Bentham Science Publishers
| Founded | 1994 |
|---|---|
| Publication types | scientific journals, ebooks |
| Official website | www.benthamscience.com |
Bentham Science Publishers is a publishing company of scientific, technical, and medical literature based at Sharjah.[1][2] Bentham publishes more than 106 subscription-based academic journals[2] and over 230 open access journals and e-books.[3]
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[edit] Journals
[edit] Subscription based journals
Bentham publishes 106 print and online and over 200 Open Access scholarly journals. Major fields covered by the journals include science, technology, medicine, engineering, chemistry, life sciences pharmaceutical science and social sciences.
Some high impact factor journals are:
- Current Molecular Medicine
- Current Alzheimer Research
- Current Gene Therapy
- Current Pharmaceutical Design
- Current Cancer Drug Targets
- Current Medicinal Chemistry
- Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry
[edit] Bentham Open
Bentham Open publishes over 230 peer-reviewed open access journals covering all major disciplines of science, technology, medicine, engineering, mathematics, chemistry, life sciences, pharmaceutical science, earth sciences, social sciences, and environmental science. Examples are:
[edit] Bentham eBooks
Bentham eBooks publishes online and open access eBooks and eLectures in all areas of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and humanities.
[edit] Controversy
Bentham Open journals claim to employ peer review;[4] however, some reports that a fake paper generated with SCIgen had been accepted for publication, have cast doubt on this.[5][6][7] Furthermore, the publisher got a reputation of spamming scientists with invitations to become a member of the editorial board of one of their scholarly journals.[8]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Contact Us". Homepage. Bentham Science Publishers. http://www.benthamscience.com/Contact.php. Retrieved 2010-12-26.
- ^ a b "Bentham stays small for high impact". ACCESS | Asia 's Newspaper on Electronic Information Product & Service. http://www.aardvarknet.info/access/number50/monthnews.cfm?monthnews=11. Retrieved 2010-12-26.
- ^ "Bentham Science Publishers". Home Page. http://www.benthamscience.com/. Retrieved 2010-12-26.
- ^ "Bentham Open Home Page". Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.. http://www.bentham.org/open/index.htm. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
- ^ "CRAP paper accepted by journal - opinion - 11 June 2009". New Scientist. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17288-crap-paper-accepted-by-journal.html. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
- ^ "Editors quit after fake paper flap". The Scientist. http://www.the-scientist.com/blog/display/55759/. Retrieved 2010-07-29./
- ^ "Chefredaktør skrider efter kontroversiel artikel om 9/11" (in Danish). Videnskab.dk. http://videnskab.dk/content/dk/naturvidenskab/chefredaktor_skrider_efter_kontroversiel_artikel_om_911. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
- ^ Some background on Bentham Open, but just some Peter Suber, Open Access News, April 24, 2008
