{"id":38172,"date":"2025-05-05T18:01:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T17:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/?p=38172"},"modified":"2025-09-03T21:20:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T20:20:39","slug":"issns-are-being-misused-in-ukraines-occupied-territories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/issns-are-being-misused-in-ukraines-occupied-territories\/","title":{"rendered":"ISSNs are being misused in Ukraine\u2019s occupied territories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Publishers in Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories are\u00a0<strong>misusing the ISSNs of Ukrainian journals<\/strong>, a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/suprr.org\/news\/\">press release<\/a>\u00a0from Supporting Ukrainian Publishing Resilience and Recovery (SUPRR) revealed last month.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/suprr.org\/\">SUPRR<\/a>\u00a0secured support from the ISSN International Centre, which assumes responsibility for assigning ISSNs when there&#8217;s no national ISSN centre (such as in occupied or disputed territories).<\/p>\n<p>Jan-Peter Wissink, managing director of Amsterdam University Press, where SUPRR is based, encourages publishers and others to \u2018<strong>remain vigilant<\/strong>\u00a0against actions that undermine or may discredit the foundations of academic publishing and international law.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Publishers in Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories are\u00a0misusing the ISSNs of Ukrainian journals, a\u00a0press release\u00a0from Supporting Ukrainian Publishing Resilience and Recovery (SUPRR) revealed last month.\u00a0SUPRR\u00a0secured support from the ISSN International Centre, which assumes responsibility for assigning ISSNs when there&#8217;s no national ISSN centre (such as in occupied or disputed territories). 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