Is journaltaylorandfrancis.com safe?
http://journaltaylorandfrancis.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 5 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (61 of 93 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Bare "Log in" form on a Taylor & Francis lookalike domain, flagged as phishing by multiple antivirus engines
journaltaylorandfrancis.com serves a single page holding nothing but a username/email field, a password field and a "Log in" button, on a hostname built from the name of the academic publisher Taylor & Francis. There is no publisher branding, no journal content, no account-recovery link and no statement of who runs the site. Saved antivirus results record nine independent engine families returning adverse verdicts, several of them phishing labels. The combination of a lookalike name, a stripped-down credential form and phishing detections puts this in the Dangerous band.
Saved site captureCaptured safely during this scan13 antivirus engines flagged this URLalphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, ESET, G-DataSaved antivirus result from Nov 7, 2026At a glance
Saved with this scan; each value is explained in the sections below.
Domain age
10 months old
Registered Dec 31, 2025Expires Dec 31, 2026Certificate
Valid
Expires May 13, 2027 (182d)Hosting
United States (US)
Namecheap, Inc.Popularity
Not in the Cloudflare Radar top list
Antivirus
13/61
13 antivirus engines flagged this URLSafe Browsing
Not flagged
Not flagged on major threat listsCommunity
No reviews yet
Checked
Nov 12, 2026
Where this site sits
- Dangerous1–20
- High Risk21–44
- Moderate Risk45–69
- Low Risk70–84
- Safe85–100
The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.
Why 18/100
Dangerous covers scores 1–20. 3 findings pulled the score down; 2 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- Decisive9 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
- ModerateThe page offers only username/email and password fields plus a Log in button, with no explanation of who operates the site or what the login is for.
- MinorThe hostname embeds the name of academic publisher Taylor & Francis while the page shows no publisher branding or operator disclosure.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe browser threat feed returned no threat warning for the site.
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
No points per finding are stored for this report: our analysis weighed all findings together to set the score. Each finding shows its saved severity instead (Decisive, Strong, Moderate or Minor).
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01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
journaltaylorandfrancis.com serves a single page holding nothing but a username/email field, a password field and a "Log in" button, on a hostname built from the name of the academic publisher Taylor & Francis. There is no publisher branding, no journal content, no account-recovery link and no statement of who runs the site. Saved antivirus results record nine independent engine families returning adverse verdicts, several of them phishing labels. The combination of a lookalike name, a stripped-down credential form and phishing detections puts this in the Dangerous band.
A login page with nothing behind it
The captured page is a centred white card with a serif "Log in" heading, a "Username or Email" field, a "Password" field with a teal "Show" toggle and a teal "Log in" button. No logo, publisher branding, footer, links or contact information is visible anywhere on it.
The form fields are named username and password and the page offers only credential entry and a submit button, with no visible explanation of who operates the site or what the login is for. A real publisher portal would show its brand, its journals and a password-reset path; this one shows none of them.
The hostname itself carries the publisher's name, while the page discloses no operator and no direct contact email was found on it. Taylor & Francis' own author guidance warns that fraudsters pose as editors and publishing professionals using websites and addresses that closely resemble legitimate accounts, which is exactly the shape of this domain.
Phishing detections outweigh the clean checks
Saved antivirus results show nine independent engine families returning an adverse verdict, with phishing among the labels. That observation comes from a saved scan rather than a fresh submission, so the timing should be confirmed, but the detection itself is real and points at credential theft rather than a generic nuisance.
Two checks came back clean: the browser threat feed returned no threat warning and the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection. Neither says anything about whether the login form is genuine — a phishing page on a valid certificate still collects whatever is typed into it.
The hosting IP carries an abuse confidence score of 0/100 across 0 saved reports, and the registrable domain is only about 10 months old, registered at the end of 2025. A quiet IP and a young domain do not offset the phishing verdicts; they simply mean the infrastructure has not yet accumulated reports.
