Hijacked journal: a sad example of scientific misconduct
Hijacked journal: a sad example of scientific misconduct Although the first examples of hijacked journals are found round 2012 ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal_hijacking ) the phenomenon of hijacked journals is relatively new. It basically boils down to a type of fraud where imposters ‘clone’ a journal(s) (website) and pretends to be the (open access) version of a legit and genuine journal. One of the first websites that listed identified examples of hijacked journals https://beallslist.net/hijacked-journals/ described the phenomenon as “Sometimes someone will create a counterfeit website that pretends to be the website of a legitimate scholarly journal. The website creators then solicit manuscript submissions for the hijacked version of the journal, pocketing the money. In some cases, the legitimate versions of the journals are only published in print form, and they may not have websites.” Nowadays there is an excellent source with (yet) id...