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Should I use Wecmelive?

CME LIVE Open Access - wecmelive.com

· 1 week ago

Avoid submitting here if you need an indexed, CV-credible publication. A ResearchGate thread questions whether its journals are predatory and a security scanner rates the domain low-trust. It is only passable as a free-to-read archive of niche case reports you independently verify.

Confidence

Medium. Based on ~30 public sources; no first-hand author accounts of fees, turnaround, or acceptance found.

Ratings

  • Value for moneyNo fee or pricing evidence found
  • Ease of useNo author experience evidence found
  • Feature depthPublisher, not software; nothing to score
  • Support qualityNo support reviews in evidence
  • Security posture

Pricing

Not disclosed

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed

Best for

  • Reading niche case reports for free
  • Authors needing fast, guaranteed open-access placement
  • Cross-disciplinary work rejected by selective journals

Not for

  • Researchers needing indexed, CV-credible publications
  • Clinicians citing case reports as strong evidence
  • Institutions that screen for predatory publishers
  • Anyone shopping for software, this is a journal publisher

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

No article processing fees found in public sources; ask costs before submitting

high

Indexing claims unverifiable; confirm DOAJ or Web of Science status before relying on publication

medium

Security scanners rate the domain low-trust; share minimal personal data

medium

Peer-review rigor unclear despite published process pages; expect inconsistent quality

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Articles are free to read under an open-access model
  • Some articles are cited in indexed venues like PubMed Central and SAGE
  • Accepts case reports and cross-disciplinary papers selective journals reject
  • Scam Detector reports one of the higher trust scores

Cons

  • ResearchGate thread asks outright whether its journal is predatory
  • Gridinsoft flags unverified social links and a low trust score
  • Publishes across unrelated fields, medicine, astronomy, economics, veterinary science
  • Reddit posts promoting its articles resemble author self-promotion, not independent endorsement

Sources & method

- 9 sources - No known breaches; scanners rate the domain low-trust and flag unverified social links.

official x3review x2security x2news x2
  • Low trust rating with unverified social links, Gridinsoft's scanner reports a low score (shown truncated as '35/') and warns about unverified social links on.

Key stats

  • Security posture: 2/5

    Rating

  • Not disclosed

    Starting price

  • 9

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money. No fee or pricing evidence found
  • Ease of use. No author experience evidence found
  • Feature depth. Publisher, not software; nothing to score
  • Support quality. No support reviews in evidence
  • Security posture: 2/5. Scanner flags low trust, unverified links
  • 35/100 Gridinsoft trust score Snippet truncated at '35/'; flags unverified social links
  • 6+ Journal breadth Spanning medicine, astronomy, economics, veterinary science
  • May 2025 Predatory concerns raised ResearchGate community thread

Pricing

Not disclosed

Security

No known breaches; scanners rate the domain low-trust and flag unverified social links.

  • Low trust rating with unverified social linksGridinsoft's scanner reports a low score (shown truncated as '35/') and warns about unverified social links on.²

What users say

discussion is sparse and skeptical: a ResearchGate thread questions whether its astronomy journal is predatory, while Reddit posts promoting its articles read as self-seeding.

“Is the Explorations in Astronomy & Astrophysics journal...”
ResearchGate community thread
“How many of you have developed SIBO post-COVID? Or during the pandemic? https://www.wecmelive.com/open-acc…”
Reddit, r/SIBO

Alternatives

Compare Wecmelive with each alternative.

  • PLOS ONE

    Established open-access mega-journal with real peer review and indexing

  • BMJ Case Reports

    Reputable, indexed home for clinical case reports like these

    Wecmelive vs BMJ Case Reports

  • DOAJ-listed journals

    Search vetted open-access journals verified for indexing standards

  • Springer Nature

    Traditional publisher whose indexing carries institutional weight

Full analysis

Based on ~30 public sources; no first-hand author accounts of fees, turnaround, or acceptance found.

Academic publisher, not software. Predatory-journal questions, low trust score, undisclosed fees. Publish elsewhere.

Methodology

Based on ~30 public sources; no first-hand author accounts of fees, turnaround, or acceptance found.

Read how a report is made.

Sources

  1. Is the Explorations in Astronomy & Astrophysics journal predatory?researchgate.net
    review
  2. Wecmelive.com Review: Unverified Social Linksgridinsoft.com
    security
  3. wecmelive.com Reviews: Is this site a scam or legit?scam-detector.com
    security
  4. SIBO after COVID — Redditreddit.com
    review
  5. CME GROUP Publications | CME GROUP | Open Accesswecmelive.com
    official
  6. Clinical and Medical Engineering Live | Author Guidelineswecmelive.com
    official
  7. Peer Review Processwecmelive.com
    official
  8. Plasmonic SPR biosensor (PMC article citing wecmelive)pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
    news
  9. Neurosurgical Care for TBI (SAGE, citing wecmelive)journals.sagepub.com
    news

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