Mukt Shabd Journal: Is it a Fake Journal?
About a couple of weeks ago, I came across two online journals, Mukt Shabd Journal and Tathapi, which I suspected to be cloned/fake. When I cross-check the journals with that in the UGC-CARE List, I feel convinced that both would be fake/scam primarily because in less than four months, i.e. March-June, Mukt Shubd Journal published 2538 papers; and Tathapi published about 1163 papers during the month of June alone. Let me share my tiny experience with this cloned/fake journal named Mukt Shabd Journal . Since I was convinced that the journal could be fraud, I was sharing this for research scholars for awareness. Firstly, whenever you log-in to UGC-CARE List (Link: https://ugccare.unipune.ac.in/apps1/home/index ), you will surely see a message which says This is to alert all the stakeholders that a few fake websites, imposing as CARE website, have come to our notice. All the stakeholders are advised to be careful and avoid falling prey to these potentially predatory websites. Any