Cloned journals copy real names, fake ISSNs and charge real money. Check any journal against the official Scopus source list, and see its verified website before you submit or pay anything.
Every record comes from the official Scopus source list, including journals Scopus has discontinued for publication concerns.
The official domain, traced through DOAJ registrations, publisher platforms or the DOI registry. A clone can copy a homepage; it cannot control these.
Where verification runs through a DOI, we show you the DOI itself. Click it and see where it resolves. No trust required.
The whole method, free. Every journal page here walks you through it.
Clones reuse real journal names. The ISSN on the website asking you for money must match the ISSN here, exactly.
If the site you are on does not match the verified website listed here, stop. Same name, different domain is the classic clone setup.
Open any recent article DOI via doi.org. It lands on the genuine publisher. Clones cannot redirect a journal’s DOIs to themselves.
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