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'''World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology''' is a scholarly open access, peer reviewed, interdisciplinary, monthly and fully refereed international journal focusing on theories, methods and applications in Science, Engineering and Technology. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology aims to maintain a rapid editorial procedure and a rigorous peer review system. The submitted articles are peer reviewed within approximately three months of submission and the accepted full text articles are published on the internet immediately upon receiving the final versions free of charge. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology enables fast dissemination of high quality scientific and technical information freely available worldwide. |
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The '''World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology''' or '''WASET''' is a predatory publisher<ref>{{cite web |url=http://scholarlyoa.com/2014/08/28/predatory-publisher-organizes-conference-using-same-name-as-legitimate-conference/ |title=Predatory Publisher Organizes Conference Using Same Name as Legitimate Conference |publisher=Scholarly Open Access |last=Beall| first=Jeffrey |authorlink=Jeffrey Beall |accessdate=2015-02-03}}</ref> that publishes a number of [[open access journal]]s on a wide variety of scientific and technical subjects. It also organizes several [[scientific conference]]s a year, using names that are the same of similar to real conferences organized by established scientific groups. The conferences are low-quality and anyone can present a paper by simply paying the registration fee.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ottawacitizen.com/technology/science/science-and-the-death-of-peer-review |title=Science fiction? Why the long-cherished peer-review system is under attack|publisher=Ottawa Citizen|last=Spears|first=Tom|accessdate=2015-02-03}}</ref> |
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<ref>http://waset.org/Publications</ref> |
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The academy has been listed as a "potential, possible, or probable" [[Predatory open access publishing|predatory publisher]].<ref>Jeffrey Beall, [http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/ Potential, possible, or probable predatory scholarly open-access publishers], ''Scholarly Open Access: Critical analysis of scholarly open-access publishing'', dated 5 November 2013. Accessed 5 November 2013.</ref> Indeed, one of their journals accepted an obviously fake article in a [[Who's Afraid of Peer Review?|sting operation]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6154/60/suppl/DC1 |title=Data and Documents |publisher=AAAS |last1=Bohannon |first=John}}</ref> |
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WASET is based in Turkey and its domain name is registered in Azerbaijan.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.panorama.am/en/popular/2014/06/24/waset-azerbaijan/ |title=Azerbaijani "academy" fools a lot of scientists from around the world |publisher=Panorama |accessdate=2015-02-03}}</ref> It is run by Cemal Ardil, a former science teacher, with assistance from his daughter Ebru and his son Bora. Cemal Ardil is also the person who has published the most articles on the WASET website.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/pazar/16512276.asp |title=Parayı bastıranı profesör yapıyorlar |publisher=Hurriyet |last=Kaplan |first=Sefa |language=Turkish |accessdate=2015-02-03}}</ref> |
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== References == |
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== External links == |
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* {{Official website|http://www.waset.org}} |
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[[Category:Engineering societies]] |
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Revision as of 08:04, 19 February 2015
World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology is a scholarly open access, peer reviewed, interdisciplinary, monthly and fully refereed international journal focusing on theories, methods and applications in Science, Engineering and Technology. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology aims to maintain a rapid editorial procedure and a rigorous peer review system. The submitted articles are peer reviewed within approximately three months of submission and the accepted full text articles are published on the internet immediately upon receiving the final versions free of charge. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology enables fast dissemination of high quality scientific and technical information freely available worldwide.