Why the score is 18
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
13/ 93
detectionsSaved analysis from November 7, 2026 - stale
13 engines flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 10
- Suspicious
- 3
- Total
- 93
- Malicious10
- Suspicious3
- Clean48
- Undetected32
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| alphaMountain.aiMalicious | phishing |
| BitDefenderMalicious | phishing |
| CRDFMalicious | malicious |
| ESETMalicious | phishing |
| G-DataMalicious | phishing |
| GridinsoftMalicious | phishing |
| KasperskyMalicious | phishing |
| LionicMalicious | phishing |
| SeclookupMalicious | malicious |
| WebrootMalicious | malicious |
| AbusixSuspicious | spam |
| FortinetSuspicious | spam |
| SOCRadarSuspicious | suspicious |
All 93 engine results
- alphaMountain.ai - phishing - Malicious
- BitDefender - phishing - Malicious
- CRDF - Malicious
- ESET - phishing - Malicious
- G-Data - phishing - Malicious
- Gridinsoft - phishing - Malicious
- Kaspersky - phishing - Malicious
- Lionic - phishing - Malicious
- Seclookup - Malicious
- Webroot - Malicious
- Abusix - spam - Suspicious
- Fortinet - spam - Suspicious
- SOCRadar - Suspicious
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- AlphaSOC - Unrated
- Antiy-AVL - Clean
- ArcSight Threat Intelligence - Unrated
- AutoShun - Unrated
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Unrated
- Bkav - Unrated
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- ChainPatrol - Unrated
- Chong Lua Dao - Clean
- CINS Army - Clean
- Criminal IP - Unrated
- CSIS Security Group - Unrated
- CTX AI - Clean
- Cyan - Unrated
- Cyble - Clean
- CyRadar - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Unrated
- Dr.Web - Clean
- EmergingThreats - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- Ermes - Unrated
- ESTsecurity - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- GreyNoise - Unrated
- Guardpot - Unrated
- Heimdal Security - Clean
- Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
- IPsum - Clean
- Juniper Networks - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Unrated
- LevelBlue - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- MalwareURL - Unrated
- Mimecast - Unrated
- Netcraft - Unrated
- OpenPhish - Clean
- Orcapot - Unrated
- PhishFort - Unrated
- Phishing Database - Clean
- Phishtank - Clean
- PREBYTES - Clean
- PrecisionSec - Unrated
- Quick Heal - Clean
- Quttera - Clean
- Rising - Clean
- SafeToOpen - Unrated
- Sangfor - Clean
- Sansec eComscan - Unrated
- Scantitan - Clean
- SCUMWARE.org - Clean
- Snort IP sample list - Unrated
- Sophos - Clean
- StopForumSpam - Clean
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- Synthient - Unrated
- ThreatHive - Clean
- URLhaus - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
- VIPRE - Unrated
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- alphaMountain.aiPhishing, Spam
- WebrootPhishing and Other Frauds
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekernewly registered websites
Each vendor’s own label for the site, saved with the antivirus result. Labels are separate from the engine verdicts above and can disagree with each other.
Security Scans
Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.
What we observed
Visual warning signs were identified
A centered white card on a light grey background contains a serif "Log in" heading, a "Username or Email" text field, a "Password" field with a teal "Show" toggle, and a teal rounded "Log in" button. No logo, publisher branding, footer, links, or contact information is visible. The page offers only credential entry fields and a submit button, with no visible explanation of who operates the site or what the login is for.
What the captured page showed
2 observations- 01
A centered white card on a light grey background contains a serif "Log in" heading, a "Username or Email" text field, a "Password" field with a teal "Show" toggle, and a teal rounded "Log in" button. No logo, publisher branding, footer, links, or contact information is visible.
- 02
The page offers only credential entry fields and a submit button, with no visible explanation of who operates the site or what the login is for.
Browser behavior
What our isolated browser recorded while it loaded the page. Host names only: no full addresses are published.
- Pop-ups
- 0
- Download attempts
- 0
- Notification prompts
- 0
- Navigations
- 1
- Other hosts contacted
- 0
Where the page went
- First loadjournaltaylorandfrancis.comSame site
Hosts on our aggressive-advertising list
None contacted.
