title: A second chance for authors of hijacked journals to publish in legitimate journals.
abstract: This article proposes the republication of articles that have previously been published in counterfeit websites of hijacked journals. The paper also discusses the technical and ethical aspects of republishing such articles.
authors.affiliation: Editor-in-Chief, Electronic physician, Mashhad, Iran.
authors.forename: Mehrdad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jalalian
keywords: Hijacked journal; Legitimate journal; duplicate publication