Dentistry 3000 (EISSN: 2167-8677) lists papers accepted just one day after submission.
Peer review in 24 hours? That’s either groundbreaking efficiency or no review at all. #PredatoryJournals
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Screenshot of a fake website imitating Mathematical Notes of NEFU (ISSN:2411-9326), showing journal details, Scopus logo, and a red "FAKE" stamp across the page.
Another case of #HijackedJournals:
Mathematical Notes of NEFU (ISSN:2411-9326) has been hijacked. The fake website mzsvfu.co.uk was registered on 12/20/2024.
P.S. Not included in any known list of hijacked journals.
Chinese journals are top targets for hijackers due to weak online presence, language barriers, and high volume of titles.
Screenshot of a fake website imitating the Journal of Zhengzhou University – Natural Science (ISSN: 1671-6841), showing journal details, Scopus logo, and a red "FAKE" stamp across the page.
Another case of #HijackedJournals:
Journal of Zhengzhou University-Natural Science (ISSN:1671-6841) has been hijacked. The fake website naturalscience.fyi was registered on 2025-06-24.
P.S. Not included in any known list of hijacked journals.
Thanks @5gh.bsky.social
A post by @alamr.bsky.social suggests that the website of a Chinese journal "Advances in Mechanics" (力学进展) is hijacked. The official website for the journal should be: lxjz.cstam.org.cn We appreciate @alamr.bsky.social sharing such information, we will contact the journal as soon as possible
Chinese Academy of Sciences updates list of untrustworthy journals, adding 5 for ties to #papermills:
1️⃣Wireless Personal Communications
2️⃣Natural Resources Forum
3️⃣Computers & Electrical Engineering
4️⃣Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A
5️⃣Scalable Computing: Practice and Experience
#academicpublishing
Screenshot of the Scopus profile for the Journal of Neonatal Surgery (ISSN: 2226-0439), showing a significant increase in documents published in 2025 (231) compared to previous years.
Unbelievable! #Scopus missed a red flag with the Journal of Neonatal Surgery. @doaj.bsky.social delisted it on 20-Jan-2025 for not adhering to best practices, yet Scopus indexed 231 papers in 2025—over 6x the 2024 count! Time for Scopus to step up and ensure quality control.
#PublishingEthics
Screenshot from Scopus showing details for Optical and Quantum Electronics: CiteScore 2023 of 4.6, coverage from 1969 to 2024 (now discontinued). Publisher: @SpringerNature. Subject areas include Electrical Engineering, Atomic Physics, and Optics. Key metrics like SNIP 2023 (0.925) and SJR 2023 (0.467) are also displayed.
Optical and Quantum Electronics has been delisted from #Scopus after irregularities flagged by #Scopus Radar. Over 200 papers have been retracted since September for issues like compromised peer review and nonsensical content, as revealed by @retractionwatch.com:
retractionwatch.com/2024/10/15/s...
Author Guidelines of Amfiteatru Economic
Journal requiring H-index ≥3 for corresponding authors? Yikes. Excluding early-career researchers, reinforcing academic inequality, and valuing metrics over merit. Science suffers when we prioritize numbers over ideas.
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Another case of #HijackedJournals. Zhuzao/Foundry (ISSN: 1001-4977) has been hijacked. The fake website foundryjournal.net was registered on 2023-07-28.
P.S. Not included in any known list of hijacked journals.
