24 March 2023
Dozens of scientific journals – including almost 20 titles from the open access publisher Hindawi – have been delisted from the Web of Science in the biggest purge of publications from one of academia’s main guides for trusted titles.
Clarivate announced that it had cut “more than 50 journals” from its Master Journal List when the database was updated on 20 March. Analysis of the revised list later revealed that some 82 titles were removed, of which 19 were owned by Hindawi, which was bought by US publishing giant Wiley for almost $300 million (£244 million) in 2021.
Read more at the Times Higher Education site: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/nineteen-hindawi-journals-delisted-clarivates-web-science (£)
You can also read more here on the RetractionWatch website: https://retractionwatch.com/2023/03/21/nearly-20-hindawi-journals-delisted-from-leading-index-amid-concerns-of-papermill-activity/
See the response to the removal of two MDPI journals here: https://www.mdpi.com/about/announcements/5536