Bogus Organization Publishes Over 300 Open-Access Journals

Another bogus organization that wants your money.

The International Organization of Scientific Research and Development (IOSRD) launched recently with 3.94 x 10² journals. It’s a bogus organization that only wants to make easy money from scholarly authors.

It’s based in Madras … er, Chennai, India, a place where things tend to multiply a lot. It tries to present itself as a scholarly society (thus the term “Organization” in its name), but it is probably just one guy with a lot of free time to copy or make up journal titles.

When I added this “Organization” to my list on July 5th, it had 382 journals — now it has 394, so it is growing as we speak. You can see a full list of the journals here.

The journals are all broad in scope (for example, Journal of Housing), and many of the journals have titles that are near matches to existing journals.

The publisher uses the open-source Open Journal Systems software to manage all the journals.

Cracked.

The publisher has prepared a formal journal cover image for each of the journals, apparently lifting a picture from the internet every time. Here (above) is the cover image for International Journal of Ceramic [sic].

None of the journals I looked at had editorial boards or published articles, but I admit to not examining each and every one.

This publisher stands out for its audacity. I found no information on how much it costs to publish in the IOSRD journals, and it will be interesting to see if anyone actually does submit an article to any of them.

Appendix: List of International Organization of Scientific Research and Development journals as of 2016-07-09:

