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Biocore's International Journal of Criminal and Forensic Science: An exhilarating approach

Biocore's International Journal of Criminal and Forensic Science " will emphasize high-level research of clinical relevance and exhilarating approach." It "deals with clinical case reports, mysterious incidents happens in the Forensic and Criminal research group." One not-so-exhilarating incident is the publication of a previously published paper on "Fingerprint Geometric Analysis." (Compare the IJCFS paper with the JFCI paper .)* The paper is mysterious indeed, but it ends with the promise that "Be assured, this method will provide a successful outcome!" Biocore has been labelled a predatory publisher and conference organizer . This journal has no editor-in-chief named, but it lists an editorial with the following members as of 5/16/18: ⊡ Dobbert Duane , Professor, Division of Justice Studies, American College of Forensic Examiners International ⊡ Ismail M. Sebetan , Professor of Forensic Sciences, National University ⊡ Presley Larry , As...

Juniper Publishers and the Journal of Forensic Science & Criminal Investigation

Juniper Publishers are " honorably accepting E-books " and " delightfully launching the Audio Articles." Google Maps indicates that the address as of 10/10/16 is an apartment house in Thousand Oaks, California. This is a change from the initial addresses in 2015. Those were a mail forwarding front and an apartment house in Dubai, which led Beall to suspect that "thirty-six science journals are being published by one man out of a flat in Dubai. The website displays unbounded ambition : "Juniper publishers have been established with the aim of spreading quality scientific information to the research community throughout the universe . We ... strive to offer the best in class ... thus matching up with the rapidity of the twenty-first century." All this for only $1049 for a research article from a "high income country." From the guidelines for authors: "Juniper reviewers are requested to provide authentic, positive review comments and ...