title: Characteristics of Hijacked Journals and Predatory Publishers: Our Observations in the Academic World.
abstract: The academic world today includes hijacked journals and predatory publishers that operate based on a 'pay and publish' model and function for financial reasons only. Here we present lesser known aspects and practices of these journals to researchers, showing the core of the problem.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer and Information Technology, Foulad Institute of Technology, Fouladshahr, Isfahan 8491663763, Iran. Electronic address: dadkhah80@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Mehdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dadkhah
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Sciences, Pomeranian University in Słupsk, Słupsk, Poland.
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maliszewski
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer and Information Technology, Foulad Institute of Technology, Fouladshahr, Isfahan 8491663763, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad Davarpanah
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Jazi
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D011643:Publishing / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D012106:Research / Q000592:standards
keywords: academic eminence; academic world; hijacked journals; paper hijacking; predatory publisher