In our pursuit of academic and professional excellence, it's vital to remain vigilant against predatory and hijacked journals, as well as other deceptive publishing practices. Predatory and hijacked journals are both fraudulent, employing different methods of deception within the academic publishing landscape. Predatory journals charge authors fees but lack proper peer review and editorial standards, compromising scholarly integrity. In contrast, hijacked journals imitate legitimate ones. For instance, the "Seybold Report" has an authentic website at https://seyboldreport.net/ and a counterfeit version at https://seyboldreport.org/ . The hijacked version replicates the legitimate journal's style, editorial process, and ISSN, misleading authors and undermining research integrity. The clarivate's blog has more about hijacked journals. These disreputable entities often disguise themselves as credible scholarly platforms, exploiting the eagerness of researchers a...