Mosher — (and anyone else interested in this aspect of the BEST decision to publish in GIGS)
Your statement: “I will suggest that you check your facts. no fees were paid. no fees were waved. no fees were ever discussed.”
The fact is, of course, I did check. I personally called SciTechnol’s office in Henderson, Nevada. They are the publishers of GIGS. I spoke with their representative. He explained to me carefully that ALL of SciTechnol’s journals are published on an “author-pays” basis. He carefully explained that sometimes, at the discretion of the editors, fees can be waived in their entirety, partially waived, or charged in full. He kindly offered to waive any fees for students from UVI (the University of the Virgin Islands) based on our lower standard of living.
I am surprised that you don’t know this, since you have seemed to indicate that you arranged the publishing of the BEST results paper personally. Perhaps you should have investigated more carefully. Everyone else seems to know how OMICS/SciTechnol operates.
The BEST web site FAQ has only this confused sentence “Manuscripts accepted by GIGS are not subject to any page/color charges, or article processing charges, so nor can it be considered a “author-pays” journal.”
We have to guess at the meaning, but the statement that GIGS is not an “author-pays” journal is simply false.
Anyone wishing to check this for themselves, including Mr. Mosher and others on the BEST team, can call or write:
SciTechnol
2360 Corporate Circle, Suite 400
Henderson, NV 89074-7722, USA
Ph: +1-888-843-8169
Fax: +1-650-618-1414
Why in the world anyone would contest such an easily check-able fact is beyond me.
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