1. Global Journal of Acoustical Engineering
2. Global Journal of Aerospace Engineering
3. Global Journal of Aesthetics
4. Global Journal of African Studies
5. Global Journal of Algebra
6. Global Journal of American Studies
7. Global Journal of Analytical Chemistry
8. Global Journal of Approximation Theory
9. Global Journal of Asian History
10. Global Journal of Asian Studies
11. Global Journal of Astronomy
12. Global Journal of Automotive Engineering
13. Global Journal of Biomedical Engineering
14. Global Journal of Biostatistics
15. Global Journal of Business Ethics
16. Global Journal of Business Law
17. Global Journal of Cell Biology
18. Global Journal of Chemical Biology
19. Global Journal of Chemical Engineering
20. Global Journal of Chronobiology
21. Global Journal of Communication Studies
22. Global Journal of Comparative law
23. Global Journal of Competition law
24. Global Journal of Computational Biology
25. Global Journal of Continuum Mechanics
26. Global Journal of Cooperative Learning
27. Global Journal of Criminal Justice
28. Global Journal of Cultural Policy
29. Global Journal of Cultural Studies
30. Global Journal of Dentistry
31. Global Journal of Developmental Biology
32. Global Journal of Drug Policy
33. Global Journal of Early Childhood Education
34. Global Journal of Economic Policy
35. Global Journal of Education Policy
36. Global Journal of Elementary Education
37. Global Journal of Embryology
38. Global Journal of Emergency Management
39. Global Journal of English Studies
40. Global Journal of Entrepreneurship
41. Global Journal of Entrepreneurship
42. Global Journal of Environmental Science
43. Global Journal of Epidemiology
44. Global Journal of Ethics
45. Global Journal of Fire Ecology
46. Global Journal of Fire Safety
47. Global Journal of Fluid Mechanics
48. Global Journal of Food Engineering
49. Global Journal of Foodservice Management
50. Global Journal of Gerontology
51. Global Journal of Group Theory
52. Global Journal of Higher Education
53. Global Journal of Industrial Organization
54. Global Journal of Leadership
55. Global Journal of Mass Transit
56. Global Journal of Mastery Learning
57. Global Journal of Mechatronics
58. Global Journal of Media Studies
59. Global Journal of Mens Studies
60. Global Journal of Mental Health
61. Global Journal of Military History
62. Global Journal of Music
63. Global Journal of Numerical Analysis
64. Global Journal of Nutrition
65. Global Journal of Operations Research
66. Global Journal of Organizational Behavior
67. Global Journal of Orthodontics
68. Global Journal of Parasitology
69. Global Journal of Public Policy
70. Global Journal of Religion
71. Global Journal of Ring Theory
72. Global Journal of School Social Work
73. Global Journal of Secondary Education
74. Global Journal of Sex Education
75. Global Journal of Social Philosophy
76. Global Journal of Sport Management
77. Global Journal of Sport psychology
78. Global Journal of Sports Medicine
79. International Journal of Abnormal Psychology
80. International Journal of Actuarial Science
81. International Journal of Advanced Digital Design
82. International Journal of African History
83. International Journal of Agricultural Economics
84. International Journal of Agriculture
85. International Journal of Agronomy
86. International Journal of Algorithms
87. International Journal of Alternative Medicine
88. International Journal of American History
89. International Journal of Applied Economics
90. International Journal of Applied Physics
91. International Journal of Applied Psychology
92. International Journal of Archaeology
93. International Journal of Architecture
94. International Journal of Area Studies
95. International Journal of Arts
96. International Journal of Asian Psychology
97. International Journal of Astrophysics
98. International Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry
99. International Journal of Biochemical Engineering
100. International Journal of Bioeconomics
101. International Journal of Biological Anthropology
102. International Journal of Biological Psychology
103. International Journal of Biology
104. International Journal of Black Psychology
105. International Journal of Business Administration
106. International Journal of Business Analysis
107. International Journal of Business Economics
108. International Journal of Business Ethics
109. International Journal of Canadian Studies
110. International Journal of Ceramic
111. International Journal of Chemistry
112. International Journal of Clinical Biochemistry
113. International Journal of Clinical Immunology
114. International Journal of Clinical Laboratory Sciences
115. International Journal of Clinical Microbiology
116. International Journal of Clinical Physiology
117. International Journal of Clinical Psychology
118. International Journal of Coastal Engineering
119. International Journal of Coastal Management
120. International Journal of Community Practice
121. International Journal of Composite Materials and Processing
122. International Journal of Computational Physics
123. International Journal of Computational Statistics
124. International Journal of Computer Architecture
125. International Journal of Computer Science
126. International Journal of Consumer Education
127. International Journal of Cultural and Ethnic studies
128. International Journal of Cultural Geography
129. International Journal of Cytology
130. International Journal of Dance
131. International Journal of Data Structures
132. International Journal of Demography
133. International Journal of Design of Experiments
134. International Journal of Divinity
135. International Journal of Ecological Engineering
136. International Journal of Econometrics
137. International Journal of Economic Geography
138. International Journal of Economics
139. International Journal of Education
140. International Journal of Endodontics
141. International Journal of Entomology
142. International Journal of Environmental Management
143. International Journal of Environmental Studies and Forestry
144. International Journal of European Studies
145. International Journal of Exercise Physiology
146. International Journal of Family and Consumer Science
147. International Journal of Fisheries Management
148. International Journal of Gender and Sexuality Studies
149. International Journal of Geochemistry
150. International Journal of Geodesy
151. International Journal of Geography
152. International Journal of Geomatics
153. International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering
154. International Journal of Histology
155. International Journal of Human History
156. International Journal of Human Physical Performance and Recreation
157. International Journal of Human Services
158. International Journal of Human sexuality
159. International Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
160. International Journal of Information Theory
161. International Journal of Instrumentation Engineering
162. International Journal of Interior Architecture
163. International Journal of Interior Design
164. International Journal of International Relations
165. International Journal of Journalism, Media Studies and Communication
166. International Journal of Land Management
167. International Journal of Landscape Architecture
168. International Journal of Law
169. International Journal of Leisure Studies
170. International Journal of Library and Museum Studies
171. International Journal of Linear Algebra
172. International Journal of Linguistics
173. International Journal of Literature
174. International Journal of Logic
175. International Journal of Maritime Archaeology
176. International Journal of Medical Social Work
177. International Journal of Metallurgical Engineering
