Dear Sujatha Aravindakshan Menon ,

As far as I can see your paper is unfortunately still present at their website https://www.sumc.lt/index.php/se/article/view/898/702 For those interested, indeed there is a fake (hijacked version) active https://www.sumc.lt/index.php/se/index (they hijacked the ISSN 1392-5369) and is published by Science Research Society (SRS).

Indeed the legit and genuine journal can be found here https://www.journals.vu.lt/special-education and Scopus mentioned this real homepage as well https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21100223584?origin=sbrowse (use both ISSN 1392-5369 and ISSN 2424-3299).

Anyway, back to your question. I think you can (re)claim authorship of the link here at RG https://www.researchgate.net/publication/362746881_Advocating_Deep_Ecology_in_Masurkar%27s_Sherni and then go to button “More” and remove the paper. If this all somehow does not seem to work, you should contact the RG team: https://www.researchgate.net/contact and/or RG support team is using this contact e-mail: [email protected]

When it comes to the paper in the cloned version of the journal it will be a matter of “hope and pray” on whether they will honor your request to withdraw/retract the paper. The point is that they are obviously essentially criminals with no other intention than to mislead victims and grabbing as much money as they can. Following proper publishing practices, such as retracting/withdrawing a paper on authors request, is unfortunately not that likely.

Best regards.

PS. For those wondering whether the journal might be hijacked one can check this excellent source: https://retractionwatch.com/the-retraction-watch-hijacked-journal-checker/ (indeed the title Specialusis Ugdymas is included).

Thanks a million Rob. You're an angel.

Regards,

Sujatha Menon