This is hard to say. I lack any first-hand experiences, so I need to rely on vague cues. There are some good signs for them not being predatory, though, such as the following: - Their [Twitter account][1] shows that they have a relatively large following with a high degree of community engagement, being tagged by influential researchers and institutions such as *the Physics Magazine* (of the *American Physical Society*) etc. This indicates that they are taken seriously within a larger scholarly community. (However, their main account [@theSAIorg][2] seems to be inactive.) - Most of their [editorial board members][3] seem to know how to publish well. - They deposit metadata at *CrossRef*, according to a search for the publisher "Science and Information Organization" in [CrossRef's Title List][4]. (But then again, according to the discussion [here][5], there are notorious predatory publishers that do the same.) - Their articles seem well-cited. [Google Metrics shows a h5-median of 59][6] for this journal, for example. - Researchers affiliated at some reputational institutions publish in their journals. Just look at the left-hand side list titled "Top Institutions" at *Microsoft Academic*, such as for [this journal (IJACSA)][7] (e.g. showing the Max Planck Society) or for [this journal (IJARAI)][8] (e.g. showing the MIT). At the same time, there are some puzzling circumstances, which makes me skeptical of my initial judgement. Such as the following: - They are not indexed at the [DOAJ][9]. - There are "< 10" peer review reports [validated by *Publons* for their main journal][10], which could mean anything from 1 review to 9. And that is quite a low number for a journal that has published so many articles over multiple years. - Likewise, there are no peer review reports documented at [*SciRev*][11]. In the end, it seems best to repeat this response [on the same question (regarding a journal of SAI) on Twitter][12]: [!["Without doing a full analysis, we are not sure. Sorry"][13]][13] [1]: https://twitter.com/SAIConference [2]: https://twitter.com/theSAIorg [3]: https://thesai.org/Publications/EditorialBoard?code=IJACSA [4]: https://apps.crossref.org/titleList/ [5]: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2018/07/30/dropping-hammer-predatory-publishers-get-pounded-regulators-press/ [6]: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&view_op=list_hcore&venue=mXEpiUoOKBEJ.2020 [7]: https://academic.microsoft.com/search?q=international%20journal%20of%20advanced%20computer%20science%20and%20applications&qe=%40%40%40Composite(J.JN%3D%3D%27international%20journal%20of%20advanced%20computer%20science%20and%20applications%27)&f=&orderBy=3 [8]: https://academic.microsoft.com/search?q=international%20journal%20of%20advanced%20research%20in%20artificial%20intelligence&qe=%40%40%40Composite(J.JN%3D%3D%27international%20journal%20of%20advanced%20research%20in%20artificial%20intelligence%27)&f=&orderBy=3 [9]: https://doaj.org/ [10]: https://publons.com/journal/531264/international-journal-for-advanced-computer-scienc/ [11]: https://scirev.org/ [12]: https://twitter.com/LetrasLima/status/1182290898262118401 [13]: https://i.sstatic.net/wZ1mr.png [14]: https://i.sstatic.net/K8d7J.png