Mohammed Al-Amr 🇵🇸
@alamr.bsky.social
PhD in Applied Math • Assoc. Prof. at University of Mosul • Interested in #hijackedjournals #predatoryjournals #ScholarlyPublishing • Tweets/Likes=Mine
Dentistry 3000 (EISSN: 2167-8677) lists papers accepted just one day after submission.
Peer review in 24 hours? That’s either groundbreaking efficiency or no review at all. #PredatoryJournals
doi.org/10.5195/d300...
doi.org/10.5195/d300...
doi.org/10.5195/d300...
doi.org/10.5195/d300...
Peer review in 24 hours? That’s either groundbreaking efficiency or no review at all. #PredatoryJournals
doi.org/10.5195/d300...
doi.org/10.5195/d300...
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October 18, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Dentistry 3000 (EISSN: 2167-8677) lists papers accepted just one day after submission.
Peer review in 24 hours? That’s either groundbreaking efficiency or no review at all. #PredatoryJournals
doi.org/10.5195/d300...
doi.org/10.5195/d300...
doi.org/10.5195/d300...
doi.org/10.5195/d300...
Peer review in 24 hours? That’s either groundbreaking efficiency or no review at all. #PredatoryJournals
doi.org/10.5195/d300...
doi.org/10.5195/d300...
doi.org/10.5195/d300...
doi.org/10.5195/d300...
Another case of #HijackedJournals:
Mathematical Notes of NEFU (ISSN:2411-9326) has been hijacked. The fake website mzsvfu.co.uk was registered on 12/20/2024.
P.S. Not included in any known list of hijacked journals.
Mathematical Notes of NEFU (ISSN:2411-9326) has been hijacked. The fake website mzsvfu.co.uk was registered on 12/20/2024.
P.S. Not included in any known list of hijacked journals.
September 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Another case of #HijackedJournals:
Mathematical Notes of NEFU (ISSN:2411-9326) has been hijacked. The fake website mzsvfu.co.uk was registered on 12/20/2024.
P.S. Not included in any known list of hijacked journals.
Mathematical Notes of NEFU (ISSN:2411-9326) has been hijacked. The fake website mzsvfu.co.uk was registered on 12/20/2024.
P.S. Not included in any known list of hijacked journals.
Chinese journals are top targets for hijackers due to weak online presence, language barriers, and high volume of titles.
This year, I've received multiple reports from different individuals indicating that certain Chinese academic journals have been hijacked. We are now conducting a deeper investigation into the patterns of these #HijackedJournal. (1/2)
September 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Chinese journals are top targets for hijackers due to weak online presence, language barriers, and high volume of titles.
Another case of #HijackedJournals:
Journal of Zhengzhou University-Natural Science (ISSN:1671-6841) has been hijacked. The fake website naturalscience.fyi was registered on 2025-06-24.
P.S. Not included in any known list of hijacked journals.
Journal of Zhengzhou University-Natural Science (ISSN:1671-6841) has been hijacked. The fake website naturalscience.fyi was registered on 2025-06-24.
P.S. Not included in any known list of hijacked journals.
September 4, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Another case of #HijackedJournals:
Journal of Zhengzhou University-Natural Science (ISSN:1671-6841) has been hijacked. The fake website naturalscience.fyi was registered on 2025-06-24.
P.S. Not included in any known list of hijacked journals.
Journal of Zhengzhou University-Natural Science (ISSN:1671-6841) has been hijacked. The fake website naturalscience.fyi was registered on 2025-06-24.
P.S. Not included in any known list of hijacked journals.
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Science sleuths flag hundreds of papers that use AI without disclosing it buff.ly/eote6wP
Science sleuths flag hundreds of papers that use AI without disclosing it
Telltale signs of chatbot use are scattered through the scholarly literature — and, in some cases, have disappeared without a trace.
