May 27, 2021

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How hijacked journals keep fooling one of the world’s leading databases

eJournals, Research SupportMay 27, 2021

(26 May 2021) There was the case of Talent Development and Excellence, which cloned an existing journal and managed to index hundreds of articles in Scopus, one of the world’s leading databases for scholarly literature. The Transylvanian Review did the same thing, and so did Test Engineering and Management. These journals — which can make millions of dollars for…

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IFLA Asia and Oceania Regional Quarterly News May 2021 Issue is now available

Asia Pacific, LibrariesMay 27, 2021

(21 May 2021) The latest issue of the IFLA Asia & Oceania Regional Newsletter is now available. In this issue: UN SDGs: Preserving Nusantara Manuscripts and Supporting Sustainable Cities and Communities Development, by National Library of Indonesia Connecting Generations to Build Technology Skills at the Library, by Shoalhaven Libraries, Australia University Library’s Modernisation Improves…

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