Web of Science de-listed 82 journals, including 15 from Hindawi (March, 2023)

Clarivate announced the exclusion of 82 journals from the Web of Science core collection. This also means that these de-listed journals lost their Impact Factor.

The announcement was made in the midst of a series of complaints that have been made against major scientific publishers suspected of not carrying out the due process of peer review, publishing articles without scientific rigor in exchange for high publication fees, mostly paid with public money.

The released note says:

"At the start of the year, more than 500 journals were flagged. Our investigations are ongoing and thus far, more than 50 of the flagged journals have failed our quality criteria and have subsequently been de-listed.

The geographical spread of the de-listed journals is wide, affecting both major commercial publishing houses and smaller or society publishers. All editorial decisions have been communicated to the publishers, who are responsible for communicating outcomes to their editorial boards, authors and readers.

Once we determine that a journal no longer meets our quality criteria, we have a responsibility to act. We will continue to identify journals of concern and de-list any journals which fail to meet our quality criteria."

Among the publishers most affected by the measure, we have:

Hindawi LTD (15 journals de-listed);

Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis LTD (4 journals de-listed);

Wiley-Hindawi (4 journals de-listed);

AME Publishing Company (2 journals de-listed);

BMJ Publishing Group (2 journals de-listed);

MDPI (2 journals de-listed);

Sage Publications LTD (2 journals de-listed);

Springer (2 journals de-listed);

Springer Heidelberg (2 journals de-listed);

Wiley (2 journals de-listed)

It is important to analyze the number of de-listed journals and the total number of journals that each publisher has in the core collection. Wiley-Hindawi (15,4% of journals de-listed), AME Publishing Company (11,1% of journals de-listed) and Hindawi LTD (9,2% of journals de-listed) were the hardest hit. The Wiley and Hindawi partnership has been the target of criticism by researchers around the world, mainly due to the dubious reputation of the publisher Hindawi.

In the coming months, further removals may occur, as stated in the note released by Clarivate.

[Integrative & Complementary Medicine]

EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

[Oncology]

ANNALS OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE

JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY

TUMORBOARD

CURRENT COLORECTAL CANCER REPORTS

[Psychiatry]

EVIDENCE-BASED MENTAL HEALTH

[Medicine, Research & Experimental]

JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCE

PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL & HEALTH SCIENCES

WORLD FAMILY MEDICINE

NETHERLANDS JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

[Health Care Sciences & Services]

ANNALS OF PALLIATIVE MEDICINE

BMJ SIMULATION & TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED LEARNING

JOURNAL OF HEALTHCARE ENGINEERING

[Nutrition & Dietetics]

PROGRESS IN NUTRITION

[Pharmacology & Pharmacy]

JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL NEGATIVE RESULTS

출처:

https://predatoryreports.org/news/f/web-of-science-de-listed-82-journal-including-15-from-hindawi

WOS delisted 82 journals:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AiUI0qf4SqXzn8OXy6HZtma3Z8sLgJIBtgAcv6D5mK0/edit