Hijacked/Cloned Journal: The Fake Journals Researchers Must Beware of!

        Today, scammers are creating fake websites that impersonate real academic journals to trick researchers into submitting their manuscripts and paying publication fees.

   • The journal name might be real.

   • The ISSN might be real.

   • But the website may be fake.

Potential impacts include:

   • Loss of publication fees

   • Loss of rights to the manuscript

   • Delays in publication

   • Negative impacts on your scholarly work

   • Before Submitting Your Manuscript, you should always verify the journal and website from reliable sources:

   • Check the journal's official website

   • Check the journal's ISSN

   • Check the publisher and editorial board

   • Check its status in academic databases

   • Check the peer review process

   • Check the journal's status in Scopus or other relevant indexing databases

   • Use reliable verification sources

        *** Even journals listed in Scopus can be impersonated. Therefore, you should always verify the journal's official website before submitting your manuscript.