Cloned Journals

1. Contact the cloned page and request them to remove the journal/bring to their attention that they have cloned the journal - deliberately or unintentionally .... You might want to consult with a legal person at your organisations and have them write a "cease-and-desist" letter.

2. Issue a public statement, and share with journal users. Publish statement on journal website. Add a permanent disclaimer under "About" which indicates you have nothing to do with the cloned journal.

3. Contact ISSN, DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science, and everywhere else where the journal is indexed, and notify them about the situation, so they can also blacklist the cloned journal.

4. Contact the domain host of the cloned journal and bring to their attention. Ask  GoDaddy  for this information. Ask them if they can act on it.

5. Request Google to remove the journal from being indexed/crawled at Report Phishing Page ” or “Request Removal”