06-27-2014, 02:57 AM
I'm not sure I would call this a "journal" rather than a vanity publication.
As it says in Talmud Yerushalemi: Estera b'legina "kish kish" qarya.... However, I dare say that in this case leyth klom b'legina.
Peace,
-Steve
- First "Eidutha" is not a Palestinian Aramaic word that means "church," "congregation," or "assembly" that I am aware of. I believe that they *mean* /`edta/ but that's predominantly an Eastern Aramaic term (although I believe it may appear in late CPA).
- Half the articles are by the same person, who is also the "General Editor." That's a big red flag.
- Anyone who "publishes" an article in it automatically becomes an editor and gets a free one-year subscription. That's another big red flag.
- There is no style guide or publication guidelines outside of file formats.
- All articles in the first issue have been "previously published" (that is to say, posted to Academia.edu profiles-- not actually published).
- Many of the articles have some very serious problems with them that should have been picked up in any "peer review" process... I cannot list them all here, there are too many.
- And one thing that made me double-take: "Front cover is believed to be in the public domain."? Erm... what?
As it says in Talmud Yerushalemi: Estera b'legina "kish kish" qarya.... However, I dare say that in this case leyth klom b'legina.
Peace,
-Steve