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Hindawi controversies

Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.

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  1. 2023Paper-mill and special-issue integrity crisis
  2. 2022Retractions linked to editorial and peer-review manipulation
  3. 2015Investigation into compromised peer review
  4. 2010Predatory-publishing classification dispute

  1. 2023

    Paper-mill and special-issue integrity crisis

    Investigations connected thousands of Hindawi articles with paper-mill activity, manipulated peer review and problematic special issues. Retractions rose to more than 7,000 by the end of 2023 according to the referenced account, and several journals faced indexing sanctions or closure.

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  2. 2022

    Retractions linked to editorial and peer-review manipulation

    Hindawi announced more than 500 article retractions across 16 journals after identifying cheating involving some editors and peer reviewers.

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  3. 2015

    Investigation into compromised peer review

    Hindawi internally investigated three editors accused of subverting peer review through fake email accounts and flagged 32 published papers for renewed review.

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  4. 2010

    Predatory-publishing classification dispute

    A subset of Hindawi journals was placed on Jeffrey Beall’s list of suspected predatory publishers. Hindawi appealed, and the publisher was subsequently removed from the list, although concerns about editorial standards and the economics of offshore scholarly publishing remained part of the debate.

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