作者：羅威
被劫持的期刊(Hijacked Journal)指在未經合法期刊授權下，使用及仿照合法期刊的期刊名稱、ISSN或其他Metadata的方式，製作相似的網站、聯絡資訊等，甚至接管註冊過期的期刊網域名稱，進行從投稿方獲利的行為，並已滲入Scopus、Web of Science及WHO COVID-19 library等大型資料庫中。
Hijacked Journal的面貌多元，除接管過期的合法期刊網域名稱，也可能像釣魚網站一樣，製作沒有官網的期刊網站、修改網域名稱的幾個字、使用合法期刊的舊網域名稱、使用合法期刊縮寫、使用停刊網域等方式混淆視聽。Scopus及其他資料庫也因此受害，可能的情況包含索引有問題的連結、收錄被劫持的期刊文章或不存在的學者等。即使資料庫在查證後刪除該資料，但被劫持的期刊文章有可能已被引用，進而出現在Springer等知名期刊的文獻中。
多數劫持期刊會避開大型知名期刊出版商，如Elsevier、Springer、Wiley等，另可能以非英美語系國家為主，且多提供「快速審查」服務，讓急於投稿者容易上鈎。除了每次都要「想一想、檢查檢查、再投稿」外，關注Hijacked Journal議題的Retraction Watch也提供「Retraction Watch Hijacked Journal Checker」清單，持續更新可能為Hijacked Journal的資訊。
參考資料
國立臺灣大學圖書館 (Dec 14, 2023). 期刊掠奪再進化?小心被劫持期刊無限複製在網上. Retrieved from http://tul.blog.ntu.edu.tw/archives/31726
Retraction Watch (Dec 14, 2023). How hijacked journals keep fooling one of the world’s leading databases. Retrieved from https://retractionwatch.com/2021/05/26/how-hijacked-journals-keep-fooling-one-of-the-worlds-leading-databases/
Retraction Watch (Dec 14, 2023). WHO COVID-19 library contains hundreds of papers from hijacked journals. Retrieved from https://retractionwatch.com/2021/08/16/who-covid-19-library-contains-hundreds-of-papers-from-hijacked-journals/
Retraction Watch (Dec 14, 2023). Want to know whether that journal is scamming you? Introducing the Retraction Watch Hijacked Journal Checker. Retrieved from https://retractionwatch.com/2022/05/29/want-to-know-whether-that-journal-is-scamming-you-introducing-the-retraction-watch-hijacked-journal-checker/
Retraction Watch (Dec 14, 2023). The Whack-a-Mole problem: Hijacked journal still being indexed in Scopus even after discovery. Retrieved from https://retractionwatch.com/2023/02/07/the-whack-a-mole-problem-hijacked-journal-still-being-indexed-in-scopus-even-after-discovery/
Retraction Watch (Dec 14, 2023). How many times can a journal be hijacked? Retrieved from https://retractionwatch.com/2023/02/24/how-many-times-can-a-journal-be-hijacked/
Retraction Watch (Dec 14, 2023). Three journals’ web domains expired. Then major indexes pointed to hijacked versions. Retrieved from https://retractionwatch.com/2023/05/26/three-journals-web-domains-expired-then-major-indexes-pointed-to-hijacked-versions/