[Santiago]

Hi guys,

I was invited some days ago to send a manuscript for an special issue of "Fluids" (MDPI). I am asking because i have received mixed inputs about the Journal being predatory. I dont know if by being indexed in scopus counts.

Anyway, i have some material worth publishing, but i wouldnt like to send it to a "bad" Journal. Important is to say that the material i have right know wouldnt cut it for JFM, or JCP, since the material is more focused as a revision, validation, and improvement of some numerical model. In short there are some nice results, just not JFM kind.

Any advice would be appreciated.

[LuckyTran]

Nope, never heard of it. Sounds like a vanity publisher.

Honestly, you shouldn't publish in journals that you yourself have never heard about either because the probability of your work being relevant in that journal and to the readers of that journal will be very low. What is the purpose of publishing if you have no target audience? No one will ever read it (heck, even you haven't read it!), and it will never get cited.

arXiv.org might be better suited if you just want your results to exist on the net. It can live there until you find a place for it in a good article. Or publish it on your own website/blog.

[FMDenaro]

Originally Posted by Santiago

Hi guys,

I was invited some days ago to send a manuscript for an special issue of "Fluids" (MDPI). I am asking because i have received mixed inputs about the Journal being predatory. I dont know if by being indexed in scopus counts.

Anyway, i have some material worth publishing, but i wouldnt like to send it to a "bad" Journal. Important is to say that the material i have right know wouldnt cut it for JFM, or JCP, since the material is more focused as a revision, validation, and improvement of some numerical model. In short there are some nice results, just not JFM kind.

Any advice would be appreciated.

I get often advices about this new journal (2016) on LinkdIn. The editorial board has a list with some known names https://www.mdpi.com/journal/fluids
It seems to be covered by Scopus and WoS.
I never published however, I cannot say about my personal experience.

[Santiago]

Originally Posted by LuckyTran

Nope, never heard of it. Sounds like a vanity publisher.

Honestly, you shouldn't publish in journals that you yourself have never heard about either because the probability of your work being relevant in that journal and to the readers of that journal will be very low. What is the purpose of publishing if you have no target audience? No one will ever read it (heck, even you haven't read it!), and it will never get cited.

arXiv.org might be better suited if you just want your results to exist on the net. It can live there until you find a place for it in a good article. Or publish it on your own website/blog.

ArXiv migh be an interesting option but, I suppose, it is not strictly peer-revewed. So, one Can "publish" in ArXiv and then "un-publish" once one finds a suitable Journal?

[Santiago]

Originally Posted by FMDenaro

I get often advices about this new journal (2016) on LinkdIn. The editorial board has a list with some known names https://www.mdpi.com/journal/fluids
It seems to be covered by Scopus and WoS.
I never published however, I cannot say about my personal experience.

Hi Fillippo,

Well, I don't know whether the Journal's availability in a particular search engine is a guarantee of it's reach or quality. I checked the editorial board and, yes, there's some people from prestigious universities.

I also happen to see some known names publishing in "Marine", another Journal from the MDPI house (Eric Peterson from VTech, for instance, has published there). I don't know whether is was chosen as a 'last resort' .

[FMDenaro]

Originally Posted by Santiago

Hi Fillippo,

Well, I don't know whether the Journal's availability in a particular search engine is a guarantee of it's reach or quality. I checked the editorial board and, yes, there's some people from prestigious universities.

I also happen to see some known names publishing in "Marine", another Journal from the MDPI house (Eric Peterson from VTech, for instance, has published there). I don't know whether is was chosen as a 'last resort' .

To be honest, my opinion is that a well defined paper already addresses the journal for a submission. It is quite straightforward to have the first indication from the list of references one cites. Of course a fine refinement of the decision is about the quality of the final results presented in the paper.

From the lines you addressed you could be comfortable in submitting the paper on IJNMF.