Hijacked journals are still a threat — here’s what publishers can do about them

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• otter@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  This raised suspicions among the editors, because the IDPR doesn’t charge any publication fees. The message also contained a link to the IDPR’s website — but the URL was incorrect. When the editors clicked it, they discovered a counterfeit website with the journal’s branding and an e-mail address that they’d never seen before. The journal had been hijacked.

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• conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Maybe if the real journals didn’t charge researchers an arm and a leg to have their paper published behind an equally absurd paywall to be able to read (often heavily publicly funded) research they wouldn’t be so ripe for abuse.

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• technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Criminals mad that someone else stole their grift.

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• gofsckyourself@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  https://🪝🪝.com

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