Dear colleagues,
I require urgent assistance regarding the authenticity of the "Plasma Science and Technology" journal. Upon investigation, I found two websites bearing the same name and ISSN number "ISSN: 1009-0630":
This discovery raises concerns about the legitimacy of one of these platforms. I seek your expertise in discerning the genuine journal from any potential fraudulent counterpart.
Your prompt assistance in clarifying this matter is greatly appreciated.
Warm regards,
Dear Lina Naji I raised this/your point here on RG https://www.researchgate.net/post/New_very_misleading_type_of_scam_Anyone_with_recent_examples and mentioned and I quote:
“Thanks to a highly valued member of RG, I came across another example of a hijacked version of a legit and genuine journal called “Plasma Science and Technology”. There are two legit websites of the two (co-)publishers behind this journal:
https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/1009-0630
And
http://pst.hfcas.ac.cn (see also enclosed file how proper papers published by them look like).
The website http://dlztkxyjs-e.cn/index.php/pst/index is fake.
There are numerous red flags:
-Looking at the latest volume 25 number 1, I see that basically all papers have nothing to do with the scope of the journal http://dlztkxyjs-e.cn/index.php/pst/index
-Looking at the contact info of this fake journal it is vague, and they make use of Gmail http://dlztkxyjs-e.cn/index.php/pst/about/contact
-The papers published by this fake version are not edited that well, it looks extremely basic. They pretend to be open access while the real one is subscription-based
So, unbelievable but this fake version is a blunt example of a hijacked version of a legit and genuine journal."
Best regards.