Revistas fraudulentas, clonadas y secuestradas en América Latina

Alhuay-Quispe, Joel, Yance-Yupari, Victoria, Estrada-Cuzcano, Alonso and Bautista-Ynofuente, Lourdes Revistas fraudulentas, clonadas y secuestradas en América Latina. Palabra Clave (La Plata), 2025, vol. 14, n. 2, pp. 1-9. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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English abstract

The proliferation of predatory publishing affects both the dynamics of scientific communication and their mechanisms for promoting research. An emerging but under-studied issue involves fraudulent, hijacked and cloned website journals, as a fraud to appropriate expired web domains or clone webpage of legitimate journals —practices that are often not considered criminal acts in some Latin American countries. This study compiles and documents the first report about hijacked and cloned scholarly journals from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Venezuela. Based on the findings, recommendations on ethical aspects related to scientific editing are proposed for management of Latin American publishing

Spanish abstract

La proliferación de las publicaciones depredadoras afecta tanto a la dinámica de la comunicación científica como a los mecanismos de impulso a la investigación. Otro flagelo que empieza a discurrir, pero que aún es poco estudiado incluye a las revistas fraudulentas, secuestradas y clonadas, un tipo de fraude que busca apropiarse de dominios caducados o clonar sitios web de revistas legítimas, cuyas prácticas a menudo no se consideran tipificados como actos criminales en países de la región. Este estudio recopila y documenta el primer reporte de revistas científicas secuestradas y clonadas de países como Argentina, Brasil, Colombia, Chile, Costa Rica, México y Venezuela. En consecuencia, se proponen recomendaciones en torno a la edición y gestión de revistas de América Latina sobre aspectos éticos vinculados a la publicación científica.

Item type: Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords: Scientific publishing, Misconduct ethics in publishing, Fraudulent journals, Cloned journals, Hijacked journals, Latin America, Edición científica, Ética de la publicación, Revistas fraudulentas, Revistas clonadas, Revistas secuestradas
Subjects: H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HN. e-journals.
Depositing user: Palabra Clave
Date deposited: 27 Aug 2025 00:55
Last modified: 27 Aug 2025 23:30
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/47090

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