consideration
> > to be published. Scientific Journals International (SJI)
> > provides an efficient forum for publishing research and creative
> > work from all disciplines. SJI has assembled an extensive and
> > prestigious Editorial and Advisory Board
> > (www.scientificjournals.org/editorial_board.htm).
> >
> > This initiative is driven by an overriding passion to assist
> > researchers, writers and artists to cope with the "publish or
> > perish" reality that has been created by the policies of the
> > academia and funding agencies. According to several surveys, a
> > large majority of authors and researchers cite slow review
> > process and publication delays in the current system as a major
> > obstacle to their publishing objectives.  Many have also
> > expressed concerns about the fairness and integrity of the peer
> > review process in traditional scholarly publishing. Some
> > scholars have argued that there is a need to liberate the
> > publication process for broader and fairer access.
> >
> > Scientific Journals International (SJI) is the first global
> > initiative that intends to accomplish this objective.  We
> > sincerely believe that researchers, writers and artists who have
> > devoted months or years to a research/creative project, should
> > not be shut out of the publication world simply because they did
> > not follow some procedural or stylistic rules and guidelines or
> > because their work did not fit in.  All traditional journals
> > have very rigid stylistic or procedural policies that unduly
> > create artificial barriers and in effect retard innovation and
> > creativity.
> >
> > Scientific Journals International (SJI) maintains minimal
> > procedural and stylistic rules, and accepts papers that follow
> > any style manual such as APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.  A fair
> > peer-reviewed evaluation system is used to select papers for
> > publication. SJI maintains a rapid electronic submission, review
> > and publication process.  Additionally, we do not set the same
> > limitations on the length of the article as other traditional
> > and online journals do. Our capability for perpetual future
> > accessibility and preservation is also extremely valuable to
> > both authors and readers.
> >
> > Our manuscript submission guidelines can be found at
> > http://www.scientificjournals.org/submission.htm. Application
> > form for Reviewers and Editorial Advisory Board can be found at
> > http://www.scientificjournals.org/wanted.htm. Current issues can
> > be found at http://www.scientificjournals.org/current_issue.htm.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Neil A. Anderson
> > Scientific Journals International (SJI)
> > http://www.scientificjournals.org
> > or http://www.gcchq.com/SJI