Under suspicion: Koros Press
Koros Press Limited (based in London, UK, run by Mr. Muz Shafi according to publisher's web site) started publishing biology books this year, and the first titles arrived in our library recently. We were astounded to realize that two books, "edited" by Kirk Bryant, had exactly the same content. These were:
This kind of repackaging of content can be described as bogus publishing. Other Koros Press titles seen were of rather low quality as well.
- Encyclopaedia of genetic analysis in cell biology and molecular biology / Part 3: Theoretical analysis in genome project. Edited by Bryant, Kirk ; London (Koros Press), 2012; 280 pp.; ISBN: 978-1-78163-095-2
- Theoretical analysis in genome project. Edited by Kirk Bryant ; London (Koros Press), 2012; 280 pp.; ISBN: 1-78163-200-6 ; 978-1-78163-200-0
This kind of repackaging of content can be described as bogus publishing. Other Koros Press titles seen were of rather low quality as well.
nbutb01 - 2012-12-18 12:51