Test clicks
No test click was made on this page.
What the page says about itself
Quoted from the pages we read: the site's own words, not our findings.
- Page title
Log in — Demo
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Log in — Demo
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 61 antivirus results.
What independent research found
1 external finding was saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
1 of the 6 applicable core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.
What kind of site and risk is this?
Threat category
Phishing & Impersonation
Service and business model
Login Portal
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01The registrable domain is about 10 months old.
- 02The hosting IP has an abuse confidence score of 0/100 across 0 saved reports.
- 03A public record on a scam-warning or security site reads: "Fraudsters may pose as editors, editorial board members, or publishing professionals. They may use email addresses, websites or social media profiles that…"
- Also 5 listed under Why 18/100 above
What this means for you
What happens if you type your credentials in
A visitor who reaches this page sees a login prompt carrying a publisher's name and is invited to enter a username or email and a password. The page gives no way to tell who receives that input.
How the observed mechanism works
The evidence-backed path
Each stage below is preserved from the grounded analysis and linked to saved evidence.
The form submits to a relative send.php endpoint on the same host, and the page shows no operator, no registration ID and no contact email. Where submitted credentials go after that submission is not visible from the captured evidence, but the phishing verdicts and the lookalike hostname make credential capture the most plausible purpose.
Do not enter any username, email or password on this page. If you have already typed credentials here, change that password immediately on the real service and anywhere you reused it, and turn on two-factor authentication. Reach Taylor & Francis only through its own published domain, and treat any login link sent by email that leads to a name like journaltaylorandfrancis.com as fraudulent.
Web research findings
Independent findings for journaltaylorandfrancis.com, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence.
No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for journaltaylorandfrancis.com. That is common for new or low-traffic sites and does not clear the site.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
04 · Domain & Infrastructure
Domain & infrastructure
The plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too.
Infrastructure map
- Domainjournaltaylorandfrancis.com
- Redirects tojournaltaylorandfrancis.com
- Hosted byNamecheap, Inc.
Domain Timeline
- Dec 31, 2025Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 10 months old when this review was saved.
- Nov 12, 2026Saved security review — Rated Dangerous
The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
- No direct contact email found on the captured page.
Domain & Encryption
At the scan on Nov 12, 2026: 87% of the registration period had passed
Report this domain to its registrar: send the address and what happened to this contact.
At the scan on Nov 12, 2026: 8% of the validity period had passed
Certificate issued for journaltaylorandfrancis.com.
A shared content-delivery network address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
Payment providers the page loads
None seen among the outside domains we saved.
Read from the first 20 outside domains the page loads and the shop platform it uses; the web server and platform rows are under Hosting & Technology. A payment script on the page does not prove the shop accepts that method at checkout, or that you are protected.
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://journaltaylorandfrancis.com/
- 2200https://journaltaylorandfrancis.com/
Server Reputation
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruspartial
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
suspiciousMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
Operator / customer risk
unknownComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 13 of 93 engines flagged | Limited | Adverse | stale fallback · analysed Nov 7, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 12, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 12, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 2 visible observations saved with the page capture | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Nov 12, 2026 |
| Independent research | 1 independent finding was saved | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 12, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result13 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Nov 7, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 12, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 12, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result2 visible observations saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 12, 2026
- Independent research
- Result1 independent finding was saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 12, 2026
07 · Safety FAQ
Safety FAQ
Answered from the saved verdict and evidence in this report.
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Bare "Log in" form on a Taylor & Francis lookalike domain, flagged as phishing by multiple antivirus engines
journaltaylorandfrancis.com serves a single page holding nothing but a username/email field, a password field and a "Log in" button, on a hostname built from the name of the academic publisher Taylor & Francis. There is no publisher branding, no journal content, no account-recovery link and no statement of who runs the site. Saved antivirus results record nine independent engine families returning adverse verdicts, several of them phishing labels. The combination of a lookalike name, a stripped-down credential form and phishing detections puts this in the Dangerous band.
09 · Community
Community
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