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Predatory journals pose a serious threat to researchers, as publishing in them can damage an author's reputation. What forms do they take? How can you tell you're dealing with a disreputable journal? Read on to find out.

In the academic community, there is a practice of withdrawing scientific articles that have already been published. This procedure is known as retraction and is applied when significant issues are identified after publication that call into question the reliability or integrity of the research. What reasons can lead to a retraction? What types of retractions exist, and how do they affect a researcher's reputation? Let us examine these issues in more detail.

The Scopus database has updated the list of indexed scientific publications. How many journals were excluded in May 2026 and for what reasons? We examine all the details in our article.

The Director of the Scientific Publications company, Vladislav Romanenko, has prepared an exclusive article for our blog in which he analyses a scientific journal engaged in suspicious activity and violating the generally accepted requirements of the Scopus database. How can journals of this nature be identified? Read on to find out.

Why might a journal that was in Scopus yesterday no longer be recognised as a valid source today? In this article, we will examine all 16 publications removed from the database in March 2026 and explain the difference between the terms “Discontinuation” and “Journal change policy”.

How does the abstract of a medical article affect its visibility? Why does it need to be prepared carefully? What requirements for writing an abstract exist depending on the type of medical publication? Read on for more details.