Time Journals

Eight subject-area journals were listed as of January 2016 and January 2017, with no address for the publisher. From the website (1/29/17):
⊡ "It arises from a reaction to the severe restriction of knowledge distribution imposed by subscription publishing models ... ."
⊡ "at the forefront of building the ultimate open journals platform."
⊡ "rapid publication (monthly) of manuscripts in virtually all fields of human endeavor."
⊡ "Customer-focused passion to win"
In a banner labelled "testimonials," the website reports that "Dr. Lu Qi has become the Founding Editor in Chief of Food & Nutrition: Current Research." It identifies Dr. Qi as "Adjunct Professor, Peking University, Beijing; Associate Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School (HMS); Boston, MA, USA." The notorious Omics International lists Dr. Qi as a member of the editorial board of its Journal of Nutrition and Food Sciences, and he was listed as a speaker for Omics' 4th International Conference and Exhibition on Nutrition, Chicago, 2015.
Time Journal of Biological Sciences and Technology
In January 2016, the Time Journal of Biological Sciences supposedly was "Monthly published," yet its archive showed only three issues every year, often consisting of a single article (with the same article sometimes appearing in more than one issue). In January 2017, the most recent issue available was for January 2016. It consists of a single article, on "Effect of cooking on the antinutrient composition of dikanut," which really appears in Vol. 1(3) pp.17 -20, October 2013.
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