Alberto Martín
@albertomartin.bsky.social
Associate professor at University of Granada (Spain), Dept #InformationScience & #LibraryScience. Interested in #bibliometrics, #scholarlycommunication, #openscience.
Despite Scopus deciding to discontinue coverage for most of the journals in our journal snatchers study, some of them still remain covered, including Vascular and Endovascular Review. Coincidentally, this journal indexed 400 new studies in Scopus in the last week alone, some clearly out of scope:
November 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Despite Scopus deciding to discontinue coverage for most of the journals in our journal snatchers study, some of them still remain covered, including Vascular and Endovascular Review. Coincidentally, this journal indexed 400 new studies in Scopus in the last week alone, some clearly out of scope:
Regrettably, this phenomenon leaves a hole in academic communities where legitimate spaces for communication used to be. Small and independent journal publishers, if a shady entity approaches you, perhaps they are what they look like.
November 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Regrettably, this phenomenon leaves a hole in academic communities where legitimate spaces for communication used to be. Small and independent journal publishers, if a shady entity approaches you, perhaps they are what they look like.
Scopus has discontinued over a dozen additional journals included in our "Invasion of the journal snatchers" analysis. A fast reaction time by bibliographic databases is crucial for defusing the business model of stealth journal transfers.
zenodo.org/records/1476... and zenodo.org/records/1521...
zenodo.org/records/1476... and zenodo.org/records/1521...
November 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Scopus has discontinued over a dozen additional journals included in our "Invasion of the journal snatchers" analysis. A fast reaction time by bibliographic databases is crucial for defusing the business model of stealth journal transfers.
zenodo.org/records/1476... and zenodo.org/records/1521...
zenodo.org/records/1476... and zenodo.org/records/1521...
Este jueves estaré en Zaragoza debatiendo sobre cómo actuar frente a malas prácticas y fraude en la comunicación científica, con
@amdelvaz.bsky.social
, Iratxe Puebla y Reme Pérez, en la Asamblea Anual de la UNE. Será emitido: www.youtube.com/live/sljOPyB...
Primera pregunta: ¿Se quiere actuar?
@amdelvaz.bsky.social
, Iratxe Puebla y Reme Pérez, en la Asamblea Anual de la UNE. Será emitido: www.youtube.com/live/sljOPyB...
Primera pregunta: ¿Se quiere actuar?
November 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Este jueves estaré en Zaragoza debatiendo sobre cómo actuar frente a malas prácticas y fraude en la comunicación científica, con
@amdelvaz.bsky.social
, Iratxe Puebla y Reme Pérez, en la Asamblea Anual de la UNE. Será emitido: www.youtube.com/live/sljOPyB...
Primera pregunta: ¿Se quiere actuar?
@amdelvaz.bsky.social
, Iratxe Puebla y Reme Pérez, en la Asamblea Anual de la UNE. Será emitido: www.youtube.com/live/sljOPyB...
Primera pregunta: ¿Se quiere actuar?
La Trahison des bases de données
October 27, 2025 at 10:48 PM
La Trahison des bases de données
Mientras, en su página "Open Access Policy"...
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October 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Mientras, en su página "Open Access Policy"...
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Los tres trabajos con señales manifiestas de ser fraudulentos, que ya no están en la web de la revista, están indizados en Scopus 🤦
October 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Los tres trabajos con señales manifiestas de ser fraudulentos, que ya no están en la web de la revista, están indizados en Scopus 🤦
Aprovecho para recordar que mañana, Emilio Delgado López-Cózar y yo estaremos hablando de estos temas en la Universidad de Sevilla.
October 19, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Aprovecho para recordar que mañana, Emilio Delgado López-Cózar y yo estaremos hablando de estos temas en la Universidad de Sevilla.
El 3 de octubre, según los autores del paper en Crimrxiv, ante evidencias de malas prácticas editoriales, el exdirector de la revista publicó un comunicado (que ahora no encuentro en la página web) en el que lamenta la situación y se identifica como “primer perjudicado”.
October 19, 2025 at 12:06 PM
El 3 de octubre, según los autores del paper en Crimrxiv, ante evidencias de malas prácticas editoriales, el exdirector de la revista publicó un comunicado (que ahora no encuentro en la página web) en el que lamenta la situación y se identifica como “primer perjudicado”.
El traspaso se hizo en junio de 2024, pero la nueva editorial no empezó a publicar nuevos trabajos hasta septiembre de 2025. En este momento el antiguo equipo y consejo editorial detecten señales manifiestas de fraude en la publicación, como es el uso de identidades e incluso afiliaciones falsas.
October 19, 2025 at 12:06 PM
El traspaso se hizo en junio de 2024, pero la nueva editorial no empezó a publicar nuevos trabajos hasta septiembre de 2025. En este momento el antiguo equipo y consejo editorial detecten señales manifiestas de fraude en la publicación, como es el uso de identidades e incluso afiliaciones falsas.
