I am a MA student, nearing the end of my graduate career. I wrote a paper and have been looking for places to publish said paper. I looked through the University of Pennsylvania’s call for papers and submitted a paper to flycc’s International Journal of Humanities, Art, and Social Studies.
My paper was accepted to be published, and they asked for different things, including a 200$ “publishing fee”. Does anyone have any experience with this? I think I just paid 200$ to get duped..
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Unfortunately, yeah, we pay to get published, even in the sciences. $200 is pretty good. A couple of tricks that you can use to check if the journal is real is (1) does it appear in databases? (2) does it have an impact factor? (IDK if you do that in the humanities)
Hope this helps.
yes those are super shady i think 🙁 almost got duped myself by one of those a few years ago. Generally, you want to look if the editorial board makes any sense whatsoever (relevant people in relevant fields), and if it’s not too broad (the title does give it away a little here, i’m afraid). Do definitely see if you can get your money back or something! what gave it away for me was when their “peer review” consisted entirely of “just make the conclusion a little bit longer” – you want a lot of comments, generally!
As a student, the best way to find a legitimate place to publish your paper is to ask your academic mentors/advisors – where does your thesis advisor publish, and where do they think is a good place for your work? Googling around can lead to frustration. Even if it’s a legit journal, it may not be one anyone reads. I’m unfamiliar with the humanities so I cannot comment on the particular journal you submitted to.
I search the UPenn call for papers often. I got this from a professor who was pushing us to publish. $200 for a lesson is actually kind of cheap! BUt definitely feel like an idiot!