Open-Access Publisher McMed International Helps Authors Needing a Fast Publication

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I recently learned of the new open-access publisher McMed International. Everything about this publisher is amateurish and even childish. Its website feels like it was designed for children, and no serious researcher should publish here.

McMed launched with 79 journals, many of which gratuitously use geographical terms in their titles. Though based in Chennai, India, McMed publishes journals with titles containing geographical terms such as “American,” “European,” and “Scandinavian.” They even publish the Singapore Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, despite lacking any honest connection to the country.

Another “whopper” from McMed International

The publisher’s URL is http://mcmed.us/, yet it has no honest connection with the United States. McMed also publishes the pseudo-science journal International Journal of Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy Research.

As shown in the image above, the journals launched without ISSNs.

I learned about the publisher because someone forwarded me a copy of a spam email soliciting articles for the McMed publication International Journal of Advances in Case Reports. This is seriously one of the dumbest journal titles I have ever heard of, and I have heard of many. The spam email said,

You will be very happy, I promise, to publish your next scientific work (Original Research/Review Articles/Case Studies) with INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCES IN CASE REPORTS and we humbly request your patronage.

We are glad to provide you the insight of our truly global and multi-specialty team of editors and peer-reviewers. Our dedicated proofreaders, cheerfully labor on your Manuscripts in a speedy way, with high quality standards on the back of their minds and offer you very appropriate content improvisation wherever required.

Finally, the spam email promises, “Review Process will complete within 1 days after submission.” I was surprised to observe that the journals contain a fair number of published articles. Who in their right mind would submit here?

Can scholarly publishing get any worse than this?

Scholarly communication is being threatened on many fronts. Publishers like McMed International are a large component of this threat.

Appendix:

List of McMed International Journals as of 2015-01-15

1. American Journal of Advanced Medical & Surgical Research
2. American Journal of Advances in Nursing Research
3. American Journal of Biological and Pharmaceutical Research
4. American Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology
5. American Journal of Computer Science and Research
6. American Journal of Engineering Science and Research
7. American Journal of Human Genetics and Molecular Biology
8. American Journal of Oral Medicine and Radiology
9. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
10. Asian Pacific Journal of Nursing
11. Australian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
12. British Journal of Material Sciences and Technology
13. British Journal of Nanotechnology and Applications
14. Canadian Journal of Biological and Microbiology Research
15. Der Pharmacologia Sinica
16. European Journal of Complementary and Alternative Medicine
17. European Journal of Environmental Ecology
18. European Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
19. European Journal of Marine Biology and Entomology Research
20. European Journal of molecular biology and biochemistry
21. European Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
22. European Journal of Negative Results in Biomedicine
23. European Journal of Nursing
24. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Research
25. European Journal of Pharmacology & Toxicology
26. European Journal of Zoology
27. International Journal of Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy Research
28. International Journal of Advanced Analytical Chemistry
29. International Journal of Advanced Ayurveda Research
30. International Journal of Advanced Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
31. International Journal of Advanced Dental Research
32. International Journal of Advanced Engineering Science and Technology
33. International Journal of Advanced Immunology Research
34. International Journal of Advanced Oncology Research
35. International Journal of Advanced Paediatrics
36. International Journal of Advanced Zoological Research
37. International Journal of Advances in Case Reports
38. International Journal of Advances in Diabetic Research
39. International Journal of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences
40. International Journal of Andrology Research
41. International Journal of Animal Health Development
42. International Journal of Animal, Veterinary & Fishery Sciences
43. International Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
44. International Journal of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology
45. International Journal of Business Intelligence
46. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
47. International Journal of Community Health Nursing
48. International Journal of Dermatology & Cosmetic Sciences
49. International Journal of Economics and Finance Research
50. International Journal of Educational Management & Research
51. International Journal of Endocrinology & Metabolism Research
52. International Journal of Food and Dairy Technology
53. International Journal of Gastroenterology Studies
54. International Journal of Homeopathy Research
55. International Journal of Integrative Andrology and Endocrinology
56. International Journal of Mathematics Education Research
57. International Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology Research
58. International Journal of Neuro & Psychological Disorders
59. International Journal of Nursing Education & Research
60. International Journal of Nutrition and Food Research
61. International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Nursing
62. International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research
63. International Journal of Odontology Sciences
64. International Journal of Ophthalmic Research
65. International Journal of Orthopaedics and Physiotherapy
66. International Journal of Pain Research
67. International Journal of Pediatric Nursing
68. International Journal of Psychology and Social Sciences
69. International Journal of Renal Diseases
70. International Journal of Research in Infectious Diseases
71. International Journal of Research in Mechanical and Materials Engineering
72. International Journal of Respiratory Research
73. International Journal of Sports Medicine and Physiotherapy
74. International Journal of Traditional System of Medicine
75. International Journal of Veterinary Science & Research
76. International Journal of Yoga and Unani Medicine
77. Journal of Advanced Nursing Practice
78. Scandinavian Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Research
79. Singapore Journal of Pharmaceutical Research