buff.ly
April 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Science sleuths flag hundreds of papers that use AI without disclosing it buff.ly/eote6wP
Reposted by Mohammed Al-Amr 🇵🇸
A post by @alamr.bsky.social suggests that the website of a Chinese journal "Advances in Mechanics" (力学进展) is hijacked. The official website for the journal should be: lxjz.cstam.org.cn We appreciate @alamr.bsky.social sharing such information, we will contact the journal as soon as possible
April 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
A post by @alamr.bsky.social suggests that the website of a Chinese journal "Advances in Mechanics" (力学进展) is hijacked. The official website for the journal should be: lxjz.cstam.org.cn We appreciate @alamr.bsky.social sharing such information, we will contact the journal as soon as possible
Chinese Academy of Sciences updates list of untrustworthy journals, adding 5 for ties to #papermills:
1️⃣Wireless Personal Communications
2️⃣Natural Resources Forum
3️⃣Computers & Electrical Engineering
4️⃣Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A
5️⃣Scalable Computing: Practice and Experience
#academicpublishing
1️⃣Wireless Personal Communications
2️⃣Natural Resources Forum
3️⃣Computers & Electrical Engineering
4️⃣Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A
5️⃣Scalable Computing: Practice and Experience
#academicpublishing
April 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Chinese Academy of Sciences updates list of untrustworthy journals, adding 5 for ties to #papermills:
1️⃣Wireless Personal Communications
2️⃣Natural Resources Forum
3️⃣Computers & Electrical Engineering
4️⃣Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A
5️⃣Scalable Computing: Practice and Experience
#academicpublishing
1️⃣Wireless Personal Communications
2️⃣Natural Resources Forum
3️⃣Computers & Electrical Engineering
4️⃣Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A
5️⃣Scalable Computing: Practice and Experience
#academicpublishing
Unbelievable! #Scopus missed a red flag with the Journal of Neonatal Surgery. @doaj.bsky.social delisted it on 20-Jan-2025 for not adhering to best practices, yet Scopus indexed 231 papers in 2025—over 6x the 2024 count! Time for Scopus to step up and ensure quality control.
#PublishingEthics
#PublishingEthics
March 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Unbelievable! #Scopus missed a red flag with the Journal of Neonatal Surgery. @doaj.bsky.social delisted it on 20-Jan-2025 for not adhering to best practices, yet Scopus indexed 231 papers in 2025—over 6x the 2024 count! Time for Scopus to step up and ensure quality control.
#PublishingEthics
#PublishingEthics
Optical and Quantum Electronics has been delisted from #Scopus after irregularities flagged by #Scopus Radar. Over 200 papers have been retracted since September for issues like compromised peer review and nonsensical content, as revealed by @retractionwatch.com:
retractionwatch.com/2024/10/15/s...
retractionwatch.com/2024/10/15/s...
January 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Optical and Quantum Electronics has been delisted from #Scopus after irregularities flagged by #Scopus Radar. Over 200 papers have been retracted since September for issues like compromised peer review and nonsensical content, as revealed by @retractionwatch.com:
retractionwatch.com/2024/10/15/s...
retractionwatch.com/2024/10/15/s...
Journal requiring H-index ≥3 for corresponding authors? Yikes. Excluding early-career researchers, reinforcing academic inequality, and valuing metrics over merit. Science suffers when we prioritize numbers over ideas.
August 14, 2024 at 12:46 PM
Journal requiring H-index ≥3 for corresponding authors? Yikes. Excluding early-career researchers, reinforcing academic inequality, and valuing metrics over merit. Science suffers when we prioritize numbers over ideas.
Another case of #HijackedJournals. Zhuzao/Foundry (ISSN: 1001-4977) has been hijacked. The fake website foundryjournal.net was registered on 2023-07-28.
P.S. Not included in any known list of hijacked journals.
P.S. Not included in any known list of hijacked journals.
August 7, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Another case of #HijackedJournals. Zhuzao/Foundry (ISSN: 1001-4977) has been hijacked. The fake website foundryjournal.net was registered on 2023-07-28.
P.S. Not included in any known list of hijacked journals.
P.S. Not included in any known list of hijacked journals.
The wolf in Scopus’ clothing: Another hijacked journal has indexed nearly 900 articles
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retractionwatch.com/2024/07/08/t...
The wolf in Scopus’ clothing: Another hijacked journal has indexed nearly 900 articles
Mohammed Al-Amr A prolific hijacked journal has managed to breach the defenses of Scopus, one of the world’s leading academic databases. This time, the target is the award-winning journal Com…
retractionwatch.com
July 10, 2024 at 8:32 PM
The wolf in Scopus’ clothing: Another hijacked journal has indexed nearly 900 articles
retractionwatch.com/2024/07/08/t...
retractionwatch.com/2024/07/08/t...