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MIAR down?

According to the Internet Archive, the last good record of the MIAR database was December 20, 2025. Currently all pages with the miar.ub.edu subdomain are now a 404 error. Thankfully this was an extensively crawled database but it's unfortunate now that all that data is up in the air. Anyone who knows Catalan who would be able to inquire to the university - it would be helpful to find out what happened. I am not seeing any news about it. -- Reconrabbit 14:48, 7 January 2026 (UTC)

• They are back!!!! --Randykitty (talk) 15:49, 10 January 2026 (UTC)

  Looks like it's down again. Making it tough to fill out Mammalian Species with indexing. -- Reconrabbit (talk) 17:22, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Frontiers in Sociology

Another editor has created Draft:Frontiers in Sociology for a possibly predatory journal. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 20:12, 24 January 2026 (UTC)

COI edit request relevant to this project: Journal of Personnel Psychology

Just notifying members of this project that there is a Conflict of Interest edit request relevant to this WikiProject at the Journal of Personnel Psychology article. DrThneed (talk) 04:33, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

MECS Press Journal

@Randykitty and @Headbomb are MECS Press Journals still considered predatory journals because if {{doi|10.5815}} or (mecs-press.org) are introduced then the following pops-up → Warning: An automated filter has identified this edit as introducing references to a predatory open access journal or publisher.

For e.g International Journal of Image, Graphics and Signal Processing (IJIGSP) (https://www.mecs-press.org/ijigsp/) is listed in Scopus (verify) and in OCLC database (761347167). Thanks. Agent 007 (talk) 17:28, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

If its not then needs to be removed from Template:Predatory open access source list Agent 007 (talk) 17:31, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

Nearly all of their journals are included in Scopus Agent 007 (talk) 17:39, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

For Scopus, 6 MECS journals, out of 10 current titles, are indexed in it. Perhaps they have improved.

OCLC is nothing, and Scopus indexed some predatory journals. Not that many, but some. Looking at the list advertised by e.g. https://www.mecs-press.org/ijigsp/, there's a lot of things that aren't indexing services, like WorldCat, absolutely terrible ones you wouldn't want to advertise like IndexCopernicus, and AFIACT non-existant services like "Open Access Articles". Advertising non-services as indices is typical of predatory publishers.

Looking at , it started being in Scopus in 2019, so I would at the very least, be very wary of citing anything before 2019. And still weary of citing it after. But maybe it's ok. I'm not an image algorithm expert. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 00:42, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

Talk:Israel Numismatic Research

Some input from other editors would be welcome, I don't currently have the time to continue this discussion. Thanks! --Randykitty (talk) 12:19, 28 March 2026 (UTC)

Notability assessment: Draft:Advances.in/psychology

Hi all, I'd appreciate input from editors familiar with academic journal notability on Draft:Advances.in/psychology. The draft has been declined twice at AfC on general notability grounds, but the declines didn't address WP:NJOURNALS, and I'd like a sense of whether the sourcing is sufficient before resubmitting.

Indexing: Scopus (CiteScore 3.1) Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals JUFO Publication Forum

Independent secondary coverage: Goodman, S. (2022). "Is It Time to Pay Peer Reviewers?" The Chronicle of Higher Education "Can journals that pay peer reviewers succeed?" (2026). Times Higher Education Hogan, S. (2026). "Paying reviewers can fix system's 'structural problem', editor argues." Research Professional News

The journal is relatively young (founded 2022) and has an unusual publishing model (paid peer reviewers and editors), which is what the trade-press coverage focuses on.

My specific questions: Does Scopus indexing alone satisfy NJournals Criterion 1 here, or is the CiteScore too low / the journal too new for that to carry weight?

Do the Chronicle and THE pieces count as substantive independent coverage, given that both quote the founder?

Are there sourcing gaps I should try to fill before resubmitting?

I have no connection to the journal — I came across it in an open science course and thought it warranted an article. Thanks for any input. Safa33331 (talk) 08:47, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Gynecologic Oncology (journal)#Requested move 19 April 2026

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Gynecologic Oncology (journal)#Requested move 19 April 2026 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 10:13, 3 May 2026 (UTC)