Tuesday, 18. December 2012

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:
  • 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
The price of each volume is 95 British Pound. There is no indication of authors in these volumes, so it can be supposed that Kirk Bryant is rather the author than an editor. Contents and their arrangement seem to be a little bit confused in some sections. The book title "Theoretical analysis in genome project" (odd in itself) does not fit well the contents.
This kind of repackaging of content can be described as bogus publishing. Other Koros Press titles seen were of rather low quality as well.

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