(7 Feb 2023) Have you heard about hijacked journals, which take over legitimate publications’ titles, ISSNs, and other metadata without their permission?
Hijacked journal: Linguistica Antverpiensia, New Series – Themes in Translation Studies
What happened: The journal became a perfect target for hijackers when it expanded its title from “Linguistica Antverpiensia” and changed its web domain. Fraudulent publishers hijacked the journal in 2021, re-registering the old, expired domain under the original, shorter name Linguistica Antverpiensia.
Indexing: The original journal was indexed in Scopus, initially under the original (shorter) name.
In May 2021, the number of papers indexed that year under the journal’s original name reached 131. However, the majority – if not all – came from the hijacked journal.
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