Experiences with Scientific Research Publishing (SCIRP) journals

This recent Nature news item would seem to suggest rather strongly that SCIRP is not a serious outfit. Given the ethical improprieties mentioned in that article, staying away from such journals with a ten-foot pole (or longer) seems advisable.

Yes, I do indeed have some direct experience with them. I've written about it on my blog.

Summary: The SCIRP journal Advances in Pure Mathematics provisionally accepted a randomly-generated nonsense paper. This seems a clear indication that their peer-review process is a sham, and that they are essentially a vanity press, and not a "serious outfit" at all.

Scientific Research Publishing is currently listed in Beall's List of Predatory, Open-Access Publishers, so it isn't a good idea to submit papers to their journals.