Does anybody knows anything about INFORMATICA JOURNAL (SCI expanded), which publishes an article at a cost of 423 US/or equivalent bitcoin? Is this journal fake or true?
Dear Huseyin Yilmaz ,
The journal with website http://informaticajournal.com/ (or http://www.informaticajournal.com/ ) is fake, it is the hijacked version of the authentic one.
The real journal indeed has:
-A real Scopus index (https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/25461 ) the journal is linked to https://www.iospress.nl/journal/informatica/
-The SCIE is real (https://mjl.clarivate.com/search-results use keyword informatica and you find the journal also linked to https://www.iospress.nl/journal/informatica/
Both sites redirect you to the authentic journal: https://informatica.vu.lt/journal/INFORMATICA they warn for the fake version: https://informatica.vu.lt/journal/INFORMATICA/information/attention
The real version (open access) clearly state it is free of costs https://informatica.vu.lt/journal/INFORMATICA/information/article-processing-charges-apc
Your information seems to confirm that the one you looked at is fake, since:
-the costs you mentioned are not mentioned anywhere (so no transparency) on their site
-they present themselves as subscription based so why do you need to pay while it is a subscription-based journal?
So, well-spotted your gut feeling told you that there might be something odd going here. Stay away from the fake one and consider the free of cost authentic one.
Best regards.
PS. If I have some time I will add your find to my list of hijacked journals not yet included in the Beall’s list of hijacked journals (https://beallslist.net/hijacked-journals/ ): https://www.researchgate.net/post/New_very_misleading_type_of_scam_Anyone_with_recent_examples
Allowing you to pay the publication fee in Bitcoin or other cryptocurrency should be a warning that the journal is either fake or predatory.
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