This is REAL!!! The journal we have been tracking down (Journal of Telecommunications, ISSN 2042-8839, http://sites.google.com/site/journaloftelecommunications/ ) some weeks back since many authors contacted us and inform us that it appears that no review was taking place! All they receive is a registration form some days after they submitted their paper asking them to pay 100 UK Pounds. The journal starts publishing in February 2010.
One of our investigator send them a scigen paper entitled “Towards the Development of Interrupts” and receive after 3 weeks an acceptance email from the journal editor editor.telecommunications@googlemail.com informing him that the paper has been accepted for publication in July 2010.
Below is the email received from the journal:
Dear Sir,
Paper title:
Towards the Development of Interrupts
One of our investigator send them a scigen paper entitled “Towards the Development of Interrupts” and receive after 3 weeks an acceptance email from the journal editor editor.telecommunications@googlemail.com informing him that the paper has been accepted for publication in July 2010.
Below is the email received from the journal:
Dear Sir,
We are please to inform you that your paper has been accepted for publication.
Towards the Development of Interrupts
But note that you will have to format your paper according to the paper template found on the journal website under the page Authors guidelines: http://sites.google.com/site/journaloftelecommunications/authorsguidelines
Please find attached the Paper registration form.
You are requested to print this form, fill in the required information, and send a scan copy of it together with a scan copy of the bank transfer transaction to editor.telecommunications@googlemail.com as proof of payment.
The last date of registration is on Wednesday, 14th July 2010 by 18:00 GMT
Please note that you will have to send the copyright agreement form, find a template on the journal website: http://sites.google.com/site/journaloftelecommunications/authorsguidelines
Thanks and Regards,
Journal of Telecommunications.
Please find attached the Paper registration form.
You are requested to print this form, fill in the required information, and send a scan copy of it together with a scan copy of the bank transfer transaction to editor.telecommunications@googlemail.com as proof of payment.
The last date of registration is on Wednesday, 14th July 2010 by 18:00 GMT
Please note that you will have to send the copyright agreement form, find a template on the journal website: http://sites.google.com/site/journaloftelecommunications/authorsguidelines
Thanks and Regards,
Journal of Telecommunications.