El próximo 20 de octubre hablaremos con nuestros colegas del departamento de Comunicación Audiovisual y Publicidad de la Universidad de Sevilla, entre otras cosas, sobre venta de revistas, y revistas vendidas
September 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
El próximo 20 de octubre hablaremos con nuestros colegas del departamento de Comunicación Audiovisual y Publicidad de la Universidad de Sevilla, entre otras cosas, sobre venta de revistas, y revistas vendidas
Truly grateful by the interest our presentation on stealth journal takeovers generated at the STI in Bristol last week. Thanks to everyone who approached me to discuss it during the conference! @stienid2025.bsky.social read the whole story at zenodo.org/records/1476... and zenodo.org/records/1521...
September 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Truly grateful by the interest our presentation on stealth journal takeovers generated at the STI in Bristol last week. Thanks to everyone who approached me to discuss it during the conference! @stienid2025.bsky.social read the whole story at zenodo.org/records/1476... and zenodo.org/records/1521...
First thing after the summer break: getting ready for Bristol, where I’ll present our work on stealth journal takeovers and their telltale signs at @stienid2025.bsky.social. Already available at doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
September 1, 2025 at 9:29 AM
First thing after the summer break: getting ready for Bristol, where I’ll present our work on stealth journal takeovers and their telltale signs at @stienid2025.bsky.social. Already available at doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Qué bien, estaba buscando una nueva foto de perfil
June 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Qué bien, estaba buscando una nueva foto de perfil
Some journals with unusual patterns are still adding large volumes of articles to Scopus. For example, Edelweiss Applied Science and Technology indexed 46 articles last week, similar to the two weeks before, and totaling 834 documents so far during the current publication year.
June 2, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Some journals with unusual patterns are still adding large volumes of articles to Scopus. For example, Edelweiss Applied Science and Technology indexed 46 articles last week, similar to the two weeks before, and totaling 834 documents so far during the current publication year.
FWIW, I can confirm the trend. Latest one I found: revista.profesionaldelainformacion.com/index.php/EP...
They’re common in “influence of X on Y” studies supposedly based on surveys. Often yellow and blue, but also just black & white. I'd like to know how these figures are generated too.
They’re common in “influence of X on Y” studies supposedly based on surveys. Often yellow and blue, but also just black & white. I'd like to know how these figures are generated too.
June 2, 2025 at 9:56 AM
FWIW, I can confirm the trend. Latest one I found: revista.profesionaldelainformacion.com/index.php/EP...
They’re common in “influence of X on Y” studies supposedly based on surveys. Often yellow and blue, but also just black & white. I'd like to know how these figures are generated too.
They’re common in “influence of X on Y” studies supposedly based on surveys. Often yellow and blue, but also just black & white. I'd like to know how these figures are generated too.
This piece from @forbetterscience.bsky.social is gold: it reveals how paper mills operate from the inside. Apparently, long non-coding RNAs are a recurring topic in paper mills. Interestingly, that’s the focus of a recent article in Profesional de la Información: forbetterscience.com/2025/05/19/a...
May 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
This piece from @forbetterscience.bsky.social is gold: it reveals how paper mills operate from the inside. Apparently, long non-coding RNAs are a recurring topic in paper mills. Interestingly, that’s the focus of a recent article in Profesional de la Información: forbetterscience.com/2025/05/19/a...
Last week I set an alert in Scopus for new content in these 36 journals and similar ones. Right on cue, today I got the first alert: four new articles from two of the 36 originally flagged journals, and 16 additional articles from journals showing similar atypical publication patterns.
May 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Last week I set an alert in Scopus for new content in these 36 journals and similar ones. Right on cue, today I got the first alert: four new articles from two of the 36 originally flagged journals, and 16 additional articles from journals showing similar atypical publication patterns.
Here's a prior statement along the same lines. I wonder if they think differently now. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
May 8, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Here's a prior statement along the same lines. I wonder if they think differently now. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
This is what Google Scholar’s chief engineer said about this issue just over a decade ago. It seems that his assumption that researchers would refrain from manipulating citations for fear of being exposed was overly optimistic. www.nature.com/articles/nat...
May 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This is what Google Scholar’s chief engineer said about this issue just over a decade ago. It seems that his assumption that researchers would refrain from manipulating citations for fear of being exposed was overly optimistic. www.nature.com/articles/nat...
An editor who received a buyout offer and talked to the company CEO says their plan was to acquire a large number of journals and then sell them to a large publisher pandelisperakakis.info/2023/10/28/h...
May 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
An editor who received a buyout offer and talked to the company CEO says their plan was to acquire a large number of journals and then sell them to a large publisher pandelisperakakis.info/2023/10/28/h...
Google Scholar muestra los títulos incorrectos, pero los resúmenes correctos
April 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Google Scholar muestra los títulos incorrectos, pero los resúmenes correctos
In Scopus, they actually deposited the correct titles.
April 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
In Scopus, they actually deposited the correct titles.
April 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
April 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM