Journal hijacking explained

Journal hijacking refers to the brandjacking of a legitimate academic journal by a malicious third party. Typically, the imposter journal sets up a fraudulent website for the purpose of offering scholars the opportunity to rapidly publish their research online for a fee. The term hijacked journal may refer to either the fraud[1] or the legitimate journal.[2] The fraudulent journals are also known as "clone journals".[3] Similar hijacking can occur with academic conferences.[4]

Background

In 2012, cyber criminals began hijacking print-only journals by registering a domain name and creating a fake website under the title of the legitimate journals.[5]

The first journal to be hijacked was the Swiss journal Archives des Sciences. In 2012 and 2013, more than 20 academic journals were hijacked.[6] In some cases, scammers find their victims in conference proceedings, extracting authors' emails from papers and sending them fake calls for papers.[7]

There have also been instances of journal hijacking wherein hijackers take over the journal's existing domain name after the journal publisher neglects to pay the domain name registration fees on time.[8] [9]

List of hijacked journals

There are several hundred documented cases of journal hijackings; hijacked journals with existing Wikipedia articles include:[10] [11]

See also

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Danevska . Lenche . Spiroski . Mirko . Donev . Doncho . Pop-Jordanova . Nada . Polenakovic . Momir . How to Recognize and Avoid Potential, Possible, or Probable Predatory Open-Access Publishers, Standalone, and Hijacked Journals . Prilozi . 1 November 2016 . 37 . 2–3 . 5–13 . 10.1515/prilozi-2016-0011. 27883329 . free .
  2. Web site: Menon . Varun G. . 18 July 2018 . How are Predatory Publishers Preying on Uninformed Scholars? Don't Be a Victim . Online Educational Symposium Series . IGI Global .
  3. Asim . Zeeshan . Sorooshian . Shahryar . Clone journals: a threat to medical research . Sao Paulo Medical Journal . 13 January 2020 . 137 . 6 . 550–551 . 10.1590/1516-3180.2018.0370160919. 31939492 . 9754270 . free .
  4. Web site: Kolata . Gina . For Scientists, an Exploding World of Pseudo-Academia . The New York Times . 7 April 2013.
  5. 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 . 389–394 . Mehrdad . Jalalian . Hamidreza . Mahboobi.
  6. Butler . Declan . Sham journals scam authors . Nature . 27 March 2013 . 495 . 7442 . 421–422 . 10.1038/495421a . 23538804. 2013Natur.495..421B . free .
  7. Dadkhah . Mehdi . Quliyeva . Aida . Social Engineering in Academic World . Journal of Contemporary Applied Mathematics . 4 . 2 . 3–5 . 2015.
  8. Web site: Can journals get hijacked? Apparently, yes. Alison. McCook. 19 November 2015. Retraction Watch.
  9. Feature: How to hijack a journal. Science. John. Bohannon. 19 November 2015. 10.1126/science.aad7463.
  10. Web site: BEALL'S LIST OF POTENTIAL PREDATORY JOURNALS AND PUBLISHERS . Beall's List . 27 July 2024.
  11. Web site: Retraction Watch Hijacked Journals Checker. . Google Docs . 27 July 2024.

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