178. International Journal of Military Science
179. International Journal of Mining Engineering
180. International Journal of Natural Resource Management
181. International Journal of Near Eastern Archaeology
182. International Journal of Pastoral Counseling
183. International Journal of Philosophy
184. International Journal of Photonics
185. International Journal of Physical Fitness
186. International Journal of Political Science
187. International Journal of Polymer Engineering
188. International Journal of Power Systems
189. International Journal of Pure Mathematics
190. International Journal of Quantum Computing
191. International Journal of Recreation Ecology
192. International Journal of Religion
193. International Journal of Services Computing
194. International Journal of Social Work
195. International Journal of Sociolinguistics
196. International Journal of Sociology
197. International Journal of Solid State Circuits
198. International Journal of Space Science
199. International Journal of Sports Sciences
200. International Journal of Statistics
201. International Journal of Structural Mechanics
202. International Journal of Surveying
203. International Journal of Telecommunications Engineering
204. International Journal of Textiles
205. International Journal of Thermodynamics
206. International Journal of Transportation
207. International Journal of Urban Planning
208. International Journal of Wildlife Management
209. IOSRD International Journal of Anthropology
210. IOSRD International Journal of Applied Mathematics
211. IOSRD International Journal of Business
212. IOSRD International Journal of Earth Science
213. IOSRD International Journal of Engineering
214. IOSRD International Journal of Materials Engineering
215. IOSRD International Journal of Medicine
216. IOSRD International Journal of Physics
217. IOSRD International Journal of Power Electronics
218. IOSRD International Journal of Psychology
219. IOSRD International Journal of Public Administration
220. IOSRD International Journal of Systems Science
221. Journal of Acoustics
222. Journal of Administrative law
223. Journal of Aerobiology
224. Journal of African Religions
225. Journal of Agricultural Policy
226. Journal of Agro Chemistry
227. Journal of Agroecology
228. Journal of Agrology
229. Journal of Alternative Education
230. Journal of American Politics
231. Journal of Amphibious Warfare
232. Journal of Analytical Sociology
233. Journal of Anarchist Economics
234. Journal of Animal Husbandry
235. Journal of Animation
236. Journal of Anthropological Criminology
237. Journal of Appalachian Studies
238. Journal of Applied Sociology
239. Journal of Architectural Analytics
240. Journal of Architectural Analytics
241. Journal of Architectural Sociology
242. Journal of Archival Science
243. Journal of Artillery
244. Journal of Arts Administration
245. Journal of Astrobiology
246. Journal of Astrochemistry
247. Journal of Atomic, Molecular, And Optical Physics
248. Journal of Australian History
249. Journal of Battlespace
250. Journal of Behavioural Economics
251. Journal of Bibliometrics
252. Journal of Biocybernetics
253. Journal of Black Holes
254. Journal of Broadcast Journalism
255. Journal of Buddhism
256. Journal of Business English
257. Journal of Campaigning
258. Journal of Canadian Politics
259. Journal of Canon law
260. Journal of Cartography
261. Journal of Chaos Theory
262. Journal of Child Welfare
263. Journal of Chinese Folk Religion
264. Journal of Chinese Sociology
265. Journal of Church History
266. Journal of Citation Analysis
267. Journal of Civics
268. Journal of Classical Archaeology
269. Journal of Classical Language
270. Journal of Collective Behavior
271. Journal of Commercial Policy
272. Journal of Community Informatics
273. Journal of Comparative Anatomy
274. Journal of Comparative Education
275. Journal of Comparative literature
276. Journal of Comparative Politics
277. Journal of Complex Systems
278. Journal of Complexity Economics
279. Journal of Computational Economics
280. Journal of Computational linguistics
281. Journal of Conceptual Systems
282. Journal of Condensed Matter Physics
283. Journal of Conservation Biology
284. Journal of Conservation Science
285. Journal of Constitutional law
286. Journal of Corrections
287. Journal of Creative Nonfiction
288. Journal of Critical Pedagogy
289. Journal of Cross-Cultural Studies
290. Journal of Cryobiology
291. Journal of Cultural Anthropology
292. Journal of Culturology
293. Journal of Curriculum and Instruction
294. Journal of Cybernetics
295. Journal of Cytogenetics
296. Journal of Cytohematology
297. Journal of Decision Science
298. Journal of Dental Hygiene and Epidemiology
299. Journal of Dental Surgery
300. Journal of Diachronic Linguistics
301. Journal of Digital Journalism
302. Journal of Discourse Analysis
303. Journal of Doctrine
304. Journal of Domestic Policy
305. Journal of Drawing
306. Journal of E-Business
307. Journal of Edaphology
308. Journal of Egyptology
309. Journal of Energy Policy
310. Journal of Environmental chemistry
311. Journal of Epistemology
312. Journal of Ergonomics
313. Journal of Ethnic Studies
314. Journal of Ethnolinguistics
315. Journal of Ethnology
316. Journal of Ethnomusicology
317. Journal of Etymology
318. Journal of European History
319. Journal of Experimental Archaeology
320. Journal of Fashion design
321. Journal of Feminine Psychology
322. Journal of Feminist Geography
323. Journal of Field Theory
324. Journal of Filmmaking
325. Journal of Food Policy
326. Journal of Game Design
327. Journal of Game Theory
328. Journal of Gemology
329. Journal of Grammar
330. Journal of Graphic design
331. Journal of Gravitational Astronomy
332. Journal of Haemostasiology
333. Journal of Hetero Sexism
334. Journal of Highway Safety
335. Journal of Hinduism
336. Journal of Historic Preservation
337. Journal of Historical linguistics
338. Journal of Homiletics
339. Journal of Housing
340. Journal of Human Anatomy
341. Journal of Human Geography
342. Journal of Human Resources Management
343. Journal of Human sexual behavior
344. Journal of Indology
345. Journal of Industrial design
346. Journal of Infographics
347. Journal of Information Architecture
348. Journal of Interlinguistics
349. Journal of Intermodal Transportation Studies
350. Journal of Interstellar Medium
351. Journal of Jainism
352. Journal of Legal Management
353. Journal of Lie Algebra
354. Journal of Literary Criticism
355. Journal of Liturgy
356. Journal of Marine Transportation
357. Journal of Masculine Psychology
358. Journal of Mathematical Statistics
359. Journal of Medieval literature
360. Journal of Meta Philosophy
361. Journal of Military Engineering
362. Journal of Modern Language
363. Journal of Molecular Genetics
364. Journal of Museology
365. Journal of Museum Informatics
366. Journal of Network Science
367. Journal of Numerical Simulations
368. Journal of Operating Systems
369. Journal of Organizational Studies
370. Journal of Organology
371. Journal of Painting
372. Journal of Paleoanthropology
373. Journal of Pastoral Theology
374. Journal of Philosophical Traditions
375. Journal of Photography
376. Journal of Poetry
377. Journal of Port Management
378. Journal of Post-Modern Literature
379. Journal of Prehistoric Archaeology
380. Journal of Recording
381. Journal of Religious Education Techniques
382. Journal of Rhetoric
383. Journal of Sample Survey
384. Journal of Sikhism
385. Journal of Silviculture
386. Journal of Speech Communication
387. Journal of Sports Coaching
388. Journal of Statistical Modelling
389. Journal of Synchronic Linguistics
390. Journal of Theory of Computation
391. Journal of Toy and Amusement Design
392. Journal of Visual Arts
393. Journal of VLSI Design
394. Journal of World Literature