Detecting Hijacked Journals by Using Classification Algorithms

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 655-668

  Andoohgin Shahri, Mona ^a   Jazi, Mohammad Davarpanah ^a   Borchardt, Glenn ^b   Dadkhah, Mehdi ^c  

^a Foolad Institute of Technology   (Iran)

^b Progressive Science Institute   (United States)

^c FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

Academic ethics; Editorial process; Hijacked journals; Internet fraud; Spam emails

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CLASSIFICATION; DECEPTION; DECISION TREE; E-MAIL; FRAUD; HUMAN; IDENTITY THEFT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH; STANDARDS; THEFT;

ALGORITHMS; DECEPTION; DECISION TREES; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FRAUD; HUMANS; IDENTITY THEFT; INTERNET; ORGANIZATIONS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; RECORDS; RESEARCH; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; THEFT;

EID: 85017274648     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 14715546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-017-9914-2     Document Type: Article

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