Fake impact factors
In this post, we will discuss some bogus/fake impact factors and the agencies. 1. Fake / Non-IF provider: WWW.SJIFACTOR.COM Below is the user experiences shared in online. (Source link: https://www.editage.com/insights/what-is-the-difference-between-sjif-and-if#:~:text=It%20is%20a%20fact%20that,Factor%20(GIF)%2C%20etc. ) So, researchers and students be careful on selecting journals that adopts fake impact factors and indexing services. Conclusion: So based on user experience, if a journal adopts SJIF as an impact factor then surely that journal is a fake journal. You can do a search for a journal that adopts SJIF impact factor by following procedure. Go to this link http://sjifactor.com/sjif.php and search a journal's ISSN or title that you want to publish. If the search result shows the journal that you want to publish then definitely it is a fake journal, hence away from that fake/bogus journal. And the journals that follow this kind of fake impact facto...