Hijacked journals and predatory publishers: Is there a need to re-think how to assess the quality of academic research?

Walailak Journal of Science and Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 389-394

  Jalalian, Mehrdad ^a   Mahboobi, Hamidreza ^b  

^a Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences ^*

^b HORMOZGAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fake; Impact factor; Journal; Publisher; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896890666     PISSN: 16863933     EISSN: 2228835X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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