Last year, Scopus blitzed all links to journal websites from their profiles in a clumsy reaction to their data being infiltrated by journal hijackers, i.e., fraudsters who pose as a real journal.

Did it work? No. They're still indexing hijacked content, notes Anna Abalkina on Retraction Watch.

https://retractionwatch.com/2024/06/18/journal-hijackers-still-infiltrate-scopus-despite-its-efforts/

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Publication and collaboration anomalies in academic papers originating from a paper mill: Evidence from a Russia-based paper mill

https://microblogging.infodocs.eu/2023/09/04/publication-and-collaboration-anomalies-in-academic-papers-originating-from-a-paper-mill-evidence-from-a-russia-based-paper-mill/

#AcademicMisconduct #AnnaAbalkina #ghostwriting #PredatoryJournals #PredatoryPublishing #ResearchMisconduct #Russia #ScholarlyPublishing #ScientificCommunication