Wulfenia (journal) explained

Wulfenia
Abbreviation:	Wulfenia
Discipline:	Botany
Editor:	Roland K. Eberwein
Publisher:	Regional Museum of Carinthia
Country:	Austria
Frequency:	Annually
History:	1994-present
Website:	http://www.landesmuseum.ktn.gv.at/210226w_DE.htm?seite=15
Issn:	1561-882X
Oclc:	311991108

Wulfenia: Mitteilungen des Kärntner Botanikzentrums is a print-only peer-reviewed scientific journal of botany published by the Regional Museum of Carinthia. It was established in 1998^[1] and the editor-in-chief is Roland K. Eberwein (Carinthian Botanic Center).

Scam

Wulfenia journal is one of the first hijacked journals. The journal has been the subject of an online scam, with fake web addresses such as www.wulfeniajournal.at, www.wulfeniajournal.com, and www.multidisciplinarywulfenia.org illegally re-posting copies of the original journal articles and inviting scientists to pay large fees before their works are considered for "publication".^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2011 impact factor of 0.267, ranking it 178th out of 190 journals in the category "Plant Sciences".^[7]

Notes and References

1. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPublicationSearch.do;jsessionid=C5E9BBC83FFB55FE6F660BC2494C2787?back_page=%2Fipni%2FeditAdvPlantNameSearch.do%3Bjsessionid%3D17631E3E46A841CF2D1CBC81637FDD04%3Ffind_infragenus%3D%26find_geoUnit%3D%26find_includePublicationAuthors%3Dtrue%26find_addedSince%3D%26find_family%3D%26find_genus%3DPolygonum%26find_isGCIRecord%3Dtrue%26find_infrafamily%3D%26find_rankToReturn%3D%26find_publicationTitle%3D%26find_authorAbbrev%3D%26find_infraspecies%3D%26find_includeBasionymAuthors%3Dtrue%26find_modifiedSince%3D%26find_isIKRecord%3Dtrue%26find_species%3D%26output_format%3Dnormal&id=17872-2 Year of creation of the magazine in The International Plant Names Index
2. Web site: Will the real Wulfenia journal please stand up? . Matt . Hodgkinson . 9 September 2012 . 15 September 2012.
3. Web site: Two Print Journals Completely Hijacked by Online Hoodlums . Scholarly Open Access . 15 September 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120915034114/http://scholarlyoa.com/2012/09/05/two-print-journals-completely-hijacked-by-online-hoodlums/ . 15 September 2012 .
4. Web site: Landesmuseum Kärnten. landesmuseum.ktn.gv.at. 15 August 2015.
5. Hijacked Journal List: List of Hijacked Journals and Fake Publishers, First Edition. 2014. 10.6084/m9.figshare.1057631. Jalalian. Mehrdad.
6. Hijacked Journals and Predatory Publishers: Is There a Need to Re-Think How to Assess the Quality of Academic Research? . Walailak Journal of Science and Technology . 2014 . 11. 5. 389–94 . Mehrdad. Jalalian . Hamidreza. Mahboobi.
7. Book: 2012 . Journals Ranked by Impact: Plant Sciences . 2011 Journal Citation Reports